"'Surely you have no reason to fear,' she whispered, her breath tickling my lips. 'You are mine now. If you are not well, I cannot use you to work my will.'"
(Chapter 1, p. 5)

"As a rule, people aren't good at handling power. And the second you start to think you're better at controlling your power than anyone else, you've already taken the first step."
(Chapter 3, p. 20)

"None of us is what we once were. Everyone has a history. Everyone comes from somewhere. Each moves toward a destination. And in a lifetime as long as mine, the road can run far and take strange windings—something I judge you know something about."
(Chapter 5, p. 39)

"Caution was a critical survival trait in Winter, and as far as she was concerned, I was most likely a monster in the process of being born. A monster she'd been given...