Avisiéth.

I was a burning, drowning wreck of a girl, and I didn't even know what to do to save myself.

opened my mouth, ready to argue against this declaration, but a swift kick to the ankle from Everlayne warned me to hold my tongue.

“We've been over this. You're too pretty to wear pants.

“Where should we begin? Hmm. I think, maybe, if you start by telling us what you know about alchemical practices and how they might be used—” “Uh, I don't even know what alchemical means.”

“You’re charged with awakening the quicksilver and reopening the pathways between this world and others.

susurrus

I hadn't seen many beautiful things in my short life. But, of all the beautiful things I had seen, Fisher was the most beautiful of all.

“You could at least tell me what he did to make you punch him like that.” “Just trust me. He deserved it.” “Well, I don't doubt that.”