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"Indeed there is. Me." His tone made nigh impossible to dismiss it as arrogance. For he made it known as the most unmovable truth. "As a mortal man, I was the son and heir of a feudal lord. I remain rather proud of my ancestry. Unapologetically so. But families like mine, contrary to what lesser noblemen would make believe centuries later, did not inherit the favor of the order of things by divinity or fate. The actions of their blood earned their dues. Further actions were to blame for their decay." His hand, in capricious whim, visited the edge of the bookshelf on his way to her. "Tell me, Lisbeth. What is the order you speak of but passing fashion once you live the fall of every empire that once proclaimed itself eternal? Societal sensibilities...There are eras that would deem me a savior. Others that would see the very same actions as the work of a devil. Truth to be told, I have no concern for either interpretation. What other dogma, principle or maxim could I know of that wasn't destroyed or eroded until it became something unrecognizable? I am the true order of things. The order of this world. If you are that enamored with the idea of soaring at the mercy of the winds of destiny, you will find I have no issue taking command. But for the record? It should be precisely the same for any other with the bravery to be displeased with what the world fated for them." He stopped for a moment, leaning to speak close to her ear with a teasing insinuation while her hands were occupied with the book. "Mischievous. A tad vengeful. Still, the girl was all the braver for her rebellion. My stubborn, little human." A sort of quiet, subtle amusement visited him when confronting her insistence. "Don't fear. I have no intention of breaking the word given to a lady who can quote me by heart. I am simply taking a moment to consider how to best approach your request without escorting you to a field of marred corpses." Addressed in blunt cordiality, a decision was reached. "Let it be the unconventional route. While I knew of it, I was not present for this one. Although it greatly affected the path my eternity took. I have seen it, and now I can show it to you, only centuries later. Thanks to the gift of a seer under my patronage. It was not the event we were looking for. But it provided interesting insight. See it as my own version of opening a lost journal and discovering its secrets. And given that most of my own memories of the time are drenched in blood..." He snapped his fingers. And once again, like the flapping of feathers belonging to some enormous, unfathomable bird of prey, the world around them changed. "Here. Translated for your convenience." He spoke nothing as the conversation escalated. Looking coldly indifferent, beyond the neutral effort of bringing the acquired recollection to life. Only extending his arm at a particular line. "The city is lost already! Our father is here with a legion of crusaders at his back!..." Until it was only the Aya on stage. And then, until it was only them again. "I arrived not long after. The man who abandoned them is the one who once made me immortal. You could sympathize with his struggle, no doubt. You are the kind to be grateful for the dubious existence of an vampire in your life, after all." He mused somewhere in between chastisement and complicity. "l ask that you never do while I can hear you. This is not him at his worst. And there are not all that many souls I hate. The woman survived his departure. So did many others. I took upon myself and went to great lengths in order to ensure that. The first of the vampires that you see under my lead these days. So, yes. I have seen crusaders. Quite closely. And I am older than the first Crusade. But the real reason why I chose to present it to you in this manner is that an universal chorus would have told you it was not my place to meddle between the one they called Mikael and the object of his wrath. That is how almost every noble family was made in their primeval origin. Deciding for yourself what your place is."

It was one of many times that she had come to realize her place in the world. That young lords, like her hopeful and failed romantic endeavor, wouldn't pay attention to the help. Like a line from a movie 'kitchen boys don't marry princesses', but that meant lords didn't marry stable girls either.

"There is an order to things, Tristan, and you know it." He knew that- she knew that he knew that. If he was as old as she suspected then he was most certainly raised in an era where status, title and position dictated your lot in life. While modernity had its place and its freedoms, she knew as well anyone that for as far as humanity progressed, they all still had their same problems and prejudices as they did in ancient times.

"I will always believe in fate- just as I believe fate let me..." She hesitated then softly added."- let me meet you. You absolutely could've ignored my call when I was tracking your journal's descendants. Its not important or revealing for you to be that concerned of what I read. And yet you came. "

Even still she flinched in his observation- about that call to action- and then grimaced looking away with a shake of her head. " I'm not heroine material Tristan. I do try not to completely delude myself with fantasies. I may like fantasy and fiction, but I know where I actually live."

-And if you are formidable enough...she couldn't help the laugh that slipped and she found the courage to move from the spot she stood in. Walking towards the bookshelves past him, curious to see the books that sat there as she thought on that. " Formidable enough. Well then, the universe will never crumble now will it? Thank God for that."

Fingers pried a book from the shelf before her and it opened to precisely what she had been wondering a moment later- the Holy War- though the information was no different from what she already knew. Lips quirked slightly in amusement before pressing into a mild scowl directed to the other at the returned question and dictation of specifics.

"You said it was an exchange of truthfully answered questions- you never said about what. I believe your words were 'A question for a question. No limits or protestations hindering the satisfaction of the other's curiosity.' And-" Her book now snapped shut in one hand. "you're being very difficult about an easy question. But if you want to be particularly pedantic then I will rephrase; were you born before the First Crusade? As a human, not a vampiric rebirth. "

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I usually don't bring too much attention to this facet of the organization given that, if we are going by fundamental archetype, Tristan is the Secret Society Vampire while Lucien is the Vampire CEO but sometimes it is relevant to keep in mind that, beyond the influence his people exert over the world in more indirect, shadowy ways, The Strix does, as it is expected for practical reasons, more directly...Own things. In the way a modern corporation would. Some, the endeavors of individual members incorporated into its resources. Some emerged exclusively in service of the group. ELIJAH: The Strix have numerous corporate assets, including private airlines. One of them specializes in cargo jets. Now, according to Marcel, a vessel they favor the most has the codename "Cepheus." So there is a measure of overlap there. The difference, I reckon, is that Lucien maintains the kind of public persona that puts your name on Forbes 400 while the Strix would be one of those massive, opaque web of entities with unclear ownership or origins. And with that kind of anonymity, the secret society aesthetic remains. Obviously I don't think all assets have secret code-names based on mythology and constellations. But some of them do. And I find that rather cool. Basically? You can ask Tristan to fly on one of his private airlines if he likes you and you find commercial airports frustrating.

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…I feel like I know who Tristan would choose between most choices of people, so Aurora wants to know: her right arm or her left arm?

I fear that this question could be underestimating just how much of a savage catalyst Aurora's suffering and and death are to him. Tristan can deal with threats of violence, violence itself and death like a champion. Being presented with the possibility of torture:

KLAUS: I think she might be more amenable if she's forced to watch as I tear you limb from limb.

TRISTAN: Hmm. You could torture me. But even if my sister decided to return yours as a result, Rebekah's homecoming would be marred by my Strix, who would descend upon the city like a plague of locusts. Killing whomever stood in their way. Being presented with death: KLAUS: This is not going to be pleasant. TRISTAN: Do so at your peril. But should any misfortune befall me, know that I have instructed my fastest riders to spread word of your presence here. Whomever seeks you would most certainly hear the news. During torture: TRISTAN: I think I'll hold off on any confessions. At least until my Strix arrive to free me and burn your home to the ground… Tristan cannot deal with the suffering or death of Aurora in any even remotely comparable way. He immediately leaps to threatening the fragile necks of people with knives during dinner and seeing and hearing only her survival and safety until that is guaranteed. And he is not exactly at his most stable nor nicest until she is safe. He utilizes shorter, simpler sentences than his usual too. In a way that makes you think forming any coherent sentences at all, beyond wrathful protectiveness, requires feral effort at the moment. TRISTAN: Harm my sister, and I'll be forced to return the favor. -- -Receiving a phone-call from Klaus' phone after her abduction-

TRISTAN: If you touch a hair on her head--

ELIJAH: I'll do my best to restrain my brother, Tristan, but you and I both know that he can be impossibly savage when he wants to be. TRISTAN: State your terms. -- TRISTAN: Go retrieve that filthy cur. Double the dosage of wolfsbane. Make certain she suffers. -- KLAUS: I wanted to flay her and hang her skin as a flag. Anyway, enough chit-chat. Let's conclude this tedious business, shall we? TRISTAN: My sister first. And if you're tempted to argue, consider the numbers.

He doesn't even allow Elijah to enjoy any reaction to the description of hor much he is going to suffer. His mind keeps going to the same place. ELIJAH: This is the very beginning! You are going to the bottom of the ocean, where you will drown in darkness again and again and again over the course of centuries.This will be your splendidly horrific and perpetual end. TRISTAN: What have you done with my sister? Tristan wouldn't like me giving him too much credit, but as stated by Lucien: LUCIEN: Proof of my loyalty. Yes. I sided with Tristan, but it's quite clear his devotion to Aurora outweighs even the value he places on his own life. Take it. It's yours. This final quote is mine but I do have Tristan acknowledging it as his weakness and determined to get better at it during the After the Ocean part of his timeline. “You too share a close bond with your sibling, don’t you? Mine is so profound I consider it the sole reason for our unwilling separation. Commonly I can see it all. The intricate, complex web of decisions, plans and stratagems that will lead to my unavoidable triumph. When she was taken away from me I was blinded. All too anxious to gallop to her rescue without measuring my steps as carefully as I should have nor wielding my blade to the heart of my enemies with the precise accuracy they deserved. The wild, howling yearning to protect those we love must always be tamed towards the most strategic way to ensure their well-being. It is an old, obvious lesson I won’t be forgetting again." What is the moral of the fable? Aurora is not losing any arms. The world is losing a continent sooner than that. We are not going to make jokes about how much vampires may resemble reptiles or salamanders. We are not playing favorites with her limbs. Every molecule of her is cherished and worthy of protection. You can bring that to Aurora as her answer.

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Make my muse chose between two people. ANY TWO PEOPLE.

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👀 eagerly await updates from you every day 💌 love your answers to other people's asks about your stories 💖 adore literally everything you write 💔 your angst scenes ruins me every time 🍓 your fluff scenes always make me feel pleasantly blissful 🧠 love how your brain works and how you solve plots 🩰 have been waiting for a writer like you all my life 🌞 reading your works cheers me up and makes me feel better 🎨 Iove your references to art, history, mythology, culture 💡 your ideas are always fresh and surprising 🧸 often go back to your old stories to re-read them 🍀 you can describe emotions and feelings perfectly 📗 when I read your story I feel like I'm reading a book 🧩 adore how you connect different threads together 🧶 your dialogues are as if real people were talking to each other 🧊 the changes your characters make don't feel forced 💎 you perfectly portray the mind and thoughts of your characters 🌌 I love that your stories create whole additional universes 🎵 specific songs remind me of your stories 🍆 love the way you write male characters 💣 you can build tension in your stories incredibly well 🎬 love to imagine your stories as if I was watching a movie 🎩 while waiting for your new chapters I read old ones 🧛‍♀️ crave your new stories like a vampire craves blood

Hopefully the fact that I have ooc icons reserved just for you is enough to make clear I consider most of these elements a team effort between the two? You are always brilliant beyond brilliant, 𝔍𝔲𝔩𝔢𝔰

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💖 adore literally everything you write

🧠 love how your brain works and how you solve plots

⭐️ everything you write draws me in immediately

🎨 Iove your references to art, history, mythology, culture

🧸 often go back to your old stories to re-read them

Question. The brain working methods one was earned when your Gia told Tristan that she can't bring herself to play the violin at the moment and his instant reaction was informing her that she needed a boat ride? Haha. Thank you! Right back at you.

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💌 love your answers to other people's asks about your stories 🤡 love the way your characters use irony

💖 adore literally everything you write

For legal reasons and officially speaking, I have no idea what you are talking about. Irony? Tristan is a perpetually kind, direct soul who would never test, tease, taunt nor play around with the people who aren't his for his casual amusement and curiosity like an owl deciding if he just wants to make the mice dizzy or if he is feeling hungry. Thank you!

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“I tried to unlove you, i failed”

"Then, mayhaps, you are nobler than I have ever been." "Morning dawn brings reason and prudence. One too many commanded the same of me. And yet I have never tried. All it takes is the first sight of you. The music of your voice. On occasion not even that. Your memory has proven more than enough. I cannot condemn what feels right. Right above what all other hours my life have ever known. If I could ravage my very soul, until there was no trace of myself left, perhaps the empty carcass would love you no longer. But even that I reckon false hope. Your echo would haunt my empty armor. " "I am sorry." His hand reached for hers in the dark. "I am immensely happy you failed." @ladamedemartel

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SECRETS, LIES AND CONFESSIONS SENTENCE QUOTES. a collection of sentences and quotes found on goodreads with the key words of: secrets, lies and confessions. you can change pronouns, locations, name and anything else you see fit.

SECRETS 

“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.”

“If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.”

“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”

“I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.”

“I'd learned that some things are best kept secret.”

“The more you leave out, the more you highlight what you leave in.”

“I thought about how there are two types of secrets: the kind you want to keep in, and the kind you don't dare to let out.”

“A good friend keeps your secrets for you. A best friend helps you keep your own secrets.”

“Lies and secrets, Tessa, they are like a cancer in the soul. They eat away what is good and leave only destruction behind.”

“Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.”

“A picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know.”

“Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths.”

“Word spread because word will spread. Stories and secrets fight, stories win, shed new secrets, which new stories fight, and on.”

“With a secret like that, at some point the secret itself becomes irrelevant. The fact that you kept it does not.”

“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.”

“Sometimes, the biggest secrets you can only tell a stranger.”

“The best way of keeping a secret is to pretend there isn't one.”

“I never lie," I said offhand. "At least not to those I don't love.”

“When I like people immensely I never tell their names to anyone. It is like surrendering a part of them. I have grown to love secrecy.”

“I've learned that we're all entitled to have our secrets.”

“I feel bare. I didn't realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as I really am.”

“Don't trust people who tell you other people's secrets.”

“Everybody sees me as this sullen and insecure little thing. Those are just the sides of me that I feel necessary to show because no one else seems to be showing them.”

“People are secretive when they have secrets.”

“If I maintain my silence about my secret it is my prisoner...if I let it slip from my tongue, I am ITS prisoner.”

“You cannot let your parents anywhere near your real humiliations.”

“Everybody has scars, and every scar has a story. Especially the ones you don’t see. Those go deeper. And cause more damage.”

“Sometimes, loyalty gets in the way of what you want to do. Sometimes, it’s not your secret to tell.”

“It was almost comforting, this mutual acceptance of our secrets.”

“Don't you ever want to have just one thing that no one else knows about, so no one can ruin it for you?”

“I choose to love you in silence, for in silence I find no rejection.

I choose to love you in loneliness, for in loneliness no one owns you but me.

I choose to hold you in my dreams, for in my dreams you have no end.”

“All the secrets of the world worth knowing are hiding in plain sight.”

“This is what happens. You tell your friends your most personal secrets, and they use them against you.”

“Lies don't end relationships the truth does.”

“Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own."

“The Universe doesn't like secrets. It conspires to reveal the truth, to lead you to it.”

“What you didn't tell someone was just as debilitating as what you did.”

“I prefer death to dishonor for me and my child.”

“Elizabeth felt as if every cell in her body was aflame with desire.”

“Aye. I’m afraid for my immortal soul now.”

“But some secrets are too delicious not to share.”

“I know a secret,and secrets breed paranoia.”

“Some secrets are meant to be known- but once known you can never forget them.”

“The story of my family. . .changes with the teller.”

CONFESSIONS

“To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.”

"That's why I haven't said it. It's not the right word for you and what I feel for you."

"Shut up. If you care about me at all, you'll just shut up and go away."

"I've been loved before--by Corinne, by other women...But what the hell do they know about me? What the hell are they in love with when they don't know how fucked up I am? If that's love, it's nothing compared to what I feel for you.”

“Everyone has two memories. The one you can tell and the one that is stuck to the underside of that, the dark, tarry smear of what happened.”

“You're the most annoying girl on the planet. You make me want to throw myself off a bridge. And, unfortunately, I am one hundred percent, head-over-heels, crazy in love with you.”

“They always say they didn't. I never heard of one who said, 'You know, I deserve this.' Never happens.”

“It’s inevitable. But we pretend it isn’t until that point where we can’t deny it anymore. Then we begin to repent.”

“No! We repent for the opportunities that we missed. The doors we should have walked through.”

“We make the choice . . . and then the choice makes us”

“I thought I understood what was best. I knew too little and believed too soon.”

“after the words were out, I felt... lighter.”

"Confession: if you gave me the chance, I'd love you until forever."

“Late have I loved you, O beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved you!”

“If no one is perfect in this world, then it would be foolish of you to confess your sins to anyone. Unless you feel they must be perfect in the first place!”

“It's an easy thing to confess one's faults. But what dusk is deep enough to hide one's virtues?”

“When I pulled you on top of me and, you know, gazed dreamily into your eyes and said I liked you, I did not mean as friends. Obviously.”

“Loving you is like breathing. It’s impossible for me to stop.”

“For the same reason I can’t cast a spell to make your eyes green. You can’t create what already is. I was in love with you before that.”

“The one sincere confession is the one we make indirectly - when we talk about other people.”

“Memories remains about you always within my heart.”

“Your beauty. is impossible to define. Maybe divine?”

"I enjoy a good blurting out of secrets as much as the next person.”

“When you fight evil with evil, the outcome is certain: evil will win”

“I tried to unlove you, i failed”

“I must confess that... the most wasted of all days is the day that does not bring you.”

“Without confession, there is no cleansing.”

“i just want to be honest about my feelings without destroying everything.”

“Sometimes you feel alone because, like you, others aren't so ready to confess their shortcomings and struggles.”

“I’m a fixer, Allie. Taking care of others is what I do. I don’t know how to turn it off.”

“I want to hear you say those words again. If you do, I won't hold my feelings anymore. I might hug you or kiss you.”

“Yes, I’ve killed! I’ve killed as indiscriminately as God! And yes, I will kill again. I must.”

“Self-destruction is inevitable because existence is a full-time job.”

“Words are confessions of your actions. Choose them wisely.”

LIES

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”

“I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.”

“The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.”

“I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.”

“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.”

“There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics.”

“A truth that's told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent.”

“It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.”

“If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.”

“If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.”

“Lies and secrets, Tessa, they are like a cancer in the soul. They eat away what is good and leave only destruction behind.”

“It is an occupational hazard that anyone who has spent her life learning how to lie eventually becomes bad at telling the truth.”

“Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.”

“Lies require commitment.”

“Things come apart so easily when they have been held together with lies.”

“History is a set of lies agreed upon.”

“The best lies about me are the ones I told.”

“Oh, what a tangled web we weave...when first we practice to deceive.”

“Oh, don't cry, I'm so sorry I cheated so much, but that's the way things are.”

“Nothing is ever certain.”

“Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no fibs.”

“Anyone who believes what a cat tells him deserves all he gets.”

“A thing may happen and be a total lie; another thing may not happen and be truer than the truth.”

“Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”

“I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.”

“The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others.”

“We're all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.”

“Lying is done with words, and also with silence.”

“There are few reasons for telling the truth, but for lying the number is infinite.”

“The only thing more frustrating than slanderers is those foolish enough to listen to them.”

“Always sleep with one eye open. Never take anything for granted. Your best friends might just be your enemies.”

“I guess sometimes you have to lie to find the truth.”

“The cruelest lies are often told in silence.”

“The truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies.”

“When no one you know tells the truth, you learn to see under the surface.”

“A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.”

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PASSION AND OBSESSION SENTENCES QUOTES. all sentences and quotes are taken from goodreads quotes archives with the key word: obsession. bare in mind some of the language includes possessive love and mentions of stalking and obsession in general. change names, locations, pronouns as you see fit.

“I would like to be the air that inhabits you for a moment only. I would like to be that unnoticed and that necessary.”

“The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.”

“I must get my soul back from you; I am killing my flesh without it.”

“If you ever looked at me once with what I know is in you, I would be your slave.”

“All extremes of feeling are allied with madness.”

“When you have seen as much of life as I have, you will not underestimate the power of obsessive love.”

“I have little left in myself -- I must have you. The world may laugh -- may call me absurd, selfish -- but it does not signify. My very soul demands you: it will be satisfied, or it will take deadly vengeance on its frame.”

“Don't be self-conscious, if I could dream at all, it would be about you. And I'm not ashamed of it.”

“You become what you think about all day long.”

“He did not care if she was heartless, vicious and vulgar, stupid and grasping, he loved her. He would rather have misery with one than happiness with the other.”

“Even when I'm dead, I'll swim through the Earth, like a mermaid of the soil, just to be next to your bones.”

“I desire to be with you. I miss you. I feel lonely when I can't see you. I am obsessed with you, fascinated by you, infatuated with you. I hunger for your taste, your smell, the feel of your soul touching mine.”

“I wish I knew how to quit you.”

“I love you so much that nothing can matter to me - not even you...Only my love- not your answer. Not even your indifference”

“I think you can love a person too much.

You put someone up on a pedestal, and all of a sudden, from that perspective, you notice what's wrong - a hair out of place, a run in a stocking, a broken bone. You spend all your time and energy making it right, and all the while, you are falling apart yourself. 

“This connection we have isn't going away, it's only getting stronger. Because the more I spend time with her, the closer I want to be.”

“I wanted to see you again, touch you, know who you were, see if I would find you identical with the ideal image of you which had remained with me and perhaps shatter my dream with the aid of reality.

“The truth was...he was in love with her. Totally over-the-line, no-going-back, not-even-dead-would-he-part kind of shit.”

“I will be with her again, or I will die. There aren’t any other options”

“From the first time I saw you, I've belonged to you completely. I still do. If you want me.”

“An over-indulgence of anything, even something as pure as water, can intoxicate.”

“Somewhere between love and hate lies confusion, misunderstanding and desperate hope.”

“I'm not good enough for you. But no one is. And most men, good or bad, have limits to what they would do, even for someone they love. I have none. No God, no moral code, no faith in anything. Except you. You're my religion. I would do anything you asked. I would fight, steal, kill for you."

“If you're that obsessed with someone, why would you kill her? Humans are full of contradictions.”

“It may be that you are settled in another place it may be that you are happy but the one who took your heart wields final power.”

“You want to be free. You also want to be mine. You can't be both.”

“How did one not obsess over something wonderful? How did one like something a reasonable amount?”

“My whole life was about her, what if her whole life wasn’t all about me?”

“Sex: In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.”

“There is more to life than making a living. Do not work more than you live.”

“If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.”

“I don't possess these thoughts I have --- they possess me. I don't possess these feelings I have --- They obsess me.”

“The outside world holds no interest for me without you.”

“...an obsession is a way for damaged people to damage themselves more.”

“I wish there was a word more than ‘love’ itself to convey what I feel for you.”

“But the most important thing I know is that I want the possibility of you more than the reality of [her].”

“You don’t always get to chose who you fall in love with”

“Mine first --mine last-- mine even in the grave!”

“When someone is stalking you because they think you are stalking them, it makes you wonder who really is the true stalker?”

“She has done for me at last, Rachel my torment.”

“Determination could easily become obsession.”

“Emotions don’t interfere in my acting, nor in my life.”

Is it love, obsession, infatuation? You don't know. You think of a strange and beautiful word you read about once.

“You fueled my obession, even encouraged it and your selfishness ruined my life”

“All scholars are a bit mad. All obsessions are dangerous.”

“Passion out of passion's obstacles.”

Passion. It lies in all of us. Sleeping...waiting... And though unwanted...unbidden... it will stir...open its jaws, and howl. It speaks to us... guides us... Passion rules us all. And we obey. What other choice do we have?

If we could live without passion, maybe we'd know some kind of peace. But we would be hollow. Empty rooms, shuttered and dank... Without passion, we'd be truly dead.

“How do you manage to make me feel like this?'

'You give me nothing, absolutely nothing, yet I can't stop wanting You.'

“We have formed a sick little friendship over the past year”

“I am the scourge of God”

“I love you. Everything and anything I do is for you. Only you.”

“But it is easy to call a man in love a mad man.”

“I write to explore the spaces between love and obsession, truth and illusion.”

“There were no constellations bright enough to blind me to him.”

[lordofthestrix]

“Are you saying you wouldn't fight for me?" Hades sighed, and brushed his finger along her cheek, "Darling, I would burn this world for you.”

― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Ruin

[lordofthestrix]

"If I have to hear doppelgänger one more time, I'm going to have to learn how to spell it."

"There was this fictional detective during the 70s. Columbo. The man acted like a bumbling halfwit but concealed quite a mind beneath the disguise. For the sake of our understanding: You are never going to loosen my tongue by playing the fool and throwing a barrage of self-deprecating sarcasm at yourself. My beloved sister wouldn't tolerate the regular employment of a simpleton. Besides, if there is any truth to what is said of the lofty quality of my standards, I will probably find you lacking even at your best." His selection of nickname alone was already rather questionable. "Double p. Umlaut above the a."

@mischieflawed

[lordofthestrix]

[ 📿 ]ㅤ.ㅤwhat superstition or ritual do they cling to ?

Witchcraft. Tristan's secret society has a whole associated coven of witches. Can you possibly believe it? In this day and age?

[lordofthestrix]

"There was no thirst for blood to quench. Regardless of what is often said about our kind, we can place our attention elsewhere." He did reach her from out of the darkness. But where most nights would have seen a handkerchief caress away the small, scarlet river of her kill, his bare hand cupped her face tonight, as his thumb stopped the falling of red with a gentle touch that seemed almost teasing. "Satisfied?"

Blood pooled in the corner of Aurora's mouth and finally dripped free as she pulled away from her kill, discarding the body at her feet. "You'll have to speak up if you wish to share; do not simply linger in the shadows."

[lordofthestrix]

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