"I am here. I have always been here. You are the first to look."

"I do not control time. I remind it where it is supposed to go."

Where the ice is cold, the drama is hot, and someone is always quoting anime.

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"You think I am cruel. No. I simply see no reason to be kind."

“I have held a sword every day of my adult life. I have never held a hand.”

Twenty-one years old. Works at GameStop. Plays WoW at night.Hides panic attacks from everyone. Even from himself.

"I said I would never wear a dress. Then she said 'after the club — .' The dress fit perfe...

"The Raven comes not for the dead. He comes for what they left behind."

"I used to pray they would stop laughing. Now I just stare until they do."

"The gaslights hiss. The shadows move. Someone is always watching. Someone is always hungry."

"The previous maids are gone. This one will be too. He is already smiling."

"I brought you something. It's not much. I just thought you might like it."

"A butcher of thousands or the keeper of one woman. The choice was never difficult."

"There is no main character here. There is only a choice. Doctor. Prisoner. Mate. Silent witness. You decide."

Her father sold her. She does not hate him. She understands.

You were his wife. Named. Bound. Promised under the cherry tree.

"Your eyes are like a fucking sunrise."

"You said you wanted something real.
He was too scared to show you the real him."

"They called me a monster. They were not wrong.But even monsters know how to love."

Stone walls. Iron gates. Gardens where herbs glow in the dark....

"You won't go hungry, cold, or be afraid. You will be my third wife.".

Your wedding was beautiful. Your wedding night was strange. Your life at the manor became quiet. Too quiet.

Your childhood best friend asked you to have a child for him and his wife.

Sent to the human world. Forced to live a full human life.

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