I am going to go into this world, and I don't care if you and your narrow mind cannot be a part of it.

— Elise Kova

There was something severed and rough about her, something tainted and, yet, at the same time those jagged pieces were the makings of something fearsome. She'd wanted to become someone the Senate would fear, why not shatter the sky?

— Elise Kova

What are you wrapped up in?' Roan whispered. Her anger and frustration had shifted to a sympathy that grated Hall.' I'm simply learning where I'm meant to be.' It was the only response because it was the truth.

— Elise Kova

You have to earn it.' Hall didn't know what else to say. She had trusted him, to lead her, to teach her, and he broke that trust. It wasn't as though it was something she could simply start again on command.

— Elise Kova