Karen Marie Moning: "Ia mencondongkan tubuh ke depan, sikunya berlutut...

"Ia mencondongkan tubuh ke depan, sikunya berlutut, semua hiburan lenyap dari fitur-fiturnya, meninggalkan wajah pahatannya yang tenang, anggun. "Aku memberimu kata-kata saya, Gabrielle O'Callaghan," katanya lembut. "Aku akan melindungimu." "Benar. Kata peri hitam, pembohong legendaris, penipu ulung," ejeknya. Berani-beraninya menawarkan kata seperti itu mungkin benar-benar berarti sesuatu? Otot melompat di rahangnya. "Bukan hanya itu yang terjadi, Gabrielle. Aku sudah, dan memang, banyak hal." "Oh, tentu saja, konyol aku, aku meninggalkan penggoda yang sempurna dan tidak bersalah."

--- Karen Marie Moning

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It leaned forward, elbows on its knees, all amusement vanishing from its features, leaving its chiseled visage quietly regal, dignified. "I give you my word, Gabrielle O'Callaghan," it said softly. "I will protect you." "Right. The word of the blackest fairy, the legendary liar, the great deceiver," she mocked. How dare it offer its word like it might actually mean something? A muscle leapt in its jaw. "That is not all I have been, Gabrielle. I have been, and am, many things." "Oh, of course, silly me, I left out consummate seducer and ravager of innocence.