Don’t trust anybody else—no matter how close you are to them.” (Eric)

— Shannon A. Thompson

Every monster could be saved.

— Shannon A. Thompson

Everything seemed so unreal—so supernatural—and I had to remind myself that it was. We weren’t human. We never were. (Jessica)

— Shannon A. Thompson

Fate was a reality, but it wasn’t a beautiful or angelic thing. It was a heart-wrenching nightmare. And we’d fallen blindly into it. We had no escape. It was happening, and it was up to me to guarantee our survival of it. (Eric)

— Shannon A. Thompson

Fate was tricky like that. It consumed us when we thought we were free, and it freed us when we thought we were captured.

— Shannon A. Thompson

Harmony would only come with destruction.

— Shannon A. Thompson

Her kiss could kill us, and my consent signed our death certificates, selfishly and without control. (Eric)

— Shannon A. Thompson

Her kiss was a goodbye and a promise and a dream.

— Shannon A. Thompson

He's been through so much and to watch that boy suffers makes me wish this world wasn't so cruel.

— Shannon A. Thompson

He was acting like our kiss had broken him, and his reaction was breaking me.

— Shannon A. Thompson