Nyktos Quotes

“Bravery is a fleeting beast, isn’t it? Always there to get you into trouble, but quick to disappear once you’re where you want to be”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, The ​Crown of Gilded Bones

“I know one thing, liessa. A monster wouldn't care if they were one.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“There are people who do terrible things, but that doesn't always mean they're terrible people.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout

“Killing is not something one should have little regard for,' he replied. 'It should always affect you, no matter how many times you do it. It should always leave a mark. And if it doesn't, then I would have grave concerns about the individual.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“It's exhausting always being right.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“The road to hell is paved with good intentions,' he said. 'Perhaps you've heard that?'

'Sounds like something you'd have embroidered on a pillow.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Don't forget, Sera. You are not afraid. You may feel fear, but you are never afraid.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“You lie so prettily,' ...”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“I sat back, crossing my arms. 'Why are you even here? You could've left once you realised I was okay.'

'I could've left, but like I said before, it would be incredibly rude to leave someone unconscious on the ground,' he returned.

'Well, aren't I lucky that you're a polite pervert?'

Ash laughed, low and smoky. 'Why haven't you left, liessa?”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“I'm not sure why I'm still here talking to you.'

'Perhaps you feel indebted to me since I watched over you while you were unconscious.'

'I was unconscious for a few moments. It's not like you stood guard for endless hours.'

'I am quite important. Those moments felt like hours.'

'I do not like you,' I said.

He eyes shifted to mine, and that curve of his lips remained. 'But you see, you do. That's why you're still here and no longer threatening to claw my eyes out.'

I snapped my mouth shut.

Ash winked.

'The clawing of the eyes could still happen,' I warned him.

'I don't think so.' He bit down on that lower lip of his again, the act snagging my gaze once more. 'Besides the fact that you know you won't succeed, you said I was beautiful, and clawing my eyes out would ruin that, wouldn't it?”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Is that a smile?' He leaned over, eyeing me far too intently to be serious. 'It is. You've greeted me with three of them now. Be still my heart.'

Shaking my head, I rolled my eyes. 'It must not take much to still your heart.'

'Apparently, it takes a mortal Princess,' he said.
'One who roams haunted woods in the dead of night and swims gloriously naked in a lake.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“I want to kiss you, even though there is no reason for me to other than I want it.' The heated intensity of his stare held mine. 'I would even go as far as to say I need to.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“What... what does the sun taste like?'

The curve of his lips was wicked. 'Like you.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“If I stayed, I think I'd find myself obsessed with trying to count just how many freckles you have.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“There are many ways you can be taken out. Thousands. And I'm well acquainted with all of them,' he said. 'Your options are endless. Some painless. Some quick. This way won't be either.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“You will not die by my hands, but I will have you soul for an eternity to do with as I see fit. And I have a lot of ideas.' He winked as he patted the mortal's cheek. 'Something to look forward to. For both of us.'

Saion laughed under his breath. 'He's giving like that.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Impressive,' Ash murmured.

I stared at him. 'What is?'

'You.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“You have beautiful hair. It's like spun moonlight. Stunning.'

'I think I will cut it all off.'

Ash chuckled. 'You would, wouldn't you?”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“But there's something I want to make clear. You didn't do anything wrong to cause me not to fulfil the deal.'

I opened my eyes. 'Because you changed your mind and simply had no need of a Consort?'

'Especially not one who stabs me,' he remarked.

I frowned at the hint of teasing in his voice. 'Are you going to bring that up continuously?'

'Every chance I get.'

'Great,' I muttered, rolling my eyes despite the rising curiosity. 'Now I wish I'd stabbed you harder.'

'That's rude.'

'Some would consider leaving your Consort to be abandoned on a throne for three years rude,' I retorted. 'But what do I know?”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“So you eat food?' I asked, my thoughts reluctantly travelling to the conversation I'd had with Aios.

His gaze flicked up. 'Yes,' he said, drawing out the word. 'I can't survive on consuming the souls of the damned alone.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Love is an unnecessary and dangerous risk.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Love is a beautiful weapon, often wielded as a means to control another. It shouldn't be a weakness, but that is what it becomes. And those most innocent always pay for it.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Are you worried Daddy Nyktos will be upset with you for allowing her in here and send you to bed without your supper?”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“How are you keeping your guest distracted in your office? With stimulating conversation and your ample charm?'

His smile turned as cold as his fury. 'As I'm sure you remember, my charm is very ample.'

My cheeks heated. 'I've been trying to forget your overinflated charm.'

'Was it not you who just referred to it as ample?' His eyes flashed a deep quicksilver.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“You know what the hardest part is, liessa? I don't even know why I'm fighting this need. You would have me, wouldn't you?'

'Yes,' I whispered without a hint of shame or guilt. It was the truth, even if there was no deal, no duty to be carried out. And that should've terrified me.

'I would have you.' His lips coasted over mine. A tremble coursed through me as the tips of his fingers trailed down the side of my throat and over my shoulder. 'You would have me.'

Those fingers followed the vee of the robe, gliding over the swell of my breast. 'Yes.'

'They why can't we?”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Thirty-six.'

My eyes fluttered open. 'What?'

'Freckles,' he said, his cheeks... pinker than usual. 'You have thirty-six of them on your face.'

That strange, whirring sensation surged through my chest. 'You actually counted them?'

'I did,' Ash rocked back. 'I did the first day you were here. I counted them again to make sure I was correct. I was.' He fixed the loosened tie of my robe. 'I really hope there's no doubt left when it comes to my interest in you.'

'There's not.'

'Good.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“If it's okay with you, I would just like to be here with you. That's all. Just be here.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“I feel like I also have to let you know that one of the reasons I can't sleep is because I keep looking at the damn doors to your bedchambers.'

My gaze shot back to him.

'And then I lay there wondering why in the hell I placed your chambers beside mine. Sounded like a good idea,' he said, and my stomach rolled. 'Now I'm not so sure. Because I spent far too much time thinking that all I had to do was walk a couple of feet and that chamber wouldn't be empty. You'd be there.'

The tripping sensation turned into a falling one. 'And that is a bad thing?'

'Undecided.'

I laughed, looking away. 'Well, I feel that I should let you know that I too was staring at those damn doors, and I'm only a few feet away and...'

'And what?' Shadows gathered in his voice.

'And I don't mind engaging in bad ideas,' I told him.

Ash chuckled. 'You wouldn't, would you?'

I grinned as I tugged the edges of the throw up to my chin. 'I am particularly talented at engaging in bad ideas.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Smile at me,' he murmured, the silver in his eyes swirling.

'Why?'

'Because when you do that, there's utterly nothing I would not allow you to do to me.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“I can smell her blood on your lips. There is nothing that I will not do to you because of that.' (”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember