PROMPTS FROM THE SERPENT AND THE WINGS OF NIGHT
* assorted dialogue from the book by carissa broadbent, adjust as necessary
i would beg. for you, i would.
you have fucking destroyed me, [name]. do you know that?
death isn't frightening when weighed against an insignificant existence.
i've lived through some injustices in the last couple of centuries.
a dead lover can never break your heart.
so many mistakes in the end. never you.
i give you my body. i give you my blood. i give you my soul. i give you my heart.
i wanted it to all be a lie. but it was not a lie.
never trust. never yield. always guard your heart.
vampires know better than anyone how important it is to protect their hearts.
love is sharper than any stake.
fear, when embraced, hardens and sharpens.
you are the most stunning thing i've ever seen, [name].
no one has ever said those words to me.
here's how you stay alive.
maybe our skin doesn't scar the same as yours, but our hearts do.
are you going to kill me, [name]?
you might destroy me anyway.
don't be so quick to throw away your humanity.
you might find you miss it once it's gone.
don't you fucking dare stop fighting.
nothing matters but this.
once you win, the world is yours.
this is the time for conquering.
you don't give an inch, do you?
i only know how to fight.
i can't take credit for everything that you've become.
fear is a collection of physical responses.
i love it, really, truly love it, when they underestimate me.
you're sweet. prickly, but sweet. in an acidic sort of way. like a pineapple.
love is a sacrifice at the altar of power.
you don't even know the things i've thought about.
i used to be one of them.
i've saved your life twice now.
you're a demanding little thing, aren't you?
i don't like feeling things.
i'm done hating myself for all my human weaknesses.
i will never be able to carve you from my heart. you are embedded too deep.