power in the blood

                                                    —   but i do.                                                                         i do.                                                                                  i do.

“I was a Harman,“ Sylvia said with muted ferocity. She was staring at the floor again, and she seemed to be speaking to her self rather than to Hunter. “I was. But I had to stand there and watch my cousins be accepted instead of me. I had to watch half humans be accepted - be welcomed. They took my place - just because they were descended through the female line.”

“Delos Redfern. She knew it now, as unquestionably as she knew the names of her own family. She realized, too, as a matter of minor importance, an afterthought, that he was a prince. A vampire prince who’d been born to rule this secret kingdom, as the Redfern family had ruled it for centuries.”

Mary-Lynnette said, “So this island where you come from-is that the Night World?” Rowan looked startled. “Oh, no, it’s just a safe town. You know, a place where our people all live without any humans. Hunter Redfern founded it back in the sixteenth century so we’d have some where safe to live.”

Been waiting and wanting to make this meme for a long time