1
I put a knife in your hand and your first instinct was to stab me."" You tried to stab me first, " I objected without thinking.Alwyn Hamilton
2
I hated the quiet. I could hear my fears that much louder for it.Alwyn Hamilton
3
I seemed to still be alive. Which was unexpected. I'd feel good about it when I stopped retching my insides up.Alwyn Hamilton
4
It was a bad idea to play chicken with someone who'd known you your whole life. Nobody came out a winner.Alwyn Hamilton
5
I called the desert into a storm.Alwyn Hamilton
6
My mother had raised me on a thousand stories of girls who were saved by the Djinn, princesses rescued from towers, peasant girls rescued from poverty. Turned out, stories were just stories. I was on my own.Alwyn Hamilton
7
I barged through the palace, dripping a trail of blood behind me as I held the dead bird by the neck.Alwyn Hamilton