“ Fourteen years without a mother had me believe I could be stoic when I finally met her. ”
Yelena, you've driven me crazy. You've caused me considerable trouble and I've contemplated ending your life twice since I've known you. Valek's warm breath in my ear sent a shiver down my spine.But you’ve slipped under my skin, invaded my blood and seized my heart.”“That sounds more like a poison than a person,” was all I could say. His confession had both shocked and thrilled me.“Exactly,” Valek replied. “You have poisoned me.
~ Maria V. Snyder
But you've slipped under my skin, invaded my blood and seized my heart.
The heart is a strange beast and not ruled by logic.
Oh, you made an impression. Like a stone caught in my boot.
