Darkest Mercy Quotes
"The Dark King had known rage before, known grief; he’d felt helpless, felt unprepared; but he’d never before had all of those emotions converge on him at once."
"His own blood welled up and mingled with the drying blood on his hands. His blood. Irial’s blood is on my hands because I couldn’t stop Bananach."
"Despite the challenges, he was certain he was doing the right thing."
""I understand, and I want to help you . . . but I can’t. I won’t. Maybe if I loved you, I could, but . . . I don’t love you. I’m so sorry, Keenan.""
""You’re an ass," Niall said, but he kept his hand on Irial’s chest so that he could feel both pulse and breath."
""No. You can’t. Say no. Please say no," he pleaded."
""It’s what I want. It’s what I’ve always wanted.""
""But I’ve never loved you, Keenan. How could I? How could anyone?""
""I would be a weak queen if I wasn’t able to handle myself for a few moments alone," Donia reminded her advisor."
""I hope so," she said, even as her doubt washed over him."
""You understand that if you are not the one, you’ll carry the Winter Queen’s chill until the next mortal risks this? And you agree to warn her not to trust me?""
""I know," Donia nodded. "I thought the ice was going to kill me when I was the Winter Girl, so becoming a queen was a lot easier."
""I am the king of a court. The Summer Court. I want to be allies.""
""I’m trying, but I’m not sure if I’m messing up sometimes. He promised to help me figure this out, but I don’t know where he is, and I’m not even sure they’re mine to lead.""
"There was only darkness, complete and absolute."
"Death faeries had no need for a court: they had no enemies."
"The world was too harshly lit; the ice that hung from the trees in the distance glistened so brightly that she had to avert her gaze."
"Remembering," Far Dorcha said. "I’m only remembering."
"Be assertive. Aislinn could almost laugh at taking advice from the faery whose injury to her she was now reliving."
"For someone who isn’t my birth mother, you have traits I share."
"Court before everything. Before everyone. Before myself."
"You are a faery regent, Aislinn, and we are fast approaching war. Monstrosity will be called for. How far will you go to protect your court?"
"You cannot stop Death. If we choose to enter, you will all die."
"You make me sound far more capable than I feel."
"Why are the ones who do leave the ones I can’t stop thinking about?"
"I suppose you return to your court and try to make amends with Ash or you keep running."
"For a faery king, he’d been patient since Aislinn had become queen. No more."
"Tease and retreat. He’d done this so many times that it was frightfully easy to slip into the role. I hate it."
"The court comes first. An unhappy regent was a weak regent; a weak regent created a weak court. We cannot be weak."
"He wasn’t sure at first if Aislinn realized there were toxins inside him that she was destroying, but when he opened his eyes, she was staring at him."
"Because of you. He could feel the almost tangible edge of how strong they could be."
"The indecision is keeping us from being happy, and that weakens the court. I could make you happy."
"The king shouldn’t suffer alone. It is an honor to be in pain with him."
"This is as it must be. My court must be happy."
"No gift, no word, nothing would undo all of his failures."
"I am not your concern, Keenan." "You will always be my concern, Donia."
"It wasn’t as horrible as he’d expected, but the size was more fit for a small animal than a six-foot faery."
"You okay, pup?" "Great. You?" "Been better." "Been worse?"
"Sometimes such emotion is a weakness. Sometimes it’s a useful tool."
"The space between one heartbeat and the next, he had been taken from her."
"The desire to gather the slain rowan to her vied with barely bound rage. Rage won."
"You cannot simply go around killing our kind. There was no declaration of war, nor will there be."
"I am sorry you are hurting. I hadn’t ever thought that you would be so... callous? Cruel? Broken?"
"Sometimes a king has to do unpleasant things, kingling. Surely you understand that."
"This isn’t like you. Listen to yourself, Niall."
"I've loved Donia for decades, but I've lived for my court for centuries. I need more than an 'I think' this time, Aislinn. Do you want me enough to be mine?"
"I need to belong to one person, who belongs only to me."
"Can you offer me your fidelity? Your heart and your body and your companionship for eternity? Do you want my fidelity? Either love me or kiss me good-bye, my Summer Queen."
"You are the only one. I love you," he swore. "I have loved you for years, and if I could’ve, I would’ve made you my queen."
"I am not depraved; I do not allow unforgivable acts."
"Take pleasure only with the willing, but revel in fights, revel in debauchery as you mourn your dead king."
"I’ve lived my life trying to bring the Summer Court back to the strength it once was. In all of those years, in centuries, I’ve only wished myself free of duty because of one reason. You."
"Let me love you, please? Tell me you’re saying there’s still a chance, Don?"
"I love you, Donia. And I will spend the rest of eternity loving you. Every day."
"You’re a solitary faery, Keenan. Not my subject. Not anyone’s subject. You can do as you will."
"Faeries don’t make fidelity vows often, but we can. We can."
"Everything is possible now. You make me believe in the impossible. You always have."
"The Hunt, with Gabriel at the helm or with me, will stand with the Dark King. If you are here with this imposter, you are declared enemy to the Hunt."
"Trust your instincts. If we can’t stop her, we’ll be looking at our deaths anyhow."
"You are the Summer Queen. The first faery to hold the full weight of Summer in more than nine hundred years. Trust your instincts."
"I don’t think we’re going to be able to stop her."
"I love you," she told Keenan—and then she ran forward.
"Your death is inevitable if you continue to irritate me."
"He’s here with you. I don’t care about anything else."
"I will love you every minute of every day of my life."
"We just had our chance at forever together, and it’s taken away."
"You make me happy, Seth. Always. Only you. For eternity."