“Posture impossibly rigid, she turned to face him. Loose strands of hair that had escaped from her braid framed her heart-shaped face, full cheeks, and pointed chin flushed with exertion. Furious black eyes stared back at Herrick, her pink mouth a tight line and nostrils flared.”
— Kingdom of Embers and Ruin, Chp. 1
Artwork by @kalynne_art
“The stiff muscles of his arms and stomach taunted her, but Maude forced herself to look up into golden brown eyes that danced with humor, daring her to say something.”
—Kingdom of Embers and Ruin, Chp. 1
Artwork by @penellope.art
“Maude, forgetting the next part in her distraction, almost yelped when Herrick moved his hand down her side to grip her thigh that was exposed by the slit in her dress. In one fluid movement, he brought her knee up around his hip and gripped her tighter to lift her slightly off the ground.”
— Kingdom of Embers and Ruin, Chp. 16
Artwork by @kalynne_art
“𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘯 𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘳, 𝘸𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺.”
𝘞𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳.
𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥, “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦, 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵.”
𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥."
— Kingdom of Embers and Ruin, Chp 5
Artwork by @penellope.art