#irial

-"You won't like me if I'm cruel." -"I don't like you now." -"We don't lie." -"I'm mortal, Irial. I can lie all I want to. ↗

— Melissa Marr

#irial #leslie #love

He'd given her his vow: to take care of her, to keep her from hurt or pain, from wanting for anything. Her leaving didn't negate his promises; they weren't conditional. ↗

— Melissa Marr

#leslie #wicked-lovely #love

-"Leslie? What are you doing?" -"Choosing. I'm mine. Not anyone else's." -"I'm still yours, though. That won't ever change, Shadow Girl. ↗

— Melissa Marr

#irial #leslie #change

He might be out of her skin, but she'd left him as something other than what he'd been before- not moral, but not strong enough to deserve the title of Dark King. ↗

— Melissa Marr

#faeries #ink-exchange #irial #love

He had hopes, but hope wasn't a solution. ↗

— Melissa Marr

#irial #responsibility #solution #love

We are what we are, Nial, neither as good or as evil as others paint us. And what we are doesn't change how truly we feel, only how free we are to follow those feelings. ↗

— Melissa Marr

#emotions #feelings #free #irial #niall

I'm still yours, though. That won't ever change, Shadow Girl. ↗

— Melissa Marr

#leslie #change

Irial!” “Still here.” Irial didn’t open his eyes, but he smiled a little. “You’re an ass,” Niall said, but he kept his hands on Irial’s chest so that he could feel both pulse and breath. “You too, Gancanagh,” Irial murmured. ↗

— Melissa Marr

#niall #love

Pride goeth before the fall....but you've already fallen, haven't you? ↗

— Melissa Marr

#devlin #irial #love

You are my king. You could command me to stop seeing her." Niall turned his gaze to Irial. "What would you do?" "Blind myself, if you were foolish enough to use those words. ↗

— Melissa Marr

#irial #love #loyalty #niall #sight