Happiness. It was the place where passion, with all its dazzle and drumbeat, met something softer: homecoming and safety and pure sunbeam comfort. It was all those things, intertwined with the heat and the thrill, and it was as bright within her as a swallowed star.
Daughter of Smoke & Bone (ed. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2011) - ISBN: 9780316192149