And she felt the words come from some iron place within her that hadn't existed an hour ago. She didn't speak loudly, but there was such a change in her voice. Coming from that iron place, it was heavy and true; it wasn't persuasive, or desperate, or antagonistic. It just was.
Days of Blood & Starlight (ed. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2012) - ISBN: 9780316215404