'The human must be delivered to the council for evaluation and subsequent disposition according to purification protocols.'

— Evangeline Star

His hands, large as excavator blades and hot as burning coal, set me down in the center of the room with a delicacy that felt like mockery.

— Evangeline Star

'The prophecy isn't mystical,' Cassian said. His voice was a knife wrapped in silk, the imperfect but understandable Spanish resonating in the confined space.

— Evangeline Star