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Maybe tranquility is the dirt under my nails. I know it's there but I never feel like digging it out.


Casey Renee Kiser

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RENEE AHDIEH Khalid would break every bone in your body for what you've done.
RENEE AHDIEH Do you know why I adore roses?" Shahrzad untied the knot of his tikka sash with deliberate slowness....
RENEE AHDIEH Murderer, monster, madman... Khalid may very well be all of those things. But he's also loved. By me...
RENEE AHDIEH Where were you?" Shahrzad tried to control the tremor in her voice.
"Not where I should have b...
RENEE AHDIEH The warm sound of her laughter stole through Khalid's skin, heating the coldest reaches of his soul.
RENEE AHDIEH You are ridiculous, Khalid Ibn al-Rashid. I am just one girl. You are the Caliph of Khorasan, and yo...
RENEE AHDIEH No.” Musa canted his mouth to one side. “When we are faced with our darkest fears, inaction is f...
RENEE AHDIEH The moment I saw him running toward you that morning, I knew you were going to save him, just as he ...
RENEE AHDIEH The darker the sky, the brighter the stars.
RENEE AHDIEH For nothing, not the sun, not the rain, not even the brightest star in the darkest sky, could begin ...
RENEE AHDIEH It does not take courage to kill. It takes courage to live.
RENEE AHDIEH As always. As ever. As a rose to the sun.
RENEE AHDIEH No. He was not here to wreak revenge.
For revenge was trifling and hollow.
No. He was not ...
RENEE AHDIEH People fall in and out of love with the rising and setting of the sun. Rather like a boy who loves t...
RENEE AHDIEH And only those watching very carefully saw the Caliph of Khorasan lean back against the cushions and...
RENEE AHDIEH I know love is fragile. And loving someone like you is near impossible. Like holding something shatt...
RENEE AHDIEH When she wound her fingers in his hair to draw her body against his, he stilled for breath, and she ...
RENEE AHDIEH So you intend to go through life never loving anyone? Just … things?”
“No. I’m looking ...
RENEE AHDIEH And he smiled a smile to shame the sun.
RENEE AHDIEH It’s a fitting punishment for a monster. to want something so much—to hold it in your arms — a...
RENEE AHDIEH You are not weak. You are not indecisive. You are strong. Fierce. Capable beyond measure.
RENEE AHDIEH So you would have me throw Shazi to the wolves?”
“Shazi?” Jalal’s grin widened. “Hone...
RENEE AHDIEH You honestly expect me to breathe in a world without air?
RENEE AHDIEH Shazi,

I prefer the color blue to any other. The scent of lilacs in your hair is a sourc...
RENEE AHDIEH I love you, a thousand times over. And I will never apologize for it.
RENEE AHDIEH Some things exist in our lives for but a brief moment. And we must let them go on to light another s...
RENEE AHDIEH My soul sees its equal in you.
RENEE AHDIEH