Extraits

“Regarding Her Majesty, Queen Levana, has she or any of the Lunar court commented on the escape of the convict?"

Kai's jaw tensed. "Oh, she's had a thing or two to say about it.”

“Emilie. A beautiful name for a beautiful girl.”

“But her grandmother had never suggested she could think the same of Scarlet. You'll be fine, she always said, after a skinned knee, after a broken arm, after her first youthfull heartbreak. You'll be fine, because you're strong, like me.”

“Kai neared his desk again, seeing that the fugitive's profile had been transferred to the screen. His frown deepened. Perhaps not dangerous, but young and inarguably good-looking. His prison photo showed him flippantly winking at the camera. Kai hated him immediately.”

“I don't like to think of it as 'stolen'. They have no proof that I didn't plan on giving it back."

"You're kidding, right?"

He shrugged. "You have no proof either."

She squinted back at him. "Were you planning on giving it back?"

"Maybe."

An orange light blinked on in the corner of Cinder's vision-her cyborg programming picking up on the lie.”

“Cinder," Iko said after a few silent minutes of explorations. "I'm enormous.”

"Mais tu es la seule, Scarlet. Tu seras toujours la seule."

"- Un capitaine sait toujours retrouver son vaisseau. Il y a comme un lien psychique entre eux.

- Si seulement on avait un capitaine sous la main !"

Spoiler(cliquez pour révéler)Elle n’était plus qu’une enveloppe fripée, décharnée, même si ses yeux bruns restaient aussi brillants et pleins de force. Même si on y lisait toujours plus d’amour que le reste du monde n’en contiendrait jamais.

- Le plus stupide, ce n’est pas d’essayer de te protéger, dit Loup en ramenant son regard sur Scarlet. C’est de croire que ça pourra faire une différence.