Teaser Tuesday: Dark Companion, Once, & Seraphina

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly feature, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. 

"Why does every society, every culture have stories about monsters, such as those that drink blood?" she asked. "The universality of these tales says something about our own humanity, but what? Are we afraid of what is outside lurking in the night, or do we dread the darkness of our own souls?"

~ Dark Companion by Marta Acosta, Kindle Location 975 (Galley Edition)

His voice was hoarse and low when he said, "Let me see." I held my hand toward him. He stood so close that I smelled the same fresh, herbal scent his mother wore. He seemed mesmerized at the blood dripping from my finger and his finely curved lips opened slightly. I felt the whisper of his exhalation on my cheek. "Lucien!" Mrs. Radcliffe said sharply. "I'll take care of that."

~ Dark Companion by Marta Acosta, pg. 43-44 (Galley Edition)

The only two people who can understand a relationship are the two people in it.

~ Once by Anna Carey, pg. 172 (ARC)

"How many where there?"
"Two hundred nineteen, although there may have been some I couldn't see."
The prince's mouth fell open. He was unused to interrogating dragons, evidently.

~ Seraphina by Rachel Hartman, pg. 17