With each day he felt the barriers melting. He <i>let</i> them melt. Because of her genuine laugh, because he caught her one afternoon sleeping with … - Sarah J. Maas

The Court of Dreams.
The people who knew that there was a price, and one worth paying, for that dream. The bastard- born warriors, the Illyrian half breed, the monster trapped in a beautiful body, the dreamer born into a court of nightmares...And the huntress with an artist's soul.

It's a rare person to face who they are and not run from it - not be broken by it.

I fell in love with you, smartass, because you were one of us — because you weren’t afraid of me, and you decided to end your spectacular victory by throwing that piece of bone at Amarantha like a javelin. I felt Cassian’s spirit beside me in that moment, and could have sworn I heard him say, ‘If you don’t marry her, you stupid prick, I will.