I dislike your formality."...."Your formality keeps us at arms length when I want not even a hairbreadths between us.

“You know, you're not so bad when you try to be nice." "It's not easy." He looke…”

“I am not your wicked witch,” Alexandrine said.“Beg to differ there,” Nikodemus …”

“Air swirled over her shoulders leaving a wake of chilled skin. To her left some…”

“The valet blanched at the thought of four hours in a carriage. "I've sent for D…”