Sounds like I’m the man of your dreams…

They had a past together. Did it rule out a future?

The more you miss something, the greater the appeal.

He had made a vow to defend his country against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
He’d never expected to fight unknown beings that weren’t human.

Love was like swallowing a cili padi whole.

Magic ran in the family. Even her mother's second cousin, who was adopted, did small spells on the side. She sold these from a stall in Kota Bharu. Her main wares were various types of fruit fried in batter, but if you bought five pisang or cempedak goreng, she threw in a jampi for free.