My Favorite Quotes

Nightshade Trilogy: Nightshade

These quotes are from Nightshade, which is the first book in a trilogy of the same name. It's a book about werewolves. Here are a few terms that will help reading these quotes easier: Guardian: A a person who can shift into an animal, usually a wolf. Calla and her pack, the Nightshades, and Ren and his pack, the Banes, are all Guardians. They were made by the Keepers. They are the warriors that protect the Keepers' sacred sites. ""Legend has it that the first Guardian was created by a Keeper who had fallen in battle. The wounded Keeper his in the first, terribly weak, close to death. But a wolf appeared and brought the Keeper food, kept the other predators of the forest away. The Keeper was able to bid his wounds while the wolf continued to provide sustenance. When the Keeper healed, he offered to transform the wolf into a Guardian. Part human, part beast, full of Old Magic. In exchange for the wolf's loyalty and eternal service, the Keeper would always provide for the Guardian and their kin. That was the first Guardian; we've been the Keepers' warriors ever since."" (Nightshade Trilogy: Book 1: Nightshade, pages 116-117, written by Andrea Cremer) Humans can be turned into Guardians if they're bitten by an alpha wolf and incantation is said. The incantation is: ""Bellator silvae servi. Warrior of the forest, I, the alpha, call on thee to serve in this time of need."" (Nightshade Trilogy: Book 1: Nightshade, page 297, written by Andrea Cremer) They can also speak to each other using telepathy when they're in their wolf forms. If there is what appears to be a conversation going on in italics, without quotation marks, that's whats going on. "When we reached to mouth of the cave, I shifted into wolf form; Shay followed suit. He shook his ruff and gazed at me, eyes questioning. Come on, it's time to run. I playfully nipped at his shoulder. He barked and umped away; his ears flicked as he gazed at me. He whimpered, pawing at the snow. I watched him for a moment and then understood. If you need to talk, focus your thought and send it toward me. His tentative response quietly entered my mind. Okay." (Nightshade Trilogy: Book 1: Nightshade, pages 303-304, written by Andrea Cremer) Keeper: The people the Guardians answer to. Logan, Efron, and Lumine are Keepers. They seem to answer to Bosque Mar, Shay's uncle. ""Keepers look human, but they're not." The veins in his neck stood out. "If they aren't human, then what are they?" "Old Ones. Creatures who embody both the earthly and divine; full of magic. They are witches." "Witches aren't human? He stared at me. "I mean aren't Wiccans witches?" "Humans are relatively new occupants if this world. And there are some who keep pagan rites, call themselves witches, but it isn't the same thing." I kept my eyes on him as I spoke. "The Old Ones have been in power much longer. Humans are mortal, fragile. The Old Ones are not. They were here before humans kept rime or wrote histories. They move between worlds, this one and the spirit world. The Keepers are the wardens of the earth; they have the power to protect it. The witches rule the world, keep it from falling apart; they just let humans think they're in control now. The interests of the Old Ones lay in different places than human pursuits." Shay braces his hands against the glove compartment. "Okay. For the sake of argument, I'm going along with this. You're calling them Old Ones, or witches, but you said my uncle is a Keeper. What's the distinction?" "Keepers aren't the only witches. The war broke out, and still wages, because aeons ago the Old Ones split into factions. Keepers and Searchers." "And the Searchers are your enemies?" He opened the glove compartment and began rifling through my CDs, as if seeking something normal to counter this strange conversation. "Yes."" (Nightshade Trilogy: Book 1: Nightshade, pages 181-182, written by Andrea Cremer) Searchers: The enemies of the Keepers. The Guardians fight them. ""So the Old Ones who didn't want the job...those are the Searchers? That's what this war is over?" I glanced in the rearview mirror, still paranoid that we might be watched. "The Keepers watch over the sacred sites of the Old Ones. The sacred places of the earth grant the Keepers their power, and they use it to protect humanity. The Searchers want to control the sites, to take that power from the Keepers from their own gain. If they managed to win, humans wound be subject to the whims and cruelty of the Searchers. They would be slaves while the Searchers dominated the earth, and the natural world would no longer be held in balance. All the good intention, the hope of creation would be unraveled and the world would be destroyed. The sites must be protected." "And Guardians like you fend off the Searchers."" (Nightshade Trilogy: Book 1: Nightshade, page 183, written by Andrea Cremer) Nightshades: Calla's pack. The Keeper who oversees the pack is Lumine. Includes Calla's parents, her brother Ansel, Bryn, Fey, and Mason. Calla is an alpha, or leader. Bryn is her beta, or second in command. Banes: Ren's pack. The Keeper who oversees the pack is Efron. Includes Ren's father, Sabine, Dax, Neville (Nev), and Cosette. Ren is an alpha, Dax is his beta. Haldis: The cave the Guardians protect. Also the name of the pack being formed after Calla and Ren's union, which takes place on October 31, and is also the name of the strange object Shay finds in the cave. The Keeper who is supposed to oversee the Haldis pack is Logan, Efron's son. The pack would be made up of Calla and Ren (alphas), Dax and Bryn (betas), Mason, Neville, Ansel, Sabine, Cosette, and Fey. The page numbers are from the American hardcover edition. Enjoy!