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“I winced as he pushed the dagger harder into my flesh and I felt a small trickle of blood slide down my neck. "Okay, okay, th-the truth is my name is Elizabeth Burrough. I'm from twenty-first century America. I have no idea how I got here. All I know is I fell asleep reading my favourite book - _this_ book - and when I woke up, I was inside of it. You, Stone, William, Lord Gallagher, all of you - you're all characters from the book. _That's_ how I know everything that's going to happen, _that's_ why I keep telling you I don't belong here, and _that's_ why I insist that you hurry to the deck before William loses his balance and goes flying over the railing where he'll be swallowed by a whale." I stared at him, breathing hard. _Please, don't hurt me._

He was silent for a moment as if he couldn't tell whether I was joking or not. His eyes burned into mine. I couldn't read the expression on his face and had no clue what the next words out of his mouth would be. Finally, he said, "There are no whales here this time of year.”
― Ashley Tropea, Missing in the Pages

“He crooked a tired grin and turned, staring blankly at the wall in front of him. "You have no idea what I've done, the things I've seen, how I've become as powerful as I am. Your pure little brain couldn't even begin to come up with the different ways I've-" He cut himself off, shaking his head and facing me again. "In this life, there is only one way to make sure you don't get crushed; you must be willing to do the crushing.”
― Ashley Tropea, Missing in the Pages

“He looked so...isolated in that moment, standing on the other side of the room, in a world make of ocean and daggers and nothing else.”
― Ashley Tropea, Missing in the Pages

“I am Caspian Rogers and I am the captain of this ship," he ground out. "You are my hostage. Understand? You continue to exist because I allow it. You will not speak out of turn, you will not speak to _me_ at all, and if I hear you say that name ever again, I will slit your throat without a second thought. Am I clear?”
― Ashley Tropea, Missing in the Pages