And you always do your duty. Doesn't it ever get boring? I think that's why you're so attracted to me, because I've shaken your reasonable, rational, ordered life. I'd wager that you've felt more exci...
All at once Mari understood why people fought losing battles —because if you want something badly enough, you can’t do anything else but fight for it.
A woman who likes her whisky, he said while refilling her glass. Careful that you doona steal my heart, Annalía. It figures that the one requirement you’d have for your woman is ‘whisky drinker.’ Aye,...
Bad form, Regin! Wrong car.Immediately after, the house shook again. Oh, much better! Nix assured them. That was Bowen's!
[…] Lachlain said, Before you go, I wanted to pass on some advice. Emma told me that to win your mate, you have to accept Regin. The two are thick as thieves. Always have been. Since they were childre...
[…] But you doona plan to deprive Bowen and me of a fight? Garreth had answered, So as to no' piss off a vampire queen and the most powerful witch ever to live? Oh, aye. What are you planning?Steal th...
You’ll strip in front of a vampire when you don’t even know his name?You’re right! So what’s your name?My answer will be as forthcoming as yours. What do you want it to be?Some kind of name that fits...
When he’d watched her in the past, he hadn’t understood why she would wear such conservative tops, then such provocative skirts. Yes, they went past her knees, but they also stretched so enticingly ov...
When he watched her sleeping, he often thought, My heart lies vulnerable outside my chest.
What’s your favorite place to visit? He absently answered, Wherever you are. Bowen, five things about you can’t all be about me. But you’re the only good thing that I’ve got.
We want you gone. Your presence is obviously upsetting for her.Oh, aye, the poor, wee lass -- who tossed me like a skipping stone.
There was French kissing, and then there was Cajun French kissing. Spicier, harder, wilder.
She'd never seen a monster like that before, had never heard of one in all the Lore. When she grappled with the question of what it was, her sharply honed scientifical mind deduced one answer: manbear...
Seductive Lamia observed, Under your direction, La Dorada the Queen of Evil has arisen.Dora and I are like this. Nïx spread her arms wide. Now, I’ll be the first to admit she’s not without faults. Ver...
Nereus to Lothaire:I really thought you’d demand myfirstborn.As if I’d want your fucking guppy,Lothaire drawled, tracing away beforeNereus could strike him down.
Natalya asked, How'd you escape all the vampires out for your head?In a monotone voice, Lothaire stated, I'm good.
Kill first and then say, Gosh, were you actually good? My duh!
Jack stopped at the entrance, cupping my face. Stick to me like a shadow, you. How many times had he told me that?I regenerate. I need to go first!Dafuq. You're goan to stay behind me and step where I...
I’ll consider myself lucky, my elusive girl, once you consider yourself taken. Every man has a weakness; you are mine. I’ve accepted that. Now you must accept me.
Inside the half-basement, they found Wroth alongside Garreth, grappling to hold up the ceiling. The vampire's voice was incongruously calm when he asked, What kind of idiot would find this a worthy pl...