“Yo, beautiful. Come pop this collar off me.Natalya hissed, Are you mad?Whats she gonna do? Vivisect me? Imprison me? Weve got a pact to fulfill,remember? To Dorada, she cried, Seriously, sweetheart...”

“Nix to Declan:Begin transcriptTesting. Hello, hellooo, anybody out there? Check, check, one, two. Soft pee. Puh, puh. Resonance! Sooooooft pee. Alpha bravo disco tango duck.This is Nx! Im the Ever-...”

“Straightaway, she'd called to the guard, "Oh, boys?" She'd sauntered to the glass in only her black lace bra and panties. "I need some assistance," When they slowed, agog, she'd purred, "Can one of...”

“Aidan from the past: He took her hands in his bloodied, callused ones. Accept me? His eyes glowed, his lashes spiked from rain.Declan in the present: He gripped her nape. I fuckin love you, Regin! ...”

“He's like six hundred years younger than you are. I refuse to be the moral compass of our cell! Most weekends I have an intoxispell bong attached to my mouth like a respirator. I love scatological ...”

“You're still... Declan?"----Voice hoarse, he said, "Aye, it's me. I will never be your perfect Viking, Regin! I've made unforgivable mistakes. I've no family or friends, and my men hold no love for...”

“I never loved another person the way I loved myself.”

“She was pleased to have him come and never sorry to see him go.”

“Ducking for apples -- change one letter and it's the story of my life.”