“I want to mate with you more than my next breath, but I need you to be sure. His eyes were human again as he continued. Dragon matings are for life. I... don't ever want you to regret mating with m...”

“As long as they were together, they could face anything. For the first time in a long time, she didnt feel aloneand she knew he didnt either.”

“He knew himself well enough that once she was gone he wouldnt last regardless. His heart would simply stop beating without her.”

“There would never be anyone else. Not if he lived a thousand lifetimes.”

“She couldnt walk away from him again. Her heart couldnt take it and she didnt think his could either. When she'd left him, it had been like cutting off a limb. And she had, essentially. Because Ian...”

“Want to feel you come around my cock, he whispered darkly. Want to hear you say youre mine. There was that bite of darkness to his words again.Im yours. She could never be anyone elses. That was a ...”

“Men who fear demons see demons everywhere.”

“What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: 'This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innume...”

“I suddenly realized. The zebra. It is not something outside of us. The zebra is something inside of us. Our fears. Our own self-destructive nature. The zebra is the worst part of us when we are fac...”

“He took a deep breath. "I'm a dragon, Samantha." "Oh, my God." His lips twitched. "Even when I look like a man." "A dragon," she repeated. "Yes.”

“She went on tiptoe and pecked his cheek with a kiss. Daring of her, she knew. His green eyes went dragon-gold and sharp, the bones of his forehead morphing slightly to suggest the crowned brow of t...”

“Nothing can age a dragon, but you just might be the exception.”

“History has been written, but it has not always been right or complete.”

“I want to kiss you again, Tess.Why?He chuckled, low under his breath. Why? Because youre beautiful, and because I want you. And I think you want me too.”

“With every breath I take, I will always love you.”