“He wondered what she would taste of fantasized about how gunpowder and scorched earth would weigh on his tongue.”

“I won't tell anyone you sparkle. I promise.”

“We would not live ever after, but hunt together forevermore.”

“He could kiss her, or he could bite her. Both possibilities were equally tempting.”

“He'd never sought to mark a woman's flesh these shades of indigo and violet for pleasure.”

“Her voice was a sensual, confiding whisper, and he clung to ever rapturous word."You take the grenade, I'll take the pin.”

“Fear can be a potent aphrodisiac.”

“When the power of the shift rips the human body apart and transforms it into its new shape, there lives a second, less than a second, a mere shimmer of time when the mind is without a home, no body...”

“He moves suddenly so that his hand is cupping my sex, and one of his fingers sinks slowly into me. His other arm holds me firmly in place around my waist. This is mine, he whispers aggressively. Al...”

“Pain and pleasure, it's a sweet delectable combination." ~ Alexander Hudson”

“I will never intentionally ask you for anything that you arent willing to give. But if I do, you can always say no. He lets that sink in for a moment. But you wont.”

“Whatever else shed been on the verge of saying lodged in her throat as if her mind had suddenly registered what he'd meant. A solitary tear crested and trailed unchecked down her cheek. Oh, hell. A...”

“If we can become still and open-minded we might all feel that unseen hand on our shoulder, letting us know we are not alone.”

“If we an become still and open-minded, we might all feel the unseen comforting hand on our shoulder letting us know we are not alone.”

“It was the sort of bone deep emotion that made him want to hold her tighter with one hand, and draw a sword against the world with the other.”