“There was something more than a little satisfying about ripping the heart out of someone the moment before they expected to do the same to you.”

“Alisons gaze gentled. Tell me, Samantha, have you ever been to Scotland?”

“Samantha imagined that in another life, she and Alison could have, indeed, been friends. Had she not been about to rob the train.”

“Yere wet, he groaned. Im underwater. I ken that, bonny. But this dampness has nothing to do with that.”

“Experience should have taught ye by now that denying me what I want only makes me more relentless.”

“The lass was no damsel. Hed prepared himself for a hard sell, one that might require a few extra knee-weakening smiles, perhaps so much as a seduction, but hed never in a million years expected the...”

“Doona fash, Sam. Calybrid, spying her scowl, hurried to balm the wound. Yere plenty fair. Aye, Locryn agreed. With eyes the color of the Alt Dubh Gorm. Sure, that too. Just no one will write odes t...”

“Doona fash, Sam.” Calybrid, spying her scowl, hurried to balm the wound. “Ye’re plenty fair.” “Aye,” Locryn agreed. “With eyes the color of the Alt Dubh Gorm.” “Sure, that too.” “Just… no one will ...”

“To see the years touch ye gives me joy", he whispered, "for it means that ye live.”

“I thought the force of my wanting must wake ye, surely. And then ye did come. . ." He stopped, looking at me with eyes gone soft and dark. "Christ, Claire, ye were so beautiful, there on the stair,...”

“There was something more than a little satisfying about ripping the heart out of someone the moment before they expected to do the same to you.”

“He shook his head, staring at her like a condemned man who beheld the face of his executioner. "Aline," he whispered, "Do you know what hell is?""Yes." Her eyes overflowed. "Trying to exist with yo...”

“Damn, you're good,' he said and rolled onto his back. The man wasn't much for flowery speech, Alesandra thought with a smile. It didn't matter. She was arrogantly proud of herself because she'd ple...”

“If I am never to have you again after this night, this moment, you will remain the wife of my soul. Keeper of my heart.”