“He was the gorgeous one, brute strength wrapped into one sex god of a man.”

“Oh for Christ sakes. Ay carrumba, chimichanga. I have no idea what youre saying, but shut your pretty pie hole.”

“Oh for Christ sakes. Ay carrumba, chimichanga. I have no idea what you’re saying, but shut your pretty pie hole.”

“God must think her a badass because he’d handed her this moment, and he didn’t dole out shit she couldn’t handle. That was a fact taught long ago by that miserable bitch called life.”

“Let me rephrase. He took a seething step toward me. When it comes to you I dont like to share.”

“He put the knuckles of his fist to the table, leaned toward Niles and spoke quietly, cuttingly, in his rough, gravelly voice.Fucked her last night, man, and this morning. Five times. Five. It was l...”

“She nodded, grabbed her purse out of the drawer and skedaddled, walking like she was on a catwalk, one foot in front of the other, her ass swaying under the skirt of her expensive, tailored suit.Bi...”

“Rui bit out something raw and primitive. He raised his head and she saw his animal in his eyes, a rich, wild gold, and then the room spun and she was on the mattress, his big body covering hers...”

“She was mine. I owned her from the hair on her head to her curl-covered cunt to those elegant feet.”

“He has one hand over her mound and works his fingers as if he was playing guitar, making beautiful music with her tiny button. He serenades her with a love song that only his fingers know how to pi...”

“Fight back, Laia. For Darin. For Izzi. For every Scholar this beast has abused. Fight. A scream bursts from me, and I claw at Marcuss face, but a punch to my stomach takes the wind out of my lungs....”