“My panties were still on but he didnt let that stop him, nosing them out of the way and tonguing my sex, making low, growling noises in his throat like a big cat purring with pleasure while it devo...”

“I know you. Inside and out, Sara. I know you, and Ive accepted it all. Every bit of the crazy. And I love you anyway remember?”

“Every bride is beautiful. Its like newborn babies or puppies. They cant help it.”

“Fuck me, I whispered, giving him permission, taking him into my flesh, a soft invitation to madness.”

“Sometimes theres no cure for the crazy. Dale sighed, stroking my hair. I think we all just have to keep loving through it. Maybe thats the cure.”

“I looked at him like a stranger, someone Id never seen before, and he looked at me like Id been lost to him for a thousand years and finally found.”

“Wars fought over a face like this, he murmured like he was talking to himself, my heart stopped beating and his thumbs moved lightly across my cheeks. A man would work himself into the ground for i...”

“Okay, first of all, I didnt sleep with you to make amends. I slept with you because I wanted to.He still didnt say anything, and she pointed at him again. And you know what? It was your own damn fa...”

“And I wake up happy, baby, because I possess beauty and I own that beauty in all the forms it can take and the least important of those are physical.”

“My knees were weak but he held me with one hand, guiding me with the motion of his hips. I was completely his to do with what he wanted and he knew it.”

“He kissed you! He f@*#king kissed you right in front of me," Wharick growled through his clenched teeth. Kathel looked up from the ground where he was now leaning up on his elbows, far too pleased ...”

“He put his wrists out in front, and as he spoke the words engraved on them, he turned his arms around slowly. "Dum spiramus tuebimur, which in English reads: while we breath, we shall defend," he t...”

“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...”