“Rapunzel took a ragged breath and called back, “What are you?”“Pardon?”“What are you,” she asked again, frustration mingling with her fear, “What sort of beast are you? Are you a wolf?”“Does a wolf...”

“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...”