“I got a body covered in scars, but then who doesnt? If you dont have a few scars, you havent really lived.”

“What are you saying?I want to try.He wanted clarification on that. You want to try what?There it was, that deep flush. You know.Yes, he knew, but he wasnt going to let her off the hook so easily. S...”

“Why do you think there arent rules to how sex will work? You didnt want to talk to me about what you wanted. You pushed me into the room so I wouldnt turn on the light because you knew damn well I ...”

“Punishment? You dont have any right to punish me. And I can curse. I choose not to most of the time, but dont think it doesnt go through my head, asshole. I was trying to give you something. I was ...”

“I dont think I like the idea that you just control me, but you get to do anything you like.Ah, but thats because you dont understand the power exchange. Note that I used the word exchange. Listen, ...”

“Maybe she should stop reading those damn romance novels. They were giving her crazy expectations.”

“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...”

“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...”