“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.”

“Still pleasant as a cornered hedgehog, and as well mannered as a badger, I see.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”