“Youll be stronger, Alayna, having explored the part of you that youve been afraid to know. Ill have to stop if you tell me to, so youll actually hold the power, but you wont tell me to stop. Youll ...”

“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...”

“You're a virgin. You have no idea what you're asking for.""Then you will have to teach me.""Not like this. Not on a horse in the middle of nowhere.”

“Women enjoy sex as much as men...if they were totally satisfied in sexual encounters, they would welcome them.”

“By the time your training is complete, you'll come on command my defiant queen.”