V.K. Ludwig > Quotes

“Why chase acceptance from people who refuse to give it, if it requires you to abandon those who give it unconditionally?”
― V.K. Ludwig, Bound to the Warlord

“It’s a great thing to find someone who accepts you the way you are. But it’s a blessing if that person helps you to accept yourself.”
― V.K. Ludwig, Bound to the Warlord

“Pain serves as a reminder that, love once existed in its place. That’s precious, but only if you don’t let it turn you bitter.”
― V.K. Ludwig, Claimed by the Warlord

“I’m a bridge between warlords.” She rose onto her toes and placed a gentle kiss on my lips before she whispered into my ear, “And you’re the pillar that holds it and makes it strong.”
― V.K. Ludwig, Stolen by the Warlord

“These marriages are for show first, Zerim. The other two urizayas had a lucky strike, but I knew that the same would not happen to me when I put my signature under that damn thing.” “They can’t possibly force you to share a soulbond with someone who would subject you to this degradation. You would feel everything, Lia. His love for another, his lust, his frustration over the bond. You deserve so much better.”
― V.K. Ludwig, Bound to the Warlord

“I could have put up the semblance of a fight. Or at least not let my panties get so wet he smelled it… But when you spent a year as a freeraider’s plaything? His to torment and abuse? Well, that stuff messed with your head. Twisted your brain until dread got followed by desire.”
― V.K. Ludwig, Tormented by the Warlord

“You, um, finally had a vision?” Unlikely. The goddess had cursed me with the physical attributes of a shaman, save for one detail, but never blessed me with the gift of visions. Or beastsight. Or rune divination. Actually, I couldn’t even brew a tea without accidentally poisoning”
― V.K. Ludwig, Ash Planet Warriors

“You, um, finally had a vision?” Unlikely. The goddess had cursed me with the physical attributes of a shaman, save for one detail, but never blessed me with the gift of visions. Or beastsight. Or rune divination. Actually, I couldn’t even brew a tea without accidentally poisoning someone.”
― V.K. Ludwig, Ash Planet Warriors

“To this sun, I have the sweetness of your heat in my nostrils, the taste of your cunt on my tongue, and the drawn-out moans of your peaks in my ears.”
― V.K. Ludwig, Bound to the Warlord

“I can come without knotting, but I cannot knot without coming.”

She giggles. “That’s a lot of knots.”
― V.K. Ludwig, Heat for Hire

“When I was eleven, some random reporter asked me why I saw a shrink once a week. Was it because Dad had invaded Earth, killed millions, and captured my mom? Or because she only agreed to have me because he offered her release from captivity in exchange for a child?”
― V.K. Ludwig, Stolen by the Warlord

“Love is the only destiny.”
― V.K. Ludwig, Mated

“Zovazay.” His whisper hushed around me, strong arms pulling my sweat-drenched body against his. “You are mine now, Ceangal, because I claimed half of your soul.”
― V.K. Ludwig, Stolen by the Warlord

“Just like there is shadow because of light, there is pain because of love,”
― V.K. Ludwig, Claimed by the Warlord

“Try, and you might fail,” she said and stepped through the door. “Do not, and you have failed already.”
― V.K. Ludwig, Claimed by the Warlord

“My mother was a Jal’zar shaman. My father, however, was Vetusian, the race which had invaded Earth over a decade ago — right after he’d waged war on Solgad, occupying our planet for many sun cycles.”
― V.K. Ludwig, Ash Planet Warriors

“I did what no freshly mated Jal’zar warrior had ever done before: I grabbed the gun, gave a sharp whistle, and handed it to Nafir. My knives went next, removing any potential weapons from her immediate surroundings lest she tried to shoot or stab me.”
― V.K. Ludwig, Stolen by the Warlord

“Guilt can never return the losses of our past, Katedo, but it can steal the blessings of our future.” Parched raw, my throat suddenly itched. “How much did you tell her?” “Everything.” Again, no surprise. “What if I fail her?” “Try, and you might fail,” she said and stepped through the door. “Do not, and you have failed already.”
― V.K. Ludwig, Claimed by the Warlord

“Menoas. ” Rhen playfully strokes his fingers through the nest of overly excited wigglers....“They can get quite… reactive when there’s an omega nearby that
arouses us.”

Okay, so… he has crotch snakes.
That’s fine.”
― V.K. Ludwig, Heat for Hire

“What happened to your father?” A jerk wrecked through me. “He has a fated mate on Earth, but he wanted nothing to do with her after my mother stung him.” “And what does that prove?” “That zovazay overpowers the gaia link.”
― V.K. Ludwig, Bound to the Warlord

“guilt could never return the losses of our past, but instead steal the blessings of our future.”
― V.K. Ludwig, Claimed by the Warlord

“It was never you,” I said and offered Darra another vasani berry, but she refused. “The shimids told me that, what would complete my soul, I would find north. And I did a long time ago, when I traveled first west then north to the White Sea. Darra found Anne, the woman Mekara herself brought into my life to teach me three painful lessons.” A demon could hide in a friend. A lie could hide in a sister. A lover could hide in an enemy.”
― V.K. Ludwig, Tormented by the Warlord

“Not much of my life has ever been my own, except for my heart and my soul.” At my words, his eyes locked with mine once more. “I have no interest in giving any of that away, least of all with a claw between my ribs.”
― V.K. Ludwig, Stolen by the Warlord

“Why do you think that I never had children with someone else?” He slowly shook his head. “I don’t know.” “Because I only wanted them with the right male.” When he opened his mouth, I placed my fingers onto his dark lips. “And the right one happens to be enough, even without them.”
― V.K. Ludwig, Bound to the Warlord

“Not many beyond my tribe know this, but I have a young son who will follow in my footsteps as warlord, ensuring a smooth transition of power upon my death. I will neither ask you for an heir, as was agreed with the Empire, nor will I take you to my furs. I’m not unaware of the life you’re giving up for the sake of peace, Ceangal, and I will give you everything in my power to compensate for the loss. Everything but zovazay.”
― V.K. Ludwig, Stolen by the Warlord

“There are no secrets in zovazay, no lies, he’d once said, you fully bare your soul to your mate. He’d also told me that he couldn’t give me what I wanted. I should have listened. Katedo was so terrified of zovazay, he couldn’t give me his soul.”
― V.K. Ludwig, Claimed by the Warlord

“Aren’t shimids supposed to sense storms?” “Yeah, well, shimids aren’t supposed to be born male.” One of the many reasons why not a single Jal’zar female had ever shown interest in me. “Like I said, I’m poor at it.”
― V.K. Ludwig, Ash Planet Warriors

“Everyone knew that one of the three Empire leaders had a son with a Jal’zar female, of course, but I hadn’t expected to happen across him on Solgad when he saved my life.”
― V.K. Ludwig, Ash Planet Warriors

“Lia had light blue eyes with a soft sheen to them, which told me that she wasn’t entirely human. Her father must have been Vetusian, like mine,”
― V.K. Ludwig, Ash Planet Warriors