Finley Fenn > Quotes

“I pledge you my troth, Aulis Gerrard. I grant you my axe, and my favour, and my fealty. I shall honour you, and care for you, and keep you safe. For as long as I bear breath.”
― Finley Fenn, The Fall of the Orc

“You are the fairest gift ever to greet my eyes," he said, quiet, intent. "You are a bright jewel, a flame in winter, a blade new from the forge. It shall be pure joy to walk my home by your side, and flaunt such a rare prize.”
― Finley Fenn, The Heiress and the Orc

“Ég mun virða og dá þig,” Filak murmured, as his eyes glimmered on hers. “Ég mun veita þér öryggi, kærleika og lífshamingju svo lengi sem ég lifi.”
― Finley Fenn, The Artist and the Orc

“I honour you, and cherish you,” Filak murmured, translating, as he traced his claw against the script. “I keep you safe and whole and fulfilled, so long as I live.”
― Finley Fenn, The Artist and the Orc

“You are not yet well. You must rest, and fully heal first.” Jule entirely ignored him, pulling Rosa back to a walk”
― Finley Fenn, The Librarian and the Orc

“Filak’s eyes had followed her hand to her neck, and his breath shuddered out heavy and slow, harsh enough that she felt it on her skin. “I am sorry,” he said again, even lower. “Þessi kraga átti að vera gjöf til þín. Ég hefði aldrei átt að nota hana svona gegn þér.”
― Finley Fenn, The Artist and the Orc

“Then come to my home, my fierce little witch," he purred, "and show me all you can do.”
― Finley Fenn, The Midwife and the Orc

“W-where am I?” Rosa asked, her voice raspy and hoarse,”
― Finley Fenn, The Librarian and the Orc

“Daisy’s heartbeat stuttered, and she froze in the bed, her eyes snapping to Filak’s face. To how he was still looking at her with those dark, shadowed eyes, his mouth tight and sad. “Ég veit að ég var grimmur,” he said. “Ég hefði átt að vera betri.”
― Finley Fenn, The Artist and the Orc

“I left,” he snarled”
― Finley Fenn, The Ex and the Orcs

“Fine,” he snapped, though his voice was hoarse. “But if you kill me, or betray me, I’m haunting you forever. With your goddess as my witness.”
― Finley Fenn, The Fall of the Orc

“Ég vil bara fá að tala,” he said, fast and clipped. “Til að biðjast afsökunar.”
― Finley Fenn, The Artist and the Orc

“Gaelfr strode toward Svein”
― Finley Fenn, The Ex and the Orcs

“Here is truth, woman,” he said. “I sent Nattfarr to you, on this night of your party. His quest was to rebuild a mating-bond with you, and seek to sire a son upon you.”
― Finley Fenn, The Heiress and the Orc

“Nei, Daisy, it said. Mine.”
― Finley Fenn, The Artist and the Orc

“You are so pure, my brave one,” he whispered. “You are all I have ever dreamt of.”
― Finley Fenn, The Duchess and the Orc

“Ach, woman, I wish for you," he said, his voice rough. "More than I have ever wished for any other. You are so pretty, so sweet. So... true.”
― Finley Fenn, The Duchess and the Orc

“I am sorry, Daisy,” he whispered, the words flaring like a touch against her skin. “Ég mun vinna mér inn traust þitt aftur og endurheimta hjarta þitt sem mitt eigið.”
― Finley Fenn, The Artist and the Orc

“And then”
― Finley Fenn, The Ex and the Orcs

“He would read them to her. It was enough to snap Rosa’s watery eyes up to his, searching for the truth of that — and here, whirling to life in her stunted-feeling brain, was the realization that this — this was indeed exactly what she needed.”
― Finley Fenn, The Librarian and the Orc

“Ég vil heyra, Daisy,” he said, his voice hollow. “For you, sólin mín. Sálugjald.”
― Finley Fenn, The Artist and the Orc

“You foul little wench,” he hissed. “No wonder our Right Hand only uses you for his pleasure, and refuses to truly take you as a mate, or grant you his son. Shame, for otherwise I should wait and pray for the day we run a Skai rut upon you, whilst you scream and weep and plead at our feet!”
― Finley Fenn, The Maid and the Orcs

“Look, Your Grace, I’m flattered,” he’d said, “but I’ve already got a steady guy twice my size, and he’d tear me a new arsehole if he knew I was at it with you. He’s already hard enough on me as it is, yeah?”
― Finley Fenn, The Fall of the Orc

“Listen to this. These days with you have been a great joy. A bright gift to me. You have shown yourself kind and loyal and hungry and sweet and true. You have honoured me again and again. But —” His chest was heaving, his eyes squeezing shut, but Ella was still held, still lost, waiting. “But this is not enough,” he said, every word a choking, dizzying thud. “I do not” — his chest heaved again — “I do not wish you to stay.”
― Finley Fenn, The Heiress and the Orc

“Thrain had lied to her. He’d left her. He’d only ever cared about Varinn, he still only cared about Varinn. And now she was trapped here, trapped having a son with him, when he didn’t even…”
― Finley Fenn, The Beauty and the Orcs

“This is absurd,” cut in a shaky voice, and when Daisy raised her wet eyes, it was Julian, lurching away from Filak, coming to stand beside her. “Daisy cannot have done any such thing. She is an artist, and now she is a Ka-esh, also.”
― Finley Fenn, The Artist and the Orc

“one of her library’s books, Rosa noted with misgiving — but rather than reading it, he was gazing straight back toward her, his mouth a thin, disapproving line.”
― Finley Fenn, The Librarian and the Orc

“Skai orcs weren’t supposed to make vows of fidelity to other orcs. That according to their clan’s ways, Skai were expected to freely share their affections with one another, even if that hurt someone they loved.”
― Finley Fenn, The Maid and the Orcs

“You are my mate. I uphold you, before all else. Stand with you. Trust you.”
― Finley Fenn, The Artist and the Orc

“Oh. Of course. Rosa felt her hopefulness fall again, plummeting deep, her eyes dropping to the floor. Of course he didn’t really want her to know, to learn, to discover more about his people. Offering up the library was surely just another empty gesture, another manipulation. And that was all.”
― Finley Fenn, The Librarian and the Orc