Aria Ashbrook > Quotes

“They say vengeance is a blade best kept sharp, and my dagger has been honed with every betrayal.”
― Aria Ashbrook, Web of Vows and Vengeance

“Still, no matter how deadly a monster is, you need only fear it when it draws close enough to bite. Which is why I intend to show them all how well the past years have sharpened my teeth. The spoiled gentry, with their warmed rooms and overflowing platters of food, haven’t got a clue what real desire is.”
― Aria Ashbrook, Web of Vows and Vengeance

“I should have known a man who kissed like a storm would only ever leave destruction in his wake.”
― Aria Ashbrook, Web of Vows and Vengeance

“They say vengeance is a blade best kept sharp, and my dagger has been honed with every betrayal.”
― Aria Ashbrook, Web of Vows and Vengeance

“him.”
― Aria Ashbrook, Vows of Blood and Deception

“Not yet. I’ve waited so long, I won’t be hurried.”
― Aria Ashbrook, Web of Vows and Vengeance

“Wading through icy water was undoubtedly more enjoyable than any weak attempt at foreplay you could possibly offer,’ I shoot back. ‘If icy water is the best you’ve had”
― Aria Ashbrook, Web of Vows and Vengeance

“Oh good,’ Benny murmurs to me as we settle on the horse together, ‘another love triangle.’ He presses his thumbs and forefingers together to make a triangle with his fingers. ‘I was worried I’d miss Jonas.”
― Aria Ashbrook, Vows of Blood and Deception

“one who cannot find happiness within the gifts they have already been given will struggle to be satisfied by more.”
― Aria Ashbrook, Web of Vows and Vengeance

“Really? So if I turn up tonight – sober – and pin you to the wall, telling you I want to make your body writhe with pleasure, it won’t cross your mind to let me stay? If I tell you I want to run my tongue across you until you lose every shred of restraint, you’ll say you don’t want that either? If I whisper every filthy thought I’ve had of you into your ear until you beg me to make them real, you’ll push me away? Tell me, Thorn … tell me you don’t want to feel me stretching you from the inside.”
― Aria Ashbrook, Web of Vows and Vengeance

“Even if it feels like I am shattering”
― Aria Ashbrook, Vows of Blood and Deception

“I should have known a man who kissed like a storm would one day force me to rage like one too.”
― Aria Ashbrook, Vows of Blood and Deception

“He was toying with me like a cat plays with a mouse until it has broken every bone in its body. Well, he’ll find this mouse has sharp teeth. I may be little, but I can still do some damage. Let him underestimate me, let them all underestimate me.”
― Aria Ashbrook, Web of Vows and Vengeance

“Dreams are dangerous things. Not because they may never come true”
― Aria Ashbrook, Vows of Blood and Deception

“Wading through icy water was undoubtedly more enjoyable than any weak attempt at foreplay you could possibly offer,’ I shoot back. ‘If icy water is the best you’ve had, sweetheart, then you’ve been tragically undereducated. I could always help rectify that.”
― Aria Ashbrook, Web of Vows and Vengeance

“You are the reason I can’t think. Can’t sleep. Can’t stop imagining the way it would feel if it was my fingers and not my power doing this.”
― Aria Ashbrook, Web of Vows and Vengeance

“You did what you thought was right at the time. That’s all any of us can do in life.’ Ruben claps Benny on the back. ‘Let it go”
― Aria Ashbrook, Vows of Blood and Deception

“I wet my lips. ‘I want it,’ I breathe. He smiles. ‘Good girl. You’re going to be mine,’ he promises. ‘Say it.’ ‘Yours,’ I stutter out.”
― Aria Ashbrook, Web of Vows and Vengeance

“Florian.”
― Aria Ashbrook, Vows of Blood and Deception

“You know, you look damned good dripping wet, with that obscene dress plastered to you. I’ve wanted to rip it off you all night.’ He takes in a shuddering breath, visibly trying to get a hold of himself. ‘You need to go, Thorn, before I won’t let you.”
― Aria Ashbrook, Web of Vows and Vengeance

“There’s a new top dog, people, and soon’—she smirks—‘I’ll be the only dog.’ ‘You are a fucking bitch!’ I agree.”
― Aria Ashbrook, Web of Vows and Vengeance

“If this is the home we will live in”
― Aria Ashbrook, Vows of Blood and Deception

“He’s dressed in full formal attire, and once again has his blond hair tied back and long beard tamed and braided.”
― Aria Ashbrook, Web of Vows and Vengeance

“Turns out thoughts and prayers do fuck all when what you actually need is food and medicine.”
― Aria Ashbrook, Web of Vows and Vengeance

“but I know, perhaps more than any other person, that we are each the sum of our experiences. That every pain and loss, as much as instances of joy and love, shape us into the person we are. Take those away and it unravels our very essence.”
― Aria Ashbrook, Vows of Blood and Deception

“His lips purse like he knows he said too much, but I can tell he’s not going to stop. He’s got more to say. ‘You know she actually tried to save Oke?’ he tells Jonas. ‘She tried to save someone who had tried to kill her. And she nearly died doing it. But she didn’t. She’s still here. And now you’re going to sit there and tell her she needs to stay back because she’s weak? You have no idea how strong this woman is. No fucking idea. Oh, and just so you know, if there’s any pairing in the trials, she’s with me. You can take that as an order from your prince.”
― Aria Ashbrook, Web of Vows and Vengeance

“The body wants to be at ease – at harmony with its magic and itself. Find the place where that happens, and the magic will do the rest.”
― Aria Ashbrook, Vows of Blood and Deception

“Keep your shoulders down,’ Kyor orders. ‘You’re leaving an opening.’ ‘You leave openings,’ Ruben fires back. ‘I believe there is currently one in Rose’s bed. I’ll be happy to fill it.’ Kyor stills. ‘You have a death wish, slum rat? You should have just said.”
― Aria Ashbrook, Vows of Blood and Deception

“You believed that to be a body,’ he says. ‘Oh”
― Aria Ashbrook, Web of Vows and Vengeance

“I realise now that chasing dreams is the way to an empty life. All you ever really have is the moment you are in.”
― Aria Ashbrook, Vows of Blood and Deception