Arden Hart > Quotes

“This woman. This beautiful, damaged, perfect woman who watched me butcher her ex and got wet from it. Who trusts me with her safety, her body, her secrets. I’m completely ruined for anyone else.”
― Arden Hart, My Masked Savior

“What kind of sick woman gets turned on by threats? By the idea of being stalked, possessed, claimed?”
― Arden Hart, My Masked Stalker

“I sigh and drop back onto the bed, then pat the mattress beside me. It dips with Killian’s weight, but he doesn’t reach for me. I miss his possessive touch, his ownership over my body, as much as the notion scares me right now.”
― Arden Hart, My Masked Stalker

“Sweetheart, the only thing I want to do is to see you come apart on my cock. Nothing in this world could make me stop you.”
― Arden Hart, My Masked Stalker

“Not him, not Marco,”
― Arden Hart, My Masked Savior

“What secrets do those eyes hide, princess? “Just doing my job,” I reply, but I know that’s not entirely true. I’ve already decided I’ll investigate her background later. Just to make sure she’s okay, I tell myself. Just to check she’s not in danger.”
― Arden Hart, My Masked Savior

“No one else will ever touch you again. You’re mine now. Marked, filled, owned.”
― Arden Hart, My Masked Stalker

“They tortured us for years. A couple of weeks is the least we can do.”
― Arden Hart, Ringmaster

“fingers closing around soft cotton—the panties I'd taken from her hamper when I broke into her apartment.”
― Arden Hart, My Masked Savior

“I wasn't ready for it. Damn it… I've never yearned before. Not like this. Not for a specific person, with a specific face.”
― Arden Hart, Animal Tamer

“Look at you,” I murmur, pressing just enough to make her gasp. “So scared. So wet. You don’t even know what you want more. For me to go away. Or for me to get you off.”
― Arden Hart, My Masked Stalker

“I will never stop talking about this. Not ever. When I'm eighty, this is the story I'm telling at your funeral.”
― Arden Hart, Animal Tamer

“The carnival always has room for sinners.”
― Arden Hart, Illusionist

“Because she deserves to know she’s mine before I touch her,” I say finally. “And when I do—she won’t want to leave.”
― Arden Hart, My Masked Stalker

“Welcome to the Seven Sins Carnival. Try not to fall in love with the monsters.”
― Arden Hart, Illusionist

“You come alive when you're bound. Like it's the only time you feel safe enough to be yourself.”
― Arden Hart, Illusionist

“Is she fucking cybering with some douchebag? I don’t care who they are—they were dead the moment they called my girl up, and it doesn’t matter that she has no clue that she’s my girl yet.”
― Arden Hart, My Masked Stalker

“By day, it’s lights, laughter, and illusion. By night… we hunt.”
― Arden Hart, Ringmaster

“I run a carnival built on sin.”
― Arden Hart, Ringmaster

“We read and we don’t judge…”
― Arden Hart, My Masked Savior

“This is the Seven Sins Carnival,” I say. “Where temptation wears a smile, and every thrill comes with a price.”
― Arden Hart, Ringmaster

“My last name’s Cross. Get used to it”
― Arden Hart, My Masked Stalker

“But all I can think about is keeping her here. Making sure she comes back. Finding excuses to see her again and again until the idea of being apart becomes unbearable for both of us. She has no idea how much I’ve already crossed the line. How I watched her through her bedroom window, followed her across state lines, orchestrated chances to be exactly where she needed me. And she never will.”
― Arden Hart, My Masked Savior

“If we do this,” he says carefully, “there's no going back. Don't ask me to let go once I've had a taste of you.”
― Arden Hart, Illusionist

“I’ll be the shadows, waiting for her. Keeping her safe from everything but me.”
― Arden Hart, My Masked Stalker

“I'm not joining you if you find a woman tonight.”
― Arden Hart, Animal Tamer

“Um, Damien? I think Marco bled out,” I murmur. “Ah, hell, really?” He makes sure I’m holding onto the chair before he turns around and steps over to the surgical table, placing two fingers on Marco’s neck. He sighs before turning back to me. “Sorry, princess. I forgot to put tourniquets on him before fucking you.”
― Arden Hart, My Masked Savior

“For those who were brave enough to give the nerdy guy a chance. They have nimble fingers.”
― Arden Hart, My Masked Shadow

“One more deep inhale. Hold for two. Exhale.”
― Arden Hart, My Masked Savior

“He presses his lips to my ear, his voice dark and satisfied. “No one else will ever touch you again. You’re mine now. Marked, filled, owned.”
― Arden Hart, My Masked Stalker