Laken Cane > Quotes

“Sometimes the voices of the past refuse to be silenced. Then all one can do is sit and listen.

-Lex - Shiv Crew, Book One”
― Laken Cane

“Dude,” Rune said. “You’re injured. We’re taking you to the hospital. Would you like one of us to kick you in the head? We can get you there before you wake up.” She thought her offer was pretty damn reasonable, but Jack raised his eyebrows and sighed. “What?” she asked. He grinned and winked at her. “I’ve got this.”
― Laken Cane, Shadows Past

“I am my monster. My monster is me”
― Laken Cane , Shiv Crew

“Shiv Crew, Rune muttered, is becoming a freak show.
She and Ellis smiled at each other, as proud as new parents.
Damn right.”
― Laken Cane, Shiv Crew

“Shiv Crew lived for the fight. Maybe they were all freaks, but that kept them alive.”
― Laken Cane, Shiv Crew

“Z, if you're listening, don't go far. I might join you soon. I just might join you soon.
I’ll be waiting, sweet thing.”
― Laken Cane, Obsidian Wings

“I realize Shiv Crew is monsters and blades. At Rune's look of surprise he added, I read the business card.”
― Laken Cane, Shiv Crew

“There will always be monsters. Pretty monsters, sad monsters, bad monsters.
And Rune.”
― Laken Cane, Blood and Bite

“I'm scared."
"We all are," Roma said. "But we fight anyway.”
― Laken Cane, The Witch's Daughter

“If she had it to do all again, would she have been so muddled by her monster that she'd have been able to resist her love?
To have cared that she might have destroyed the man he was?
No.
F*ck, no.
Maybe not.”
― Laken Cane, The Witch's Daughter

“And another scent, weak, but there. The scent of disease. One of the people standing there was ill. Emerson waited, but he wasn’t the only one. “Cuff her,” he said, nodding to a man standing behind her. He looked at someone else, a tall redhead who glared at Rune as though Rune had somehow managed to offend her. “Mare. Hide her car.” The man behind Rune grabbed her arm and she heard the chain of handcuffs rattle as he started”
― Laken Cane, Blood and Bite

“Yeah. Because her life was always that easy. The crew would take care of Ellie. She put him in a corner of her mind for later. Right now, she had to concentrate on helping a little boy. And destroying an evil man. Chapter Twenty-Four She cursed her trembling hands as she rid herself of her weapons, haphazardly tossing belts, guns, and shivs into her car. She might find Matthew alive and well inside that church, but where COS was concerned, she couldn’t get too optimistic. The outside of the building looked so benign, giving no hint of the bleak darkness inside. Her walk from the car to the front doors seemed to take an eternity, each step an effort. Her gut was screaming for her to run back to the car and get the hell out of there—to call in reinforcements. It was every horror movie she’d ever seen, scoffing at the stupid heroine for going into the house, the basement, the woods. Alone. She knew bad things were about”
― Laken Cane, Blood and Bite

“There are choices to be made...beware you do not make the wrong one.”
― Laken Cane, Blood and Bite

“The burden is not yours alone. Let your men bear some of it.” “Her crew,” Lex said,”
― Laken Cane, Strange Trouble

“He was her Z, and she couldn't save him”
― Laken Cane, Strange Trouble

“She was the mysterious moon that cloaked and shadowed and watched over the sleeping land, and the glorious sun that burned through darkness and warmed cold hearts.”
― Laken Cane, The Witch's Daughter

“You don’t have to be afraid.” His breath was warm and moist in her ear. “I’ve got you.”
― Laken Cane, Obsidian Wings

“And monsters didn’t have rules. Not really. So someone was going to get hurt. And it wasn’t going to be her.”
― Laken Cane, New Regime

“The witch wasn’t a woman, not really. She was evil wrapped in horror, tied neatly with a bow of rancid blood and sour anguish.”
― Laken Cane, Strange Trouble

“She dropped her fangs, shot out her claws, and smiled. Who wants to die first?" --Blood and Bite”
― Laken Cane, Blood and Bite

“walked with her, pulling a silver crucifix on a chain from inside the neck of his shirt. “Do you believe in God?”
― Laken Cane, Blood and Bite

“I don't want to be on a fucking journey," Rune said. "I want to get to the castle and cut the witch's heart out.”
― Laken Cane, The Witch's Daughter

“I'm Dangerous, is what the fuck I am.”
― Laken Cane, Shadows Past

“flinched away from the cross before remembering it wouldn’t hurt her. Not if she refused to let it. She was alive. She was not evil. “Yeah,” she answered. “And I believe in Satan.”
― Laken Cane, Blood and Bite

“Shiv Crew lived for the fight. Maybe they were all freak, but that kept them alive”
― Laken Cane, Strange Trouble

“Don't call me sweet thing." She leaned over to kiss his forehead, surprising both of them. Rune had never been the physically affectionate sort. But when a person came close to losing someone, she might want a few touches. She pressed her lips against his skin, lingering on the warmth. Life. Life was warm.”
― Laken Cane, Shiv Crew

“Rune, you're scaring the f*** out of us," Jack said,his voice harsh.”
― Laken Cane, Shiv Crew

“She didn't give a f*ck. She had to meet the threat head on. She had to chase it, catch it, and beat it to a bloody pulp.
Because she was scared, so scared, and she'd be damned if she'd let that fear control her.”
― Laken Cane, Wormwood Echoes

“He hesitated, and his smile was a little too sad, "Sometimes, you're careful about the wrong things.”
― Laken Cane, Shadows Past

“I am my monster. My monster is me.”
― Laken Cane, Shiv Crew