Val Tobin > Quotes

“The woman was greedier than an alcoholic at a wine tasting.”
― Val Tobin, The Empress: A Promise of Rain

“I don’t want my friends to fear speaking their minds around me. What do you think I’ll do if you anger me? Have you beheaded?”
― Val Tobin, The Empress: A Promise of Rain

“God in Heaven, woman.”
― Val Tobin, The Empress: A Promise of Rain

“That relieved him, even if it meant Prince Douchebag was fine.”
― Val Tobin, The Empress: A Promise of Rain

“You made me love you. You were a shit mother, but I loved you anyway. Then you betrayed me. Treated me as if I were nothing to you.”
― Val Tobin, The Empress: A Promise of Rain

“Thank you. And I’m sorry. Sorry for what we lost and sorry because we can’t see each other again.”
― Val Tobin, The Empress: A Promise of Rain

“And if you couldn’t trust your own family, then who could you trust?”
― Val Tobin, The Empress: A Promise of Rain

“He hadn’t known just how erotic letting vampire feed from you could be.”
― Val Tobin, The Empress: A Promise of Rain

“Working for a mob boss might finally work to his benefit.”
― Val Tobin, The Empress: A Promise of Rain

“Terrific. The world needs a lovestruck vampire.”
― Val Tobin, The Empress: A Promise of Rain

“I have no shortage of stupid ideas.”
― Val Tobin, The Empress: A Promise of Rain

“A princess isn’t a person, Your Highness. She’s a figurehead. Never forget it.”
― Val Tobin, The Empress: A Promise of Rain

“You always know how to get my blood pumping.”
She gasped on a surge of lust. “So do you husband,” she whispered back. “So do you.”
― Val Tobin, The Empress: A Promise of Rain

“Dakota had lost her temper over it once when the king had ordered her servants to burn the embroidery the dhampir girl had worked on for three weeks. Granted, it did look as if a three-year-old child had sewn it, but she’d worked hard on it.”
― Val Tobin, The Empress: A Promise of Rain

“She could kill them if she wanted to, so quickly they wouldn’t realize they were dead until they met the God they worshipped, the God she wanted to believe in.”
― Val Tobin, The Empress: A Promise of Rain

“She stepped forward and put her soft, cold hand on him. He almost fell to his knees.”
― Val Tobin, The Empress: A Promise of Rain

“Sometimes, when the stress became unbearable, she wished she hadn’t forbidden Josh from visiting again. She’d have liked another opportunity to throttle him.”
― Val Tobin, The Empress: A Promise of Rain

“This is the last time I cower behind a guard while my husband confronts danger.”
― Val Tobin, The Empress: A Promise of Rain

“Why should anyone suffer punishment for speaking their mind?”
― Val Tobin, The Empress: A Promise of Rain

“Cute kid. Even if he’s a product of that bitch Annabelle.”
― Val Tobin, The Empress: A Promise of Rain

“The last thing he needed was to give the bitch her wish and knock her up.”
― Val Tobin, The Empress: A Promise of Rain

“It’ll be a long night,” he responded, “but I promise you the wait will be worth it.”
― Val Tobin, The Empress: A Promise of Rain

“How many layers are you wearing? Are women’s garments deliberately designed to stymie a man?”
― Val Tobin, The Empress: A Promise of Rain

“What difference could one person make in a world going to hell?”
― Val Tobin, The Empress: A Promise of Rain

“Where will all my books go?” The books were important to her. Whenever she was down or needed escape or consoling, she turned to her books.”
― Val Tobin, The Empress: A Promise of Rain

“Part of him wrestled to take back control, but another part of him wanted to surrender completely and do whatever she desired.”
― Val Tobin, The Empress: A Promise of Rain

“Your Highness,” Alina said. “It’s our duty to die for you if we must.”
Dakota shook her head. “Well, then, you mustn’t.”
― Val Tobin, The Empress: A Promise of Rain