Lord Vale Quotes

“Vale held me tight to his chest, cradled in his arms, forehead to mind. There were tears in his eyes and blood on his lips.

'I want to stay,' I choked out.

'I know,' he whispered, as his mouth lowered to mind, and I faded away there in his arms, surrounded by withering roses.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Six Scorched Roses

“You want more than I can give you,' I whispered.

'I can't imagine that ever being true,' he murmured. 'Because I want only you, Lilith. Whatever of you I can have. I'll take one night. One hour. One minute. Whatever you want to give me. I'll have it.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Six Scorched Roses

“I promise I did not eat you.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Six Scorched Roses

“Knowledge is cheap and dull,' Vale said, too casually, and I almost gasped at him in horror.

'I can't imagine that ever being true. There's so much to learn about the world.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Six Scorched Roses

“After so long, you realise that knowing things doesn't especially matter very much. Knowledge with no context is meaningless. That's not the real treasure.

'Oh?' I tucked away my tools and stood. 'What is, then?'

Vale stood, too. He was quite tall, and he looked down at me with a wolfish kind of delight. He smiled, revealing those deadly fangs. The moonlight from the window glinted in his amber eyes.

I felt, all at once, like an idiot for thinking before that he didn't look monstrous. Because in this moment, with that smirk on his lips, I glimpsed the man of the legends. The monster of the whispers.

'Curiosity,' he said.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Six Scorched Roses

“You can just call me Vale,' he grumbled. 'I suppose that once someone has seen my bare ass, we can drop the titles.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Six Scorched Roses

“Does nothing bother you?' he said. 'You seem totally unmoved that you almost died.'

I didn't tell him that I was almost always dying.

'I don't have time to waste on useless things,' I said.

'It was strange to see you in such a state when I found you. And when I brought you back. So... weak.'

A wrinkle formed over his forehead, hinting at confusion.

And that confusion, in turn, confused me.

'Weak?'

'You've seemed... In the time we've known each other, you've seemed infallible.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Six Scorched Roses

“I know what it feels like to be helpless,' I ground out. 'You don't. You don't know what it feels like to be surrounded by five men and know you can't stop them from hurting you. You don't know what it feels like to see the people you've grown up with wither and die. You-'

You don't know what it feels like to watch yourself die.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Six Scorched Roses

“Whatever you need,' he said. 'My blood. My books. My knowledge. Anything. It is yours.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Six Scorched Roses

“May I write to you?' he asked.

My mouth closed. I blinked at him.

'May I write?' he sounded vaguely irritated, and I wasn't sure why.

'Yes,' I said at last. 'Of course.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Six Scorched Roses

“Travel safely,' he said.

I gave him a small smile. 'I'll see you in a month, Vale.'

And he returned that smile- a thing so lovely I barely even noticed the teeth. 'I'll see you in a month, mouse.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Six Scorched Roses

“You must be happy to go home.'

Vale's gaze turned to me.

'I thought I would be,' he said. 'But perhaps they, like your friend, want something I can't give them. Maybe they want some part of me I have already given to someone else.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Six Scorched Roses

“Run, a voice inside me whispered.

Stay another begged.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Six Scorched Roses

“And looking away didn't save me from Vale's stare, because I could feel his eyes the way one can sense a wolf stalking them in the forest.

Except I wanted to be caught.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Six Scorched Roses

“Whatever you wish to give me,' he repeated, slowly, like he wanted to make sure I understood. 'I'll have it.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Six Scorched Roses

“I always wondered what you were thinking,' he murmured. 'When you look at me like that.'

'Like what?'

'Like I'm a formula to be solved, and you're very intrigued about the answer.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Six Scorched Roses

“You do not have to do any of this alone,' ...”
― Carissa Broadbent, Six Scorched Roses

“It must be hard,' he murmured. 'To bear the weight of so much affection in a life so short.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Six Scorched Roses

“Vale's eyes said, Stay, and for the first time in my life, I wanted to . I wanted to stay so badly I would die for it.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Six Scorched Roses

“I knew that- that I would be making a mistake in leaving you,' he said softly. 'I knew it, even if I couldn't name precisely why. So I came for you.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Six Scorched Roses