Semi

“You should fear me,” he growls low in arousal. “Because when you speak to me so boldly it makes me want to conquer you, my Takara, and never let you leave this bed.”

“Conquer me?” I laugh softly. “You do not conquer me, my dragon. You worship me, remember?”

A handsome smile curves his mouth as he leans down to press his lips to mine. “That, I do.”
― Jessica Grayson, Taken By The Dragon

“Sound can manipulate emotions better than almost anything else.”
― Alaina Urquhart, The Butcher and The Wren

“His eyes are huge. “Of all the stupid, idiotic, imbecilic, reckless—”

“I get it,” I moan.

“—things to do!” His fingers tighten painfully. “Don’t ever do something like that again!”

Anger makes me see red again. “Why not? If I want to save someone, I will! What good is the Kingmaker without a king!”
― Amanda Bouchet

“I was a dead man,” he whispered, “and you gave me life.”

“You saved my life,” she countered. “Does that make us even?”

“No. You belong to me now.” He grasped her wrist and kissed the back of her hand, a possessive gesture if there ever was one.

“And what are you to me?” Layla asked slyly, refusing to believe he meant that in a bad way. Enki’s fierce declaration of his claim over her simply had the effect of making her swoon.

“Your servant.”

Sweet fucking stars.

She was completely undone.”
― Anna Carven, Shattered Silence