Semi

“Love.
It was the correct word, the only word. The most complicated combination of letters in any language.
“My vow to you remains,” Ronin said, squeezing her hand gently, “but I must amend it. I will love you, even after darkness takes me.”
Tears spilled from her eyes, and she pulled her hand away to wrap her arms around his neck. “I vow the same. Don’t ever push me away again.”
― Tiffany Roberts, Dustwalker

“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

“Everything in his view is cast in a sickly green hue, but to Tara it’s as dark as the inside of an executioner’s hood.”
― Alaina Urquhart, The Butcher and The Wren

“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