Lorraine

“[Rhage and Manny]
“You’re doing great,” he murmured as he noticed those white knuckled fists.
“Don’t worry about me.”
“Right, right…your brothers.” Manny paused for a split second. “You’re all right, you know that.”
“F*ck…that…” The fighter smiled, flashing fangs. “I’m…perfect.”
― J.R. Ward, Lover Unleashed

“With stumbling feet, he blindly walked somewhere, anywhere. When he got to the king's study, he looked over his shoulder and checked the carpet over which he'd trodden. No trail of his blood. Which, considering the way his chest was hurting, was a surprise. Sure as shit felt like he'd been shot in the heart.”
― J.R. Ward, Lover Mine

“Rhage stepped out in front of him (JM), "Hey, hi! How are you?" Hollywood stuck his hand out. "I'd like to introduce myself. I'm the piece of meat that's going to force you headfirst into your buddy Quinn's Hummer as soon as it gets here. Just figured I'd introduced myself before I rope your ass and throw you over my shoulder like a bag of sand.”
― J.R. Ward, Lover Mine