“You can be both broken and rebuilt. You can endure trauma and in the midst of pain discover strength. Your wounds have not defined you; it is you who have re-created yourself despite them.”
― The Sun and Its Shade
― The Sun and Its Shade
“I like the muzzled one best,” Nyx said. “And the raccoon mother second best. I prefer men who don’t speak. Men should be seen—slaughtering and protecting—not heard. I’ve always said this.”
― Bonds of Hercules
― Bonds of Hercules
“Mental note—physical exertion makes me homicidal. Avoid anything above a brisk walk.”
― Blood of Hercules
― Blood of Hercules
“Ruin him. Men don’t deserve to feel good about themselves. Make him cry.”
― Bonds of Hercules
― Bonds of Hercules
“I had no idea what you would mean to me. I had no idea what I would do to keep you safe. When I close my eyes, you are all I fucking see, Saeris Fane. I could be dead in the ground five thousand years and the frosts could have taken my bones, and still no other male will ever have loved another female the way that I love you.”
― Brimstone
― Brimstone
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