Mica

“Did you ... touch me right after you called me brat?"
He shakes his head.
"Why not?" I ask.
"You were too intoxicated to give your consent."
"And?"
He frowns. "If, while you were drugged, I had touched you like I wanted to, I wouldn't be able to call myself a real man.”
― Mya Robarts, The V Girl: A Coming of Age Story

“I love you like a man insane.”
― Amanda Bouchet, Breath of Fire

“Did you run any of this by Curran?”
“I told him I was about to do something idiotic and dangerous, and he told me to go ahead and let him know if he could help in any way.”
“I don’t understand your relationship.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Binds

“I will cherish it always.
No matter what may befall the world.
No matter the oceans, or mountains, or forests in the way.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Tower of Dawn