Joanna

“I appreciate it. It’s the right thing to do.”

  “You make it sound as if I’m doing it for you,” Aron says, amused. He studies my face for a moment longer and then releases me.

  “Well, aren’t you?” I retort back. “Doing this for me? Unless you were planning on doing it before I said anything out of the goodness of your own heart?”

  “No,” he admits with a chuckle. “It did not occur to me.”

  “That’s why I’m here,” I tell him sassily, turning back toward the cottage.

  “So you can be my heart?” he asks as I start to walk away.

  My own heart skips a beat. I smile as I hold my sleeve to my nose and head for the cottage.”
― Ruby Dixon, Bound to the Battle God

“The only thing I want to do with you and that water is hold your head under until you twitch.”
― Ruby Dixon, Bound to the Battle God

“He sniffs my hair again, and I wonder if he's hard right now. Is he overcome with lust for me? "You smell bad," Aron says. “When was the last time you bathed?” Man, fuck this guy.”
― Ruby Dixon, Bound to the Battle God

“Next time,” he said tightly. “I want you to simply tell me from the outset whatever is troubling you. I don’t like misjudging you.”
Fen thought about this a moment, weighing up his words. “Even if it’s beneath your notice?” she asked in a small voice.
“If it’s regarding you, then it isn’t beneath my notice,” he answered shortly.”
― Alice Coldbreath, His Forsaken Bride