Barb Edlen

“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

“It cast a pale, silvery sheen across the landscape, limning the hard edges of the buildings in cold light.”
― Anna Carven, Electric Heart

“He fondled that sublime bundle of nerves with his tongue,”
― Anna Carven, Out of Darkness

“The humans that harmed you… I am going to annihilate each and every one of them.” His voice hitched then, snagging on some powerful emotion. “As for the one that took away your innocence… the darkest ring of the Nine Hells is already reserved for him, because when I catch him, I’m going to tear the beating heart right out of his chest and devour it.”
― Anna Carven, Hyperspeed Dreams