Charlie Adhara QUOTES

1 " The fact that Cooper Dayton was running down the side streets of Bethesda and not driving back to D.C. by now was proof that his father had been dead wrong. His haircut was plenty professional. Too professional, even. How else could Ben Pultz have made him as a federal agent from thirty feet away and taken off running? Not from his jeans and T-shirt. Not from the weapons carefully hidden under his intentionally oversized jacket. It had to be the bureau-regulation hair. Apparently Pultz didn’t think he looked like a “boy band reject,” though Cooper doubted his dad, Sherriff Dayton, would be swayed by the opinion of a fleeing homicide suspect. "

― Charlie Adhara , The Wolf at the Door (Big Bad Wolf, #1)

2 " You’re not a very pleasant damsel in distress,” Park remarked.

“And you’re a shitty Lassie. Timmy never had to wait this long when he fell down a well. "

― Charlie Adhara , The Wolf at the Door (Big Bad Wolf, #1)

3 " Fetch me that flower; the herb I showed thee once. The juice of it on sleeping eyelids laid, will make man or woman madly dote upon the next live creature that it sees.
Cooper had frowned at the tv, trying to follow the loopy language.
"So basically he's telling that naked kid to go get him a roofie?"
Park had punched him lightly and readjusted on the couch so that his head was in Cooper's lap facing the TV. "It's not a roofie, it's Cupid's flower. Love-in-idleness."
"A flower that drugs you into thinking you are in love. Uh-huh, right. So are there Athenian police in this forest or what? "

― Charlie Adhara , The Wolf at Bay (Big Bad Wolf, #2)

4 " Murder was like getting a tattoo. The first one you carefully ask yourself why; each one after you ask yourself why not? "

― Charlie Adhara , The Wolf at the Door (Big Bad Wolf, #1)

5 " It’s what you didn’t say, Dad.” Cooper could hear his voice loud and steady, like it had been growing inside him and waiting to burst out for years. “You never even mentioned it. Like it didn’t exist. Like it didn’t even cross your mind that I could be gay or bi or anything else. How was I to know it was okay? I never heard it from you. It wasn’t my job to tell you. It was yours to make me feel like I didn’t have to hide it from you. "

― Charlie Adhara , The Wolf at Bay (Big Bad Wolf, #2)

6 " Fortunately, Park seemed more bemused than offended. “Do you disapprove of human-werewolf relationships, Agent Dayton?”

“No. Of course not. I—that’s not what I meant. I just didn’t understand...” Cooper trailed off, thoroughly uncomfortable, and Park took pity on him.

“She’s not my type because I’m gay.”

The silence was sharp. Vaguely Cooper was aware his mouth was hanging open. He shut it quickly. Then opened it again to say, “Oh, that’s nice. "

― Charlie Adhara , The Wolf at the Door (Big Bad Wolf, #1)

7 " My name’s Oliver. Though if you want to call me Pretty Eyes Park again, I promise I’ll still come running. "

― Charlie Adhara , The Wolf at the Door (Big Bad Wolf, #1)

8 " Whenever you’re ready. As often as you like,” Cooper vowed. “You can always tell me what you want out of life and I’ll always be first pick on your heist team ready to help you get it.”
“As often as I like?”
“Dreams change. People change. Please just don’t stop giving me the chance to change with you. "

― Charlie Adhara , Cry Wolf (Big Bad Wolf, #5)

9 " How do I look?” he blurted as they approached the car. He couldn’t help it.
“Like you’ve seen some shit,” Park said.
“Oh, good. I like to stay on brand. "

― Charlie Adhara , Thrown to the Wolves (Big Bad Wolf, #3)

10 " You already know I love you,” Park said, shaking his head impatiently. “So today I promise, I vow that I know you love me, too. I never doubt it. How could I when I feel it all the time? I feel it when you make me laugh and then watch with that pleased little look on your face. I feel it when you touch me like I’m special and when you can’t touch me anymore because you’re over-full of sensations, but let me stay by you anyway. I feel so safe in loving you, because I know you love me, too. And it’s the greatest gift of my life.”
“You love me,” Cooper said.
“Obviously.” And it was, wasn’t it? Park pulled Cooper closer, arms around his waist. “So if you’re the Moon, fine. I’m the sky. If you’re a human, I’m your wolf. If you’re a prickly, sarcastic, awkward, independent, randy-as-hell, secretly good-hearted porcupine, well, then I’m Oliver Park.”
“I can’t believe I’m being slandered in my own vows.”
“Whatever happens next, whoever we are or whoever they think we are, it doesn’t matter. Because the way we love is already the stuff of legends.”
Cooper couldn’t help smiling. “Well. I guess if you say it like that, it doesn’t sound like such a bad life,” he said, leaning in to kiss him, and felt Park’s body sigh into his like it was coming home.
No, not a bad life at all. "

― Charlie Adhara , Cry Wolf (Big Bad Wolf, #5)

11 " What am I supposed to be doing on this hike? Trying to start a…a…”
“Investigation?” Park suggested.
“Threesome?” Cooper finished.
Park choked. “Okay. We’re obviously not a couple that should be trying to finish each other’s sentences. "

― Charlie Adhara , Thrown to the Wolves (Big Bad Wolf, #3)

12 " Being open isn’t easy for either of us. Shit, maybe not for anyone. But I work on it because, to me, you’re worth it. And you know what, Oliver? I’m worth it, too. So pull your shit together so we can get on with being mates and in love and all that trash. "

― Charlie Adhara , Thrown to the Wolves (Big Bad Wolf, #3)

13 " Cooper, there isn't a room in the world I would be embarrassed to walk into with you by my side. "

― Charlie Adhara , Cry Wolf (Big Bad Wolf, #5)

14 " I don’t need you,” Cooper repeated, whispering into Park’s sweaty hair now. “But I want you. All the time. "

― Charlie Adhara , The Wolf at Bay (Big Bad Wolf, #2)

15 " he had just made them worse. Sometimes letting people get to know more about you didn’t bring you closer, it just gave them more reasons to want to walk away. "

― Charlie Adhara , The Wolf at Bay (Big Bad Wolf, #2)

16 " So I get it. I know you’re this ridiculous superhero and you always have been. Shit, you might not believe in magic, but to me you’re as close to magical as anything I’ve ever known. And not just because of the whole werewolf thing, but because you’re you. All special and brilliant and patient and funny and you know, sort of good-looking sometimes, I guess. "

― Charlie Adhara , The Wolf at Bay (Big Bad Wolf, #2)

17 " Then let’s do this.” He opened the door and hopped out. “Just, if things get to be too much around here, remember your safe word.”
Park smiled and followed him toward the front door. “Right. What was it again?”
“‘Safe word.’”
“Ah. Nice, easy, and just a little bit subversive.”
“My yearbook quote.”
“What, easy or— "

― Charlie Adhara , The Wolf at Bay (Big Bad Wolf, #2)

18 " By any rights there should be a town crier running through the streets shouting, Two people have been killed, two more have gone missing, the best relationship you've ever had is nose-diving, shot down by secrets you don't even know the scope of! Hear he, fucking hear ye. "

― Charlie Adhara , Thrown to the Wolves (Big Bad Wolf, #3)

19 " What stage of love was it when another person became a habit? How quickly had the mere background hum of another person's life become such an essential fixture of the house that its absence felt like a robbery? Like their home had been gutted and he was left drifting around the remains... "

― Charlie Adhara , Cry Wolf (Big Bad Wolf, #5)

20 " That's who he wanted to be at his core. Not alpha, or survivor, or mate, overdramatic, anxious, cantankerous grump. Not even husband, really. Those were all facets, badges. At his core, he wanted to be his own wildest dreams. "

― Charlie Adhara , Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (Big Bad Wolf, #4)