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121 " Soon, this city will be ours, and those within it will be the same. We will stretch our grasp, and we will etch our new kingdom into this fledgling country. You will all be fed as much as you can desire. But now is the time for patience. We must play the game. One must not spook the flock if one wishes to catch more than one sheep. "
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley , Heart of Dracula (Immortal Soul, #1)
122 " Power is a strange drug. It does unpredictable things to those who taste it. Picture power as a sword—there is no coincidence that swords are the symbol of authority and control for humanity for…what…thousands of years, now? Power is a weapon. It can be used to defend or to protect. It can be a symbol of tyranny or nobility. The warlord and the king. And you never know quite what a person is going to do with it until it’s handed to them. Until they’re told it belongs to them, and the countryside is theirs to keep or raze. I think one of my favorite things about humanity is how unpredictable you all are with such a gift "
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley , The Faire (Harrow Faire, #5)
123 " The elder vampire tilted his head to the side slightly, long black hair falling along his shoulders in dark tendrils. "
124 " Both of you must stay on your toes. We have unwelcome company in our city. I smell them on the air. Hunters have come. "
125 " The older vampire chuckled and turned to face them, crimson eyes shining even in the dim light of the room. "
126 " His sire smiled. It was an unkind one. It was the expression of the pleasure of a predator moments before the kill. “The hunters have gone out of their way to meet with a young woman. I will need to find out why. Find me everything you can learn about one Miss Maxine Parker. "
127 " May the gods help you, Miss Parker. For I have seen that look on him before, and it spells your doom. "
128 " My love, don’t you see? I sacrificed all I held dear to protect you. I destroyed this world so I could ensure you would never be harmed again. Even through the madness that consumed me, I knew what I had to do to save you, once and for all. Why would I ever go back? "
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley , King of None (The Masks of Under, #5)
129 " Vlad Tepes Dracula stood atop a building in the city of Boston, the barely born and fledgling city of the new nation that had made such a noise upon its arrival. "
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley , Curse of Dracula (Immortal Soul, #2)
130 " Humans were meant to build. To aspire. To reach for the sun. And he had taken it away from them. Snatched it from the sky and pitched the city into the night. "
131 " I am not a vampire. I am far more, and far worse, than that. Within me beats the black heart of all that would splinter bone and pick their teeth with the remains. I am the river spring from which flows all cruelty on this Earth. And it was cruelty that made me. "
132 " Wishes held power—wishes held strength—and they were not to be uttered lightly. "
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley , The Unseelie Prince (Maze of Shadows, #1)
133 " It did not change the simple fact that he was death incarnate. Yet never allowed to die. "
134 " Any man whose mind was not clouded by hatred would have seen it a bargain to spare the life of a city in return for a single mortal woman. A woman who wanted to be at his side. "
135 " Death came to the city of Boston on crimson wings. "
136 " Death had come on crimson wings, and it had a name—Vlad Tepes Dracula. "
137 " The past is only ever lesser. What may come is all that will ever give us hope. "
138 " Lydia’s running slammed her into one of them. "
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley , The Masks of Under: Starter Set Books 1-3
139 " You met me in a dream. Now we shall see how you fare with my nightmare. "
140 " Master, may I speak frankly?” “Of course.” “Do you think you are worthy of love?” Vlad flinched. "