" Kaitlyn wasn’t merely just my slave, or the woman who I had fallen in love with… she’d suddenly become more than that. A person I could rely on. My best friend? Had I ever had one of those? Jack was my friend, but he still didn’t know me. Not the beast that rested inside. But, Kaitlyn… she accepted every part of me, just as I did her. She made me feel different, more than anyone else ever had, and I detested that I couldn’t define "

― Alaska Angelini , Blake (Captive to the Dark, #2)