" Bride had become the centre of his world. He was nothing without her. If he had to obey her every word for the rest of his life, he would. If he had to let her control his body, he would do that too.

Anything was better than being without her. That, he'd learned inside his underground cell. He could endure anything as long as she was with him. "

― Gena Showalter , Seduce the Darkness (Alien Huntress, #4)