" All of me. I might be an ugly monster that rules with an iron fist, a bastard that runs this town, but for her, I’m but a man whose heart is vulnerable to the one creature that can kill me with barely a thought . . . Allie Bancroft. She lets the moment stretch, torturing me before mercifully placing her hand on my cheek and touching her forehead to mine. "
― Lauren Landish , Dirty Secrets (Get Dirty #4)