" You belong to me, you’re mine, and right now, in this bed, I’m gonna do something else for the very first time. We both are.”
I held my breath, too afraid if I exhaled I would ruin the moment and never know what he would reveal.
“I’m gonna make love to you, Lilah. I’m gonna take you as mine, possess you. ‘Cause there ain’t no one out there… no one else who could do this to me, but you.”
… Pressing his forehead against mine, he inhaled a ragged breath and murmured, “I fuckin’ love you, Lilah. This, us, baby, it’s more than just fucking. You get that, yeah? "

― Tillie Cole , Heart Recaptured (Hades Hangmen, #2)