" She didn’t see her death in those eyes, as the book had promised; she saw her seduction. She’d almost—almost—allowed him to ‘mark’ her, just to feel his skin against hers. Hussy. He was the one chained, and yet he had power over her. He was strong, in body and in mind, and he exuded something—pheromones, perhaps—that drew slave-like desires from her. "

― Gena Showalter , Lord of the Vampires (Royal House of Shadows, #1)