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1 " She was sad. Always sad. Water flowed from her mouth and then it changed to blood, more blood than a person could lose and still live. She was drowning in the very thing that gave her life. "
― Celia Aaron , Counsellor (Acquisition, #1)
2 " He was a gorgeous villain, a predator dressed up as a man. "
3 " He was tall, and like so many dangerous things, effortlessly beautiful. "
4 " In the heart of every man is a darkness. Primal. Instinctive. At its most basic, it’s a desirous nature—one that covets, demands, takes. "
5 " My darkness is neither restrained nor buried. It lives right at the surface. The only thing that hides it is my mask. "
6 " Are you going to hurt me?” I hated the weakness in my voice, the weakness of the question, but I had to ask. His warm breath tickled my ear. “Definitely.” My "
7 " I realized the wall paper was actual sheet music, pieces pasted over other pieces until the room was a paper mache made of melody and harmony. "
8 " wanted her to do it again, to knock my mask off so she could see the real me, the one who wanted to make it hurt, to fuck her, to make her scream. Her fear was easier for me to deal with than her anger. Her anger made me want to push her further, to take her to the edge, to make her beg me for something, anything. Her anger spurred me on to break her. "
9 " That. Was. Intense.” Alex leaned on the massage table. “I kind of want to make you late just so you get some sort of naughty punishment. Sweet Jesus, do I want some BDSM lovin’ right about now.” Juliet "
10 " Her eyes were half mast, but locked on mine all the same. I wanted her to watch me as I brought her pleasure. The fucking barbarian who lived in my breast demanded it, demanded that she acknowledge I was the only one who could give her the release she was begging for. "