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1 " I love you, princess. You fucking saved me. Not sure if you know it. But you saved me.”“Tanner--”.“And now I get to save you. "
― Tillie Cole , Darkness Embraced (Hades Hangmen, #7)
2 " That’s when I met Adelita.” “And what? Klan Romeo and Cartel Juliet fell madly in love?” Ky’s shitty attitude pissed me the fuck off. "
3 " He was never meant to mean anything to me. He was meant to be a man I loved to hate. A man who, for whatever reason, I felt pulled toward, but who was meant to be disposable.I did not count on falling for the infamous White Prince of the Ku Klux Klan. "
4 " He was worshipping me; cherishing me. Trying to convince me that I belonged with him.I knew I did. But sometimes circumstances made it so soulmates couldn’t be together. "
5 " But most of all . . .” He took a deep breath. “Most of all . . . I fucking hate that I want you so much. "
6 " And as for Tanner . . .” She smiled. “I just saw him with you in there. The guy went all beast-mode to protect you. He might be pissed now, but that man is gone for you, sweetie. Hook, line, and sinker gone. "
7 " I wondered if this level of love, this soul-shattering kind of possession, was worth all the pain and the heartache. It was like being tethered to the ground by an unyielding rope, when all you wanted to do was let go and float away. "
8 " We hadn’t spoken for years; it had been too dangerous, too risky to her safety. But it didn’t mean she didn’t still own my dark heart. The bitch had it. would be the only one who ever did. Without her I was dead inside, had been for two years without her. Two long fucking years without having her in my arms. Two years without contact. Wondering if she was still mine. But knowing, with every new day that passed, that I was no good for her.She didn’t need me in her life.We were at war.She was beautiful, and she deserved someone who could give her more.But even knowing that, I couldn’t walk away from her. "
9 " No one knew who had stolen my heart. No one knew who I had attached my soul to…even I didn’t know anymore. No contact for over two years. No word. I was empty inside. Dead. Only one man could bring me back to life.A man I wasn’t sure still wanted me. A man I should never have loved, and who should never have loved me. But we did love each other…so very much. "
10 " I love you, princess…Never forget that, even when I’m gone from here…I’ll only ever protect you…I’m gonna find a way for us to be together…someday…no matter how long it takes… "
11 " Tanner Ayers, from the moment we had met, had been nothing but an adversary of mine.Yet here we were. The princess and the prince of opposing kingdoms, unable to stay away from each other. "
12 " When I pictured Adelita’s face in my head, the lines were getting blurred. I struggled to see impurity. Adelita’s smile, lightly-tanned skin and dark eyes clouded my mind. And, fuck, to me, they were perfect…just like her…a perfect Mexican…I didn’t know what the fuck to do with that. "
13 " I think that maybe the life I’ve lived…” He shook his head. “The things I’ve done and the beliefs I had…now I think they could be all wrong.” Tanner hooked his hands under my arms and pulled me to lie over his chest. I gasped as I felt his hard muscles against my breasts. Tanner cupped my cheek. “Adelita Quintana. You’re making me want things I never dreamed I could want … You’re giving me something I’ve never had before.” I held my breath, anxious to hear the answer. “Hope,” he whispered. “Hope for more than what I know… "
14 " Meeting you, as hateful as it was in the beginning, has been the single biggest blessing I’ve had in my life.” Adelita stroked her fingers along the back of my hand. “Seeing you fight your demons, challenge the prejudices you were raised with and completely change, was the most amazing transformation to witness.”“It was you,” I rasped. “It was all because of you. "
15 " Beauty said. “I’ll just be in the corner reading my book.” She leaned in. “It’s about a duke and a servant girl in sixteenth-century England. Tank mocks me something fierce for reading this shit, but I can’t help it. I fucking live for all the romantic crap! "
16 " You understood what he said?” I asked. Of course, the man had spoken in Spanish. Tanner shook his head. I frowned. “Then why—” “I didn’t like his motherfucking tone.” Tanner only held my questioning gaze for a moment before he ducked his head and stepped away from me. "
17 " You were right.” She turned to me. “When we first met you called me a naïve, privileged princess who knew nothing of the world. Stuck in my ivory tower built on blow.” Her bottom lip trembled. “And you were right. Only I wasn’t alone in that tower.” Adelita squeezed my wrist like I was her only fucking anchor. “I thought I lived there with knights . . . turns out I was trapped amongst monsters. "
18 " Even if I had been forced to marry him, I still would have been yours. You cannot give your heart to someone when it is already owned by another "
