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A Case of Possession (A Charm of Magpies, #2) QUOTES

A Case of Possession (A Charm of Magpies, #2) QUOTES

1 " I like to make you know your master,” Crane said. “It's only fair. The rest of the time you've got me so thoroughly enslaved, I might as well be wearing a collar with your name on it. "

― K.J. Charles , A Case of Possession (A Charm of Magpies, #2)

2 " My life changed four months ago, and I utterly failed to understand that until just recently, and therefore… I may have omitted to tell you that I love you.” He took a breath. “That’s all. "

― K.J. Charles , A Case of Possession (A Charm of Magpies, #2)

3 " Dear me, Mr. Day. You really do love to get fucked on desks, don't you? Put you on a desk, and you're begging for it. What is so particularly exciting about desks? "

― K.J. Charles , A Case of Possession (A Charm of Magpies, #2)

4 " You look like the cat that swallowed the cream," Stephen said softly.

"That comes later. "

― K.J. Charles , A Case of Possession (A Charm of Magpies, #2)

5 " Everyone can do evil. Some people can be forced to it, and some fight against it, and some don't even need an invitation. "

― K.J. Charles , A Case of Possession (A Charm of Magpies, #2)

6 " No.” Leo grinned reminiscently. “Tom was the most lawless man I ever knew. He always said he never let a friend down—”
“But sometimes people didn’t know they weren’t friends any more until it was too late. "

― K.J. Charles , A Case of Possession (A Charm of Magpies, #2)

7 " Charm's a very dangerous thing. Lucien, tell me," Stephen said thoughtfully. "This respect for shamans, this inviolability..."
"Mmm?"
"Well, I don't know if you remember, but some three weeks ago, you tied me to your bedposts and spent two hours subjecting me to acts of unimaginable depravity. And considering you call me a shaman--"
"I take issue with 'unimaginable'," Crane interrupted, sudden heat and light rushing through him. "I imagine those acts in detail every night you're not there. In fact, I've imagined quite a few more that I have every intention of subjecting you to when I get a chance. "

― K.J. Charles , A Case of Possession (A Charm of Magpies, #2)

8 " I don't believe in demons and pitchforks. But I think, if you had to define hell, you could take a good man and deny him the rites he believed in, and condemn his soul to a slow process of corruption until it was nothing but a mass of rage and hate and seething evil that his true self would have loathed. I think that would be hell. "

― K.J. Charles , A Case of Possession (A Charm of Magpies, #2)

9 " Stephen rubbed at his face. “Look, I have three choices. I never see you again so I’m not tempted; I give in to temptation and milk you for power until I’m a raging madman; or I control myself. I don’t like the first two options. "

― K.J. Charles , A Case of Possession (A Charm of Magpies, #2)

10 " Nobody ain't going to lay a finger on you, missus," said Merrick. "Not while me and my lord are standing. You tell Mr. Day about it and don't worry no more"
"Since when did you talk to law?" demanded Leonora in Shanghainese.
"Since his nobility's fucking it. Youe want the shortarse on your side. "

― K.J. Charles , A Case of Possession (A Charm of Magpies, #2)

11 " You're a fool, and I'm another. Between us, we barely make a village idiot. "

― K.J. Charles , A Case of Possession (A Charm of Magpies, #2)

12 " I like to make you know your master,” Crane said. “It’s only fair. The rest of the time, you’ve got me so thoroughly enslaved, I might as well be wearing a collar with your name on it. "

― K.J. Charles , A Case of Possession (A Charm of Magpies, #2)