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1 " You think a courtship and a hunt are two separate things.” Ari grinned, showing gleaming white teeth with battle fangs fully extended. “They’re not. "
― C.L. Wilson , The Sea King (Weathermages of Mystral, #2)
2 " I’m the forest fire, and you’re standing there with a glass of water saying you can put me out. But you can’t!” He arched his brows. “Considering that I’ve spent the better part of the last fourteen hours proving that I can, in fact, light your fire and put it out over and over again, I’m vaguely insulted by that remark. "
3 " What happened yesterday was a mistake, but it’s over now. In the past, I’ve forgotten it, and so should you.” His brows rose. “You have forgotten? This, I do not believe.” He stepped closer again. She retreated up another stair. “What passed between us was not forgettable. I am not forgettable. Not to you.” “You have a high opinion of yourself.” “No higher than deserved. But I know when a woman looks at me and likes what she sees. And I know when she wants more. "
4 " Like the sea, from which we derive our gifts, we are wild at heart, and deadly when angered. "
5 " Ah, here we are. Your watercoach, Myerialanna.”Calivan gestured to a lacquered blue-green boat, open at the front, and shaped to resemble a cresting wave, complete with silver fringe and accents made to resemble sea foam. “How beautiful,” Gabriella said as Dilys helped her into the fanciful canal boat. “I almost feel as if it should be pulled by a harnessed team of dolphins.” “That’s only for when we take the coach for a spin on the open sea,” Dilys said. "
6 " I am a Prince of Calberna. I have trained my whole life not only to lead our warriors to victory in battle, but also to serve and protect. "
7 " There was something breathtakingly beautiful about the life he was describing... She could almost feel his need and his love lapping at her like waves on a beach. "
8 " He looked exactly like what he was: a rich and valorous Sealord of Calberna, strong, battle-tested. Confident in all things and easy on the eye. A man even a wealthy, beautiful, magically gifted princess would be pleased to call her own. "
9 " To Calbernans, love and happiness were not simply emotions. They were as essential as air and water. A Calbernan could not live without them. "
10 " The strength of Calberna flows from our women. We protect them, we love them, but we do not cage them. "
11 " Call him. Claim him. Speak his Name. Make him thine before all others. "
12 " And perhaps pigs will grow gills and swim with the kracken. "
13 " If a woman was unattached and in possession of a pulse, she would not long remain unwilling in the face of a determined Calbernan’s courtship. "
14 " Keep looking like you want to eat me up, moa halea, and I’ll let you.” His voice was a hard, rough rumble. "
15 " I don’t want you.” He moved so quickly she barely had time to gasp before he lifted her off her feet, fused his mouth to hers, and kissed her until her brain melted. Then he set her back on her wobbly legs and said,” That was for the lie. And for future reference, myerina, wrapping your legs around a man and commanding him to pleasure you is not an effective way to illustrate your lack of interest. "
16 " A sincere, satisfying grovel is a talent most men never really master. You could do a lot worse than wedding a man who knows how to apologize well. "
17 " Calberna’s prince was too big. Too male. Too unsettling. Too appealing. Too… everything. And for her, that made Dilys Merimydion pure, deadly poison wrapped up in a dangerously tempting package. "
18 " What in Helos’s name had just happened? The Calbernan had turned unexpectedly and caught her gaze upon him and then… She dragged in a breath, then another. Ragged. Shaken. She couldn’t even begin to describe what had happened. It was as if, with one look, he’d dived into the deepest, most secret parts of her soul, places no one – not even she – had ever been. "
19 " He pulled her close and kissed her thoroughly. When they pulled apart, they were both breathless, their hearts pounding. “Was that my reward for being such a good little force of nature? "
20 " He clamped her body to his as if by the sheer force of his embrace he could crawl inside her soul and anchor himself there for eternity. "