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61 " Cute was for pussies "
― C.J. Roberts , Captive in the Dark (The Dark Duet, #1)
62 " He felt powerful, and nothing was more important than power "
63 " With each act,he traveled toward the center of that world,until one day,when he looked back,he found he could no longer see the way he'd come. "
64 " She knew she lived in a man’s world, and she reacted accordingly "
65 " It was an excellent aid in the forgetting process "
66 " It was easier to kill guilty men than sell innocent women "
67 " In your sleep. You said it wasn’t all your fault, and it isn’t—none of it is your fault. It’s…. It just isn’t "
68 " I had tried so hard to be something, someone. I had tried to make my life mean something "
69 " This wasn’t going to hurt one. Little. Bit. He was going to make her feel good. He was going to make her feel the way she deserved to feel "
70 " my mind was suddenly blank. I thought of nothing. Literally nothing. No pain, or shame, or longing, or sadness. There was only the sound of Caleb’s palm landing across my bottom, my cries, his controlled breathing. His blows were no longer painful; my backside was numb, warm. I slowly went limp in his lap. It was strange, but I felt…at peace. "
71 " He stroked me, washed me, spoke to me. “What’s your name?” “Kitten,” I whispered weakly. “And mine?” he tensed beneath my fingers. “Master. "
72 " He had chosen a beautiful submissive. And what was a submissive if not adaptable—if not a survivor "
73 " If the first lesson every slave had to learn was to accept that their wishes did not matter, then the first lesson every master had to learn was not to be a slave to their own desires. The logic was simple, to command a slave, you must command yourself. "
74 " For the first time in recent memory, Caleb wanted something other than revenge. He wanted the girl. He wanted Livvie. He "
75 " Pinned between him and the wall, I reacted like a frightened hamster. I froze, as if my stillness would discourage his predatory nature. Like a snake that only eats live mice. "
76 " And he stood above me, as if he were a god who had torn the sun away, not caring for my devastation "
77 " He wasn’t afraid. Fear was reserved for those who had something to live for "
78 " Most people didn’t want to see the bad thing coming "
79 " He even learned to crave the pain. It meant he was still alive, still surviving. If he could handle the pain, control his reaction to it, make it work for him instead of against him, then he was free "
80 " She wanted a reason. Serial killers had reasons. Reasons made no difference "