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41 " Take some advice,” Kingsley said, “and keep your eyes on me. If you stare at him too long, you might learn something about what it means to be a man of God. "
― Tiffany Reisz , The King (The Original Sinners, #6)
42 " Good,” Kingsley said. “Now let’s build a kingdom. "
43 " I’m still going to try to get you into bed,” Kingsley said as he pulled back and straightened his black tailcoat. “Do your worst,” Søren said with all his old, cold arrogance, and Kingsley decided then and there he would get Søren back into bed with him even if it killed him. "
44 " Kingsley would throw his arm over Søren’s stomach, rest his head on Søren’s chest and fall asleep. When he woke up Søren would still be there. Søren would always be there. "
45 " Do you remember the story in the Bible known as the Judgment of Solomon?” Søren asked. “Why can’t we have phone sex like normal perverts?” Kingsley asked. "
46 " You brood.”“Brooding is my version of aftergrlow.”“Call the priest. You’re in a better mood when he’s around. He doesn’t brood like you do.”“He invented brooding. He holds the patent on brooding. He gets royalties whenever anyone broods. You just haven’t seen him do it yet. "
47 " A king must have a kingdom after all. "
48 " Bon. And you can’t do that. You can’t put pinot in a glass with cabernet sauvignon. That’s worse than incest.” Søren ignored him and finished pouring the remnants of his pinot into the glass of cabernet. “Can I ask in which direction your moral compass points?” Søren asked as he came back into the living room and sat down in his armchair again. Kingsley gestured in the direction his moral compass pointed. “I’d figured as much,” Søren said. "
49 " slept on the priest’s floor last night. We got very drunk.” “You and the padre got smashed? What was the occasion?” “Clergy Appreciation Day.” “That’s a thing?” “Apparently so. Got drunk with a priest last night. Broke a televangelist’s wrist this morning. My new favorite holiday. "
50 " Welcome to the kingdom "
51 " Oh, fuck. Those kinds of tests. I wish I could empathize, but the only disease lesbians get from sex is lockjaw. "
52 " It was an embarrassing failure of words—we were all very happy. Shell-shocked by elation would have been a better description of how they’d all felt when they heard Søren had a son. The news was like a bomb going off, and the blast of joy had felled them all. "
53 " I might suffocate you tonight with a pillow,” Kingsley said "
54 " Don’t flatter yourself. You aren’t my type. "