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1 " You have captured me utterly, and you hold my heart in your hands. Be gentle with it. It's more fragile than you might think. "
― J. Kenner , Claim Me (Stark Trilogy, #2)
2 " You humble me, Nikki. Don't you see that? It must be clear from my expression that I do not, because he goes on. "If I do all those things for you--soothe you, center you, give you strength--then that is worth more to me than every penny I have earned building Stark International. "
3 " He won't be happy until he's banging the next big thing. And while he'd prefer a female, I think he'd fuck anything that moves if he thinks it'll ease his climb to the top. Male, female, or small farm animal. "
4 " I assumed he knew that your coach was abusing you. I realized in the limo that he didn't."For a moment, there is only silence. When Damien speaks, his words are ice cold. "He knew. "
5 " Wherever I am, you belong. You're mine. Say it. "
6 " I have no idea what time it is in London, and have had too much wine to bother with the math to figure it out. "
7 " If that’s what it takes to protect you, I will leave you. Even if it kills me. "
8 " How can you make love to me with only the whisper of a touch?I'm a very resourceful man. I thought you knew. "
9 " Nikki, darling, light of my life. Can I have my driver take you to work? "
10 " He shifts so that I can see him better, then draws an "x" over his heart. I raise a brow, and he lifts two fingers in a Boy Scout salute. I hold back a laugh, and he holds up his pinkie finger. "Shall we pinkie swear ? "
11 " He cocks his head to the side as if listening. "There. Did you hear it?""What?""The clink of coins as I just earned a few thousand more."I roll my eyes. "
12 " He spent so long building walls to protect his privacy that I think he forgot to build a door. "
13 " An entire empire needing his attention, and yet in that moment, I am his whole world. "
14 " Poor you.” I twist in his arms and plant a gentle kiss on his chin as he tightens the sash around my waist. “Just like Alexander. No worlds left to conquer. "
15 " Please, Damien. You can’t control the world? So what? Control me. "
16 " I believe a megalomaniac is someone who suffers from delusions about their own power. Trust me," he says, and this time I am certain I see mirth dancing in his eyes, "I suffer no delusions about the extent of my power. "
17 " Thank you. Right emotion. Crappy execution. "
18 " And so I struggle against my bonds, not because I want to get free, not even because I want the pain. I want what it represents. That I am Damien’s. Bound to him. Marked by him. Claimed by him. "
19 " Don't you dare feel sorry for 'could have'. "
20 " I want it,” I repeat. “And not because I need the pain. But because I need you. "