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Mortal Ties (World of the Lupi, #9) QUOTES

Mortal Ties (World of the Lupi, #9) QUOTES

1 " Death cuts off possibilities. Even if they were possibilities you never meant to act on, it feels different
when they’re gone. "

― Eileen Wilks , Mortal Ties (World of the Lupi, #9)

2 " The dead weren’t scary. It was the living you had to watch out for. "

― Eileen Wilks , Mortal Ties (World of the Lupi, #9)

3 " But not all scars showed, did they? "

― Eileen Wilks , Mortal Ties (World of the Lupi, #9)

4 " Isen wasn't a two birds with one stone kind of guy. More like one stone, two birds, a rabbit, a fox, and maybe that deer will trip over the fox and we can get him, too. "

― Eileen Wilks , Mortal Ties (World of the Lupi, #9)

5 " We always want to fix things for the people who matter. Can’t, mostly, but we want to. "

― Eileen Wilks , Mortal Ties (World of the Lupi, #9)

6 " When you’re raw you don’t want people studying your reactions, even if you’ve convinced yourself you’re just fine. Maybe especially then. "

― Eileen Wilks , Mortal Ties (World of the Lupi, #9)

7 " He closed the damn door and turned and stopped, looking at her. “Sometimes,” he said softly, and stopped, then started again, “I often wonder why human men are so fixated on how a woman looks when there’s so much more to explore, and so many kinds of beauty—why obsess over one particular version? But sometimes, when I look at you, I understand."
And sometimes, when he looked at her the way he was now, she was beautiful. Not just okay. Not even really pretty. Beautiful. "

― Eileen Wilks , Mortal Ties (World of the Lupi, #9)

8 " Do you need me?
Always, but not immediately. "

― Eileen Wilks , Mortal Ties (World of the Lupi, #9)

9 " He wanted slow. He wanted lingering and teasing, and she was not in a patient mood. As with so much in a relationship, compromise was key. "

― Eileen Wilks , Mortal Ties (World of the Lupi, #9)

10 " As soothing as it would be to rip off his arm and beat him with it, it would really slow things down. "

― Eileen Wilks , Mortal Ties (World of the Lupi, #9)

11 " She didn't take it well, I guess," Jasper said. "Hard to deliver that kind of news."
"No...no, you don't understand. But then you haven't met her." Slowly Rule looked up, relief blooming inside. He felt like he had as a small child, waking from some terrible nightmare to find his father's hand on his shoulder. The sudden bone-deep reassurance wasn't logical, wasn't reasonable. But it was real. "It's okay. It's good. Grandmother is coming. "

― Eileen Wilks , Mortal Ties (World of the Lupi, #9)

12 " HYPERBOLE IS THE BEST THING EVER! "

― Eileen Wilks , Mortal Ties (World of the Lupi, #9)