Kristen Ashley

“You defy me again, I'll take you to that bed and make you my queen right... fucking... now.”

“Fuck, baby doll, I missed you so fucking much.”

“Baby doll, that’s pretty but it just won’t do.”

“Don’t call me wolf when you’re pissed, wolf.”

“You love me?”He answered without hesitation. “With everything I am, baby doll, and everything I’m meant to be.”

“I loved you before you took your first breath on this earth because that was my fate but you made me love you because you’re just… fucking… you.”

“If I could have wished what I thought was my perfect mate on the wind and had her come back to me in a storm, I could never have come up with anything as exquisite as you.”

“We girlie girls might be able to help you big strong boys kick ass,” Leah declared proudly and both Lucien and Callum grinned at her.”

“You have a lovely castle,” she noted, looking around while sitting on a couch and crossing her legs before she tipped her face up to Lucien and asked mock petulantly. “Why don’t we have a castle, darling?”“You want a castle, sweetling, I’ll get you a castle,” Lucien answered casually.”

“My peopole like to sing,” he informed her easily. “They like it best when they’re shitfaced.”

“Female humans need communication, a lot of it. It's fucking annoying but, trust me, you're better off giving it to her than suffering the consequences.”

“Morning, little one”

“It’s all right, baby doll, I’ve got you.”

“This party was not in the least like a party a wolf would throw. For one thing, no one had shown up smashed. For another thing, even though it started an hour ago, still no one was smashed.”

“Baby doll, you're about to be claimed.”

“He can be pretty charming and charismatic. Still, he’s not a well man.”The newcomers all burst out laughing. Callum scowled at her a moment before dropping his head back and saying to the ceiling, “Bloody hell.”

“Jonas, Tate’s teenaged son … looking like mini-Tate, giving me the understanding that in a few years, me and every woman over twenty-five years of age in Carnal would be moved to become a cougar.”

“You’re a fucking miracle,” he whispered against my skin and I closed my eyes. I loved that he thought that about me. “I’m a woman,” I whispered back. “You’re an angel.”

“Get them to vow on whatever geek shit you guys hold sacred”

“Take me, honey, I’m yours”

“I brought clean panties and a toothbrush”

“Chace shook his head, not at odds with how he felt about Tatum Jackson and Tyrell Walker, two of the biggest badasses he knew, demonstrating signs they were pussy whipped and didn’t give a shit.”

“You get home okay or are you deep in the mountains recovering from a ceremonial male bonding ritual after killing a bear?”

“I’d walk to the ends of the earth hand in hand with Chace Keaton and all he had to do to get me to do it was kiss me deep, smile at me, hold my hand and call me baby.”

“He was pressed up against me after kissing me and being all… I don’t know… intense and growly and manly and saying nice thing after nice thing all, well… intense, growly and manly which made him sound like he really, really meant them. At the same time acting like the alpha male who just beat the rest of the world’s alpha males in hand to hand combat and after had climbed up a mountain of their carcasses and was thumping his chest and grunting, ‘Faye, my woman!”

“What’s happening?” Her question was quiet.“Honey, cast your mind back,” he urged gently. “Two minutes ago, I was kissin’ you. Three days ago, I was dancin’ with you. You know what’s happening.”

“You’re livin’ in Badass World, baby,” he whispered in my ear. “Fair warning, until I fix what I cut in you, you’re there to stay.”

“I was so sure and I didn’t want to admit I got it that wrong. And when you’re that sure and end up getting it that wrong, you lose faith in yourself, your ability to make the right decisions about your life.”

“Do you love me?” “Yes,” I breathed. “Always?” [...]“Always,” I whispered.”

“There was… uh, in my book, you know,” her legs moved against his and she finished so low he barely heard her, “a really good sex scene.”

“You act like a bitch, I’ll call you a bitch and you’re actin’ like a fuckin’ bitch.”

“One thing’s certain, life with you is never gonna be boring.”

“I hugged her because she was proof that Luke had good taste in women and he had settled on me which said a lot about both of us.”

“Thank you for keeping it a secret. There aren’t many of those in this tribe.”

“Tex looked at Duke “She’s got spunk,” he said.“Where I come from, we call it sass,” Duke replied.“Where I come from, we call it attitude,” Smithie put in.“Oh for the love of God, whatever you callit, are you in or are you out?” Jules clipped.”

“Can I just ask, after we find this guy, can we talk about the Vibrator Ceremony? I’m thinking of making us all kind of choir like robes to wear but with sequins and some satin sashes as belts. Maybe in chartreuse.”

“I like the idea of a Vibrator Ceremony. After we’re done burying them, we could make canapés and drink champagne. It’s a lot more fun to talk about that than hunting down humans.”

“I’m thinking we should have a vibrator ceremony. Maybe we can all stand around inthe dead of night, carrying candles and chanting while she buries them in her backyard,”

“I am who I am, a big dork who makes mistakes and deals the best way I can. I’m going to keep making mistakes and being a big dork because that’s who I am. You can’t deal with it, then you best walk out that door because that’s the way it is.”

“The best way to guard your heart was to trust a good man to take care of it for you.”

“Finally, realization dawned.I belonged to Luke. I was Luke’s woman.Hell, I had probably been born to be Luke’s woman (if you believed that kind of shit).”

“Luke, you have to know, it won’t be like the other guys. If it’s you, it’ll be worse.” My voice went softer, lower, barely a whisper. “If this goes bad, it’ll destroy me.”

“Uncle Vito is going to make his own nephew swim with the fishes?”

“Take it one minute at a time. Life will lead you where you need to be.”

“Why are you hunting down Noah?”Without hesitation, he gave me an answer that made the world tilt under my feet.“He took a piece of you. I’m gonna findhim and get it back.”

“First up, get rid of Luke.Second, go workout with Riley.Third, get some work done.Fourth, learn how to become a lesbian.”

“These boys talk more than a pack ofwomen.”

“I’m thinkin’ you’ve been mine a lot longer than that.”

“Liar, liar pants on fire.”

“I lay under Luke, pretty certain I was going to die and wishing I’d made a will. Now, my sisters and mother were going to get all Aunt Ella’s money. I should have left it to Sissy and a cat shelter.”