Larissa Ione

“I’ve got you,” he murmured into her hair. “I’ll always get you.”

“He sobered as he gazed at her, then took a deep breath and pulled away. “I’m not normally affected like this. It’s you. You’re putting off some hellacious fuck-me vibes.”“Not enough, apparently,” she muttered.”

“Let’s just say that my father is a very powerful man.""That’s a little understated, don’t you think? … You know, seeing how he’s the Grim fucking Reaper.”

“Easy there, Smurfette.”

“God, these guys were like fucking Terminators. Or Borg. Resistance is futile and all that shit. It was clear she wasn’t going to shake the Brothers From Hell.”

“I’m over a thousand years old. I’ve seen it all. You, sweetcheeks, are nothing new.” At what must have been an outraged expression on her face, he laughed again. “Come on. Surely you can’t think you are the only female out there who’s had a rough life, had her heart walked on, been kept in a dungeon for three centuries, blah, blah, pick your trauma, and are now stomping around with all this pent-up anger you spill like acid on everyone who gets to know you.” He narrowed his gaze at her. “How close am I?”Sin’s mouth worked, but nothing came out. She finally snapped it shut to avoid looking like a fish gasping on the bank of a river. “That’s what I thought.” He made a shooing gesture with his hand. “No, run along and go be caustic with someone who cares. Oh, wait, no one cares, do they? Because you won’t let them--”

“Either one of you kill him, or I will.”Shade, Wraith and Kynan raised their hands to volunteer. How special. Brotherly love ran like syrup in the room.”

“He was the ultimate experiment in Nature Versus Nurture, and she imagined he must be engaged in a constant battle between what he was and what he wanted to be.”

“Be careful, little killer. The Fates can fuck with you in ways you can’t even imagine.”

“he stretched out beside her, uncomfortably close, as if they were lovers. Real lovers and not the most mismatched pair of fuck buddies ever.”

“He’d always prided himself on being more civilized than his brothers, but so much for that; he was becoming aroused in a damned sewer.”

“If Castle Dracula screwed a hospital, this would be the bastard offspring.”

“Sex had always been a weapon, a tool, the only form of currency that never ran out.”

“Better would be good. Because if she felt a little less like she’d been run over by a truck, she could jump on Dr. Hottie.”

“Wraith rolled his eyes. If there was anything he hated more than cryptic shit, it was fate shit.”

“I don’t care what you are, Gem. I want you. I love you.”

“His voice was low and rough … “What about you? Do you like bad boys?”“There’s definitely appeal,” she breathed. “Good,” He bent and clipped her earlobe with his teeth … “Because they don’t come badder than me.”

“I will bear this pain for you,” he swore. “If one of us has to bleed, it will be me. It’ll always be me.”

“Wraith rubbed his hands together in cheesy horror-movie glee. “Join us or die.” He grinned. “I’ve always wanted to say that.”

“Hellboy?”“What?”“Touch me. Make me forget all this.”He was on her in an instant, took her down to the floor before she could blink.”

“I wonder what disgusts you more, the fact that I’m a demon, or the fact that when I touch you, it doesn’t matter.”

“I hate you.”“I know,” he whispered.“Kiss me.”He didn’t hesitate.”

“Here’s how this goes. No Guardians. I don’t trust any of them, including you. You can have as much ice cream as you want. I doubt I’ll stop ordering you around.” He turned his face away and put his lips to her ear. “And you don’t get your own bedroom. You sleep here. With me.”

“So ask me again why I’ll win a battle of wills.” “Fine.” She jammed her feet under the covers. “Why?” “Because I’m immortal and you’re a mere human. I have an eternity to out-stubborn you.”

“Why a bird?"Another shrug. "They're free you know? They can go anywhere they want, whenever they want. They can just spread their wings and go.”

“I’ll park somewhere dark.” She fisted his T-shirt, not even ashamed of her desperation. “Out of the way—“ ”Tempting…so…fucking…tempting.” He gently peeled her hand away, slammed the door, and got in the driver’s side. Then he turned to her, the harsh planes of his face in the shadows creating a savage expression the stuck her tongue to the roof of her mouth. ”I need you in a bed tonight, Jillian. I need more than a fuck. I need to make love to you until neither one of us can move, because after tonight, I don’t want there to be even the slightest doubt that you’re mine.”

“I feel like I’m finally whole. I’m five thousand years old,” he rasped. “But the day you found me in the woods, that’s when my life started.”

“Oompa-Loompa Land?” He shook his head. “No way. Orange people give me the creeps. I don’t even like fake tans. I’d never be their king.”

“You named your son’s pet after a rabid monster dog?” “No,” Thanatos growled. “Wraith did. Bastard taught the pup to respond to Cujo, and we couldn’t get him to respond to anything else after that.”

“Oh, hell, no. I saw you with the rifle.” He glanced over at her, and his voice went a notch deeper. “It was fucking hot. I love a badass female.”

“Give up the human, and I’ll call them off,” Reseph called out.“Fuck you.”“Incest, brother?” He shrugged. “Well, hell, I’ve tried everything else since my Seal broke…”

“Reseph had never been cruel or callous,had lived in fear of succumbing to his evil side. And if he was that bad now that his Seal had been broken… Ares was screwed.”

“Fuck a motherfucking fuckduck"- Wraith”

“You think that's enough? Do you know how many episode of Jersey Shore you can watch before you want to gouge your own eyes? i do, and it's probably a lot fewer than you guess.”

“Virgin to father in zero to sixty”

“Wraith held up his hands. "Chill, Gramps. I don't want to sit on your knee or anything.”

“— ¿Qué haces?Él arqueó las cejas.—Un sesenta y nueve.—Espera, ¿qué?—Limos se alejó de él y clavó las rodillas en la arena, negándose a moverse ni un ápice. —No puedes tocarme.Arik le regaló una sonrisa de lo más perversa.—No, pero tú sí que puedes hacerlo mientras yo te miro.”

“Fuck me, I love her.”

“When you can't be sure of anything else in this crapped- on world, you have to be sure of yourself.”

“You're no angel. You're Fallen. You just haven't had the decency to lose your wings. [Reaver]”

“Oh really I was just thinking about how great a gold filigree necklace and teardrop earrings would look on me, and at seventy five ninety nine plus shipping, its a freaking, steal. But damn, I missed the deal because, oh that's right.. I'M FUCKING FROZEN ..”

“Yep, ouch. He and apologies didn’t get along. ”

“Who’d have thought your screwball brother could have gone so serial-killer fucktwat insane?”

“Yenrieth wanted to lick her dry.Then lick her wet.”

“Ares sighed "What are the three words said most often in our house?" "Not tonight, Ares?" Than offered. "Funny," Ares growled. "Cara never says that.”

“For the next eight and a half months, you're going to be mine. Every. Night.”

“She turned to him, her cheeks burning red. “What is this? Vampire porn?” “Yep.” “Oh, and this is a good one. Muffy the Vampire Layer.”

“Regan wasn't even sure what to say. They wanted to give her baby a demon animal that ate people. A furry land shark. it was enough to make her want to hyperventilate.”

“Have you had a chance to talk with your colleagues?Talk? We don't talk. They dictate. I tell them to fuck off.”

“My temper is under control," he roared, and yep, that display surely convinced Ares.”