“Talk about insanity. Being attracted to deVries was like a month saying, "Hey, let's go check out that awesome bonfire".”

“I want my glasses.""No." The absent way he said it, as if she didn't have a choice, set off an odd shimmer in her bones. He regarded her soberly. "You're scared without them? More than being bound to a table?""I'm trying not to think about bondage," she said grumpily.He grinned, swift and wonderful."And yes, I'm scared. What if something happened, like a fire?" She wouldn't be able to find her way out. "Or a terrorist attack. Or zombies."He chuckled. "I do like submissives with imagination.”

“My God, no wonder people like being tied up.”

“My cousin fell in love with a dom, so I checked into it to see if I needed to kill him before they got married.”

“Hey, I see people manacled to log walls all the time. You bet. It’s a popular sport in Bear Flat. Gonna replace fishing soon.”

“Awww, that's sweet. Nothing says ‘I love you’ like a well-made implement of pain.”

“She rubbed her cheek on his chest like a sleepy cat. “I like when you hold me.”Dios, she was going to break his heart. “I like when I hold you too.”