“Raphael have kids? NODoes Cyn have kids? NOWill Raphael allow Cyn to have kids with someone else? Are you out of your mind?”

“Cyn stopped, drawing a deep breath. "Will you answer the fucking question or not? There's more at stake here than Raphael's Dick" Duncan choked back a laugh.”

“What can I get you? (Wulf)How about someone else to have this kid for me? (Cassandra)”

“The best part about having kids is not actually having to have kids. Thank you, women.”

“That's all true, but I'm not doing it."Raphael looked incredulous. "Why not?"The words exploded out of Simon. "Are you kidding me? Because you have never done one single thing for me in the entire time since I became a vampire. Instead you have done your level best to make my life miserable and then end it. So-if you want it in vampire language-it affords me great pleasure, my liege, to say to you now: Hell, no.”

“I have been mastered at last, sweet Cyn, helpless in the face of that most human of failings, I love you.”