“Well hell. Her heart was melting and she'd never get the fickle organ back to a normal shape again.”

“Maybe she wanted too many things. To get closer to Nate - but to just stay friends. To make love with him - but keep her heart uninvolved. To stay with him forever - but never commit.”

“I’ll never let go of you again,” she whispered. “I swear it.”

“You are old and grey,” she teased.“And you’re never too immortal for a spanking,” he shot back...”

“The thought of talking about it made Pueblo's gut ache, but then he thought of everything that Amy had been through – not that she'd told him her version yet. She had balls of steel, he thought with a smile. And what did he have? Three pairs of loin cloths going crisp on the radiator.”

“The one thing you should never do to a woman, whether you make love to her or fuck her, is apologise straight after.”

“As if reading her mind, he leaned into her again, pupils dark, irises glowing like a forest caught in the last rays of sun before dusk… “Do you want me to make you come?”“Is that a trick question?”