“I was beginning to see serious drawbacks to this loyalty thing.”

“If there were such a thing as fate, I had been put on this earth to destroy and not to create.”

“It was nice to see him angry with someone other than me.”

“I think I should be in mourning. Many brain cells were lost in the creation of that orgasm."Trixie chuckled. "I appreciate their sacrifice.”

“I didn't mean it to sound so challenging, but I needed to try to reassure my friend. Gritting my teeth, I tried to think of some way to placate Gideon. It was as if I was standing in quicksand, the earth slipping away from my feet the more I spoke. A smart man would keep his mouth shut. I wasn't always a smart man.”

“I have doubts, but I'm willing to try. It's the best I can offer. Will you try? I need you, Mira. Try for me.”

“I could feel her wipe away something wet, but I refused to think she had made me cry as well as admit that I was a coward. The League of Men was going to come confiscate my balls at this rate. But it didn't matter. Trixie was worth it.”