“I refuse to learn your name. Does that not offend you?""Nope."Well. That was all the argument he had. No sense in conjuring false reasons to display a morality he did not possess.”

“The mortal wants a demon to drag his tongue along her flesh, defiling as a means to comfort?" he asked."You make it sound very dirty.”

“Why did something so wrong have to feel so right”

“He'd take his time. All good things came to those who danced when others least expected to find anything on the head of a pin.”

“You got it. Wham, bam, start the apocalypse, ma'am.”

“I think you use people's reactions as a test...And it is unfair."Unfair! The man had no diea what the word meant. He possessed his limbs and all his senses. He had a beautiful life,friends,and family. Ranulf neither sought nor wanted pity, for life could have issued a much harsher sentence to be endured,but neither did he need the scorn and antipathy that came from people's unreasonable fear. And if boldly displaying his injury kept people away,the better. "A test that you might have prematurely passed," Ranulf gritted out.”

“He released her lips but did not pull back. Instead,he traced the lines of her jaw with his fingers. "Does that answer your question? For let me tell you now,I never have and never will desire another.”