It finally happened, he thought as he burrowed under his shirt and took hold of his heavy cross. All his life he’d wondered why he’d never fallen in love, and now he knew: He’d been waiting for this moment, this woman, this time. The female is mine, he thought. - Manny

Love, after all, was universal. Qhuinn closed his fist up tight, and knew he would never, ever take that ring off. “Always,” Blay murmured. “Because family is an always kind of thing.

What happened to you?" she asked. "I got hit in the side." "With what?" "A knife.

How can you stand to have me near you?" "The only thing I can't handle is your leaving.

You've always had me ... and my heart. My soul. Everything. I wish it hadn't taken this long for me to man up.

Because I was, and I remain, utterly and completely and totally…in love with you.

Yanking his inner manwhore back to the land of polite conversating, he forced his hands to stop