I tried to tell you that it's not Spade in there." "You could have tried harder. I absolutely never needed to know that Ian was pierced down there.

He had black hair anybody could see was dyed, and even had one long piece wrapped around his head in that way some men did to fool no one into believing they weren't bald. I resisted a sudden strong urge to tug away that piece and scream peekaboo! at his bare crown underneath.

Anytime you want to lay off the paybacks God, that'd be great.

All the rest of the world could only kill or devastate my mind and body. Bones alone held the power to demolish my soul.

Did you really think I'd ceased to care? Kitten, I care so much it wrecks me.

Revenge was the emptiest of emotions. Apparently it motivated people to do the stupidest things as well.

I’d forgotten to keep blasting a song in my mind. I remedied my mistake, but the lyrics to “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me” seemed too close to home at the mo-ment. “Culture Club?” Now his mouth curled downward. “And you accuse me of practicing cruel and unusual punishment.