Because sometimes, a man could do nothing about where he came from, he could only control where he went

She cried out into his kiss, her hands clawing his shoulders, adrift now in a pleasure that threatened to consume her. In her sexual lifetime she had never known anything like it. Had never tasted such a dark kiss, one that warned her he had no intention of making allowances for sensual inexperience. He was hungry. Needy. And she was the meal he craved.

I say, when Mercury arrives, we just pretend we’re not here.” Lawe tipped back his whiskey and swallowed in a single drink. “Stay real quiet. Don’t make eye contact.” They all nodded.

There are much better ways to handle the delicate male ego. With a two-by-four? Only as a last resort and never in public.

I am not in the least forbidden. You may sample me all you choose.

I'm scared of you two in the same place. That's like putting in an order for trouble, rather than just wishing for it.

That night we danced, I marked you as mine and I made it stick. There wasn’t a boy or a man on that lake that didn’t know who you belonged to, and the minute there was even a whiff one of them was stepping over the line, they walked funny for a week.