he was the monster that stalked nightmare and they both knew it

Push me and I will. I’ll get punished, but you’ll still be dead.

I wouldn't wish my consort to suffer ennui.

Oh yeah, that’s the one who kept watching me as if she was waiting for me to grow fangs and try to eat her. I couldn’t help it—I used my claws to scratch my nose. Her eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

A queen keeps a court that is spoken about. A goddess keeps a court that is never forgotten.

She wished he’d stop touching her. Not because she didn’t like it but because she liked it far too much. It made her hunger for things that could never be hers. And if someone went hungry for too long, they started to starve. Started to hurt.

Most of those men don’t want to sleep with you,” he said in blunt rebuttal. “I reserve the right to introduce my fist to the faces of the ones who do.