Looking at her, bedraggled and beaten, some might have seen weakness. He saw strength, determination, and a will no one could crush.

I could kiss you forever," she murmured against his lips, sucking at the lower one, playing with the upper, his body weight a luscious pressure. "I love feeling you against me." "You say such things, Elena. You will make me your slave.

Can I bite you here, too?

Fathers and mothers,” she found herself saying, “leave their mark, no matter if we’ve known them a lifetime or only a day.

These predators loved with wild fury, but they were also darkly possessive, crossing the boundary into what humans might term obsession.

You", he said, "are the single exception that rule". The oldest, deepest, most beautiful flaw in his Silence."Without you, I would be a monster.

Love is the greatest form of loyalty, one that places happiness of the beloved over the lover.