"Make me forget." A whisper, a plea. Not giving her what she wanted wasn't even an option. He switched their positions so she was under him. "Aren't you afraid I'll take advantage?" She wiped away her tears. "Please do." "Ask nice." "Why don't I make you angry instead? That gets me kissed a lot."
Nalini SinghYes.โ She smiled, liking the word. โWhat I feel like right nowโIโd compare it to waking from a dream and seeing the real world. Itโs a beautiful place, but it also has darkness. If you try to eradicate that darkness, you also destroy the light.โ Pain for the future of her people tightened her heart.
Nalini SinghAll right." Shimmering droplets on her eyelashes, stars caught in transition. "But will you replace it with something for me?" "Anything." His body was hers. Brushing her fingers over his lips, she said, "You gave me an eagle. I want to give you one, too." A tender kiss pressed to the scar. "I want us to fly together.
Nalini SinghOnceโ and most of the night definitely counts as onceโyou can write off as a mistake. But you do this again and he's going to start thinking he has rights over you.โ She knew predatory changeling men. They liked control. They particularly liked their women to submit. And Riley was one big giant hunk of testosterone-fueled Neanderthal wolfโhe probably thought her submission was his right. She snorted. โNot in this lifetime.
Nalini SinghIn my time,โ he said, โthey believed in witches. Are you a witch, Honor, that you make me say these things to you?โ Causing him to rip open wounds that had stayed safely scabbed over for so long that, most of the time, he managed to forget they existed. Her hands, so very, very gentle, continued to hold his face as she tugged him down until their foreheads touched. โIโm no witch, Dmitri. If I was, Iโd know how to fix you.
Nalini Singh