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.
Nalini SinghThe fear is like metal on my tongueโIโve known him but a fragment of time, and yet Iโm certain if I accept his suit, it will destroy a part of me when he leaves.โ Keir reached forward to tuck her hair behind her ear. โWeโre all a little broken.โ Quiet. Potent. โNo one goes through life with a whole heart.
Nalini SinghRaphael lifted a finger, tracing it over her cheekbone. She flinched. Not because he was hurting her. The opposite. The places he touched ... it was as if he had a direct line to the hottest, most feminine part of her. A single stroke and she was embarrassingly damp. But she refused to pull away, refused to give in." (page 33 , Gollancz edition)
Nalini Singh