112 Quotes & Sayings By Kresley Cole

Kresley Cole is the New York Times bestselling author of over 30 books, including many eBooks. She lives in Michigan with her husband and children.

The bottom line is, insults only hurt when they come...
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The bottom line is, insults only hurt when they come from someone I respect. Kresley Cole
You leave me tied up like a dog? Then you...
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You leave me tied up like a dog? Then you had better remember that this bitch bites! Kresley Cole
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I had just heard tales that the Valkyrie were large warriors, akin to Amazons.”“If you’re the sole survivor of an army attacked by us, are you going to say we had our asses handed to us by petite, nubile females, or by she-monsters who can bench Buicks? Kresley Cole
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Yo, beautiful. Come pop this collar off me.” Natalya hissed, “Are you mad?”“ What’s she gonna do? Vivisect me? Imprison me? We’ve got a pact to fulfill, remember?” To Dorada, she cried, “Seriously, sweetheart, shake that mummified ass over here.” Regin kicked the glass. “Lemme the fuck out–” La Dorada swung her head around, peering at Regin with her one eye.“ Okay. That’s freaky. Lookit, Gollum, if you spring me, I’ll help you find your Precious. Kresley Cole
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This is what it's all been about with you, " he said in an even tone. "All the fear, allthe running. The nightmares." When she nodded, he said, "You called him the devil."" But you.. married him?" "Basically? Yes.""Ceremony and everything?" She swallowed. "He tricked me into it. I-I was only sixteen." A muscle ticked in his cheek and his irises grew pale. "Then know this.." She stopped breathing." Lass, I'm about to make you a widow--. Kresley Cole
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When she scooped up her clothes, opened his door, then snapped her fingers for a guard down the hall, Wroth watched like a bystander. “Pssst. Minion. I need these laundered. Very little starch. Don’t just stand there gawking or you’ll anger my good frenemy General Wroth. We’re like this.” He couldn’t see her but knew she was twining two fingers together. Kresley Cole
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Darwin says people like you need to die.” (Carrow) Kresley Cole
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Nix to Declan:Begin transcript– Testing. Hello, hellooo, anybody out there? Check, check, one, two. Soft pee. Puh, puh. Resonance! Sooooooft pee. Alpha bravo disco tango duck. This is Nïx! I’m the Ever-Knowing One, a goddess incandescent, incomparable, and irresistible. But enough about what you think of me. It’s a beautiful day in New Orleans. The wind is out of the east at a steady five knots and clouds look like rabbits … But enough about what you think of me! Now, down to business– Squirrel! Where was I? [Long pause] Why am I in Regin’s car? Bertil, you crawl right back out of that bong this minute! Oh, I remember! I am hereby laying down this track for Magister Declan Chase. If you are a mortal of the recorder peon class, know that Dekko and I go waaaaay back, and he’ll go berserk (snicker snicker) if he doesn’t receive this transmittal. …Chase, riddle me this: what’s beautiful but monstrous, long of tooth but sharp of tooth and soft of mind, and can never ever tell a lie? That’s right. The Enemy of Old can be very useful to you. So use him already. P. S. Your middle name’s about to be spelled r-e-g-r-e-t. And with that, I must bid you adieu. Don’t worry, we’ll catch up very soon. …[Muffled] Who’s mummy’s wittle echolocator? That’s right–you are! – End transcript . Kresley Cole
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When she absently worried her bottom lip with one of her adorable little fangs, he sighed.. Dear gods, it’d finally happened to him. Happiness. Then his own fangs sharpened. I will kill anyone who tries to take this feeling away from me. Kresley Cole
You've maddened me for you...have changed everything. So, I'm going...
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You've maddened me for you...have changed everything. So, I'm going to f*ck you long and hard, beauty, because if I'm to be enslaved by you- I want to be your master as well. Kresley Cole
Emma turned to him, bottom lip trembling. “For me?” “Always...
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Emma turned to him, bottom lip trembling. “For me?” “Always for you. All things for you. He coughed into his fist “All your own. Kresley Cole
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What’s your favorite place to visit?” He absently answered, “Wherever you are.” “Bowen, five things about you can’t all be about me.” But you’re the only good thing that I’ve got. Kresley Cole
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He pointed a shaking finger at her. 'You, ' he growled. She jerked glances over both of her shoulders looking for the unfortunate You he was addressing. Her. Holy shite, this madman had settled on her. Kresley Cole
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Regin the Radiant and Emmaline Troy: 'Alrighty then, have it your way- you're on your own.. Now, if you come across a leech, no offense, remember your training.'' None taken. And would that be the sword training where you fly past my defenses and swat me on the ass, chirping, 'Dead! '? Another swat. 'Dead! '? Yeah, I'll get right on that.'' No, that would be the training where you sprint like hell whenever you hear that I'm looking for you to train. . Kresley Cole
Was it just her, or did lovers look more adoringly...
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Was it just her, or did lovers look more adoringly at each other in this city? Especially in the springtime.' Die, bastards.' She sighed. It wasn't their fault that they were bastards who should die. Kresley Cole
I said alone! ” He nodded in agreement. “Aye, you...
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I said alone! ” He nodded in agreement. “Aye, you usually say that, and I still stay. It’s our way. Kresley Cole
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Ah, damn it, lass, 'he called after her. 'I've busted my stitches wide open.'' What?'she cried, hurrying back to him. 'Let me see! '' Ah-ha! ' He snared her around the waist, dragging her down with him to his lap.' You still care for me! Kresley Cole
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He stalked up behind her to clench her hips, and she stilled. In a breathy voice, she asked, "You're going to make love to me again, aren't you?" In answer, he lifted her onto the counter, tore off her shift, then pressed her naked body back into the blooms. Kresley Cole
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I take no actions that I wouldn’t publicly recount. If you can’t speak your deeds, then don’t do them. Kresley Cole
Gods, I love it when you talk mathy to me.
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Gods, I love it when you talk mathy to me. Kresley Cole
When she absently worried her bottom lip with one of...
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When she absently worried her bottom lip with one of her adorable little fangs, he s Kresley Cole
You said you'd give me half an hour! '' And...
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You said you'd give me half an hour! '' And you said you'd satisfy me whenever I wanted it. I want it now.' He removed is jacket. 'Drop the towel.'' I- I never agreed to be naked! Kresley Cole
Nix had told Emma before she'd left for Europe that...
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Nix had told Emma before she'd left for Europe that on this trip she would 'do that which you were born to do.' Apparently, Emma was born to get kidnapped by a deranged Lykae. Her fate sucked. Kresley Cole
She'd made him watch every Alien movie. Most of the...
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She'd made him watch every Alien movie. Most of the goriest scenes were accompanied by his dialogue: 'Ach, that's no' - that's just no' right.... Bloody hell, this canna be right. Kresley Cole
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It's a sweet setup, I'll admit. For all that the maids STILL show up each day with jumbo crucifixes, jumpy movements, and red eyes from crying over the short straw that drew them vampire duty.' Yesterday, she'd just stopped herself from raising her clenched hands above her head and chasing one of them around the room groaning, 'I vant to suck your blood. Kresley Cole
She stretched, pulling out her earbuds, which apparently in Lykae...
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She stretched, pulling out her earbuds, which apparently in Lykae was code for 'Interogate me, ' because the questions, they came a-calling. Kresley Cole
Jackson asked,
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Jackson asked, "Where'd the water come from in your house?"" A pipe." Then he explained to Jackson, "Water travels in pipes. Kresley Cole
When Matthew merely stared at him, Jackson reached into the...
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When Matthew merely stared at him, Jackson reached into the weapon box and pulled out a sheathed machete, handing it to the boy. Matthew laughed and dropped it. Kresley Cole
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Holly's forgiven you?" "Almost mostly. But she still gives me slack about it when she's sick. I take it as a husbandly badge, " he said, puffing out his chest. "Sick? You told me she was fully immortal." "Yeah, but she still throws up some, because, well, the thing of it is.. Ah, fuck, Rydstrom, I knocked her up." "You're going to be a father?" Gods help the world. I'm going to be an uncle? "I got Holly, like, on the first shot. Nix is calling me Bull's-eye and the Womb Raider. . Kresley Cole
Now you're just being silly. He's a mercenary- he's not...
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Now you're just being silly. He's a mercenary- he's not going to go about penning love letters, and really, what would he write? 'Anna...love you...grrr?'" Olivia to Annalia Kresley Cole
Torture?” she asked with a laugh. “My first piece of...
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Torture?” she asked with a laugh. “My first piece of information I’ll divulge to you? I wouldn’t recommend trying to torture me. I dislike it and grow sulky under pincers. It’s a fault. Kresley Cole
They desecrate Riora’s sacred temple! She will be enraged.”“ Oh,...
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They desecrate Riora’s sacred temple! She will be enraged.”“ Oh, gods, look at the marble. We are all beyond doomed.”“ Somebody put a plant in front of it! Kresley Cole
You dress her in a wet T-shirt and make her...
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You dress her in a wet T-shirt and make her carry the bags? Damn, Cade, I like how you roll" - Rok Kresley Cole
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Kaderin didn't believe, as a whole, the nymphs were more beautiful than the Valkyrie, but everything about them screamed, "Easy lay! When you don't want to work for it! " And curiously, many males found that more appealing than the Valkyrie's "Do it and die, simian". Kresley Cole
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Illusion is Reality's coy lover who cheers him when he is grim. Illusion is cunning to his wisdom of ages, weet oblivion to his knowledge. A bounty to his lack. [Sabine] Kresley Cole
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I can draw you a diagram. Hint: I'm slot B, and you're tab A. Kresley Cole
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Nixie, every party is an orgy waiting to happen." Nix opened her mouth, then closed it, dragging Neomi and Mari away. "Well, you can't argue with reason, can you? Kresley Cole
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Too bad, Elizabeth. You're Stuck with me. Not for a few decades, not for centuries. You're tied to me forever. That boy and girl offspring you talked off? They'll come from me--or no one. Kresley Cole
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She'd thought there was no greater connection than destiny decreeing them joined. But there was - the choice they'd made to love each other. Kresley Cole
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His debtors always assumed he'd demand their firstborn. Like I'm fucking Rumpelstiltskin? What would Lothaire do with countless squalling babes? Raise them in a kennel? Kresley Cole
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Straightaway, she'd called to the guard, "Oh, boys?" She'd sauntered to the glass in only her black lace bra and panties. "I need some assistance, " When they slowed, agog, she'd purred, "Can one of you help me find my orgasm? Kresley Cole
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Aidan from the past: He took her hands in his bloodied, callused ones. “Accept me?” His eyes glowed, his lashes spiked from rain. Declan in the present: He gripped her nape. “I fuckin love you, Regin! ” Rain spiked his lashes as he gazed down at her, commanding her, “Love me back! Kresley Cole
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He's like six hundred years younger than you are. I refuse to be the moral compass of our cell! Most weekends I have an intoxispell bong attached to my mouth like a respirator. I love scatological humor, and I list 'pranks involving nuclear waste' and 'making demons eat things' as my hobbies. Kresley Cole
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And if you don’t think I can hold my own against all those eighteenth-century mortals you were out tagging, then you’re a fool, Casanova.” ... “Oh, yes, I know all about you.” He went still. “What are you talking about?”“ I was alive back then. And all the Lore heard about the ruthless warlord brothers from Estonia. The general, the scholar, the enigma, and .. . the manwhore. Kresley Cole
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You're still... Declan?"----Voice hoarse, he said, "Aye, it's me. I will never be your perfect Viking, Regin! I've made unforgivable mistakes. I've no family or friends, and my men hold no love for me. I'm scarred inside and out. And I'm bloody askin' for you anyway! Kresley Cole
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Seconds passed, then ... La Dorada skulked into view. She was half-mummified, but sodden. Kresley Cole
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Valkyrie, I will get answers from you one way or another. Either through this painful exercise in futility, as you believe, or through a civilized conversation."" You call this civilized?" She strained against her cuffs, leaning in to whisper, "Psst, Chase. The sexual tension between us is grueling. Kresley Cole
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What'd you want to talk about?"" Just to commend you on your revenge last night. It must have been fiendish. Of course, I can only imagine since there wasn't a mark on Chase this morning, only residual bliss."" He heals fast! I whaled on his face. Must've been thirty hits." Natalya's lips quirked. "You're glowing like a Lite-Brite.""Shut it, fairy. Kresley Cole
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Don't get pissy with me leech." With a glare, Carrow pressed her print to his torque. "Even tapped out, I can still do a love spell to make you fall in love--with the sun. Kresley Cole
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Yo, Dekko, who do I gotta blow around here to get a shower? Kresley Cole
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You do not mind my humor?”“ Not at all. I’ve not laughed like this …” His brows drew together. “I think I’ve never laughed like this.”“ Usually I exasperate people. And I jest at inappropriate times. Such as during executions. Freya says ’tis my gift and my bane to frustrate others.”“ I like your manner, Reginleit. Life is long without humor. Kresley Cole
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I'm told the effect is cumulative--it will continue to worsen." Though outwardly calm as he explained this, his face had paled even more. "But if you tell me about the Valkyrie's weaknesses, I'll administer the antidote."" Weaknesses? So many. Foremost, we're ... ticklish. Kresley Cole
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Lothaire is very much alive.”“ You swear?”“ Often. Though not as much as foul-mouthed Regin. I try not to in front of Bertil.” She petted the bat.“ I meant–will Lothaire live?”“ He will. Kresley Cole
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His tone dripping condescension, Lothaire crooned, “Ah children, it’s not yet story time.” He closed his eyes and turned away, saying over his shoulder, “To anyone who contemplates even nearing me while I sleep: I will garrote you with your own viscera. Kresley Cole
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Just hear me out. While you were napping, I was busy chatting up our allies. Didn't you know--your woman's a golden-tongued ambassador! My sisters always said I graduated from the shock-and-awe school of diplomacy, but joke 'em if they can't take a fuck, right? Kresley Cole
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She murmured, "You're unfinished."" Aye, precisely."" I need to go." When she moved to get up, he shoved her against his side and slapped her arse to keep her there. "You stay with me." She snapped, "What do you want from me, C Kresley Cole
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Apparently unaffected, she rose. "Yeah, you're probably right. I should be going." She feigned a yawn. "You've gotta head back to work and I've gotta head to jail. Big night for me. I'm planning to shiv someone for a bar of soap. -- Kresley Cole
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Regin had known the risk in coming here, but she wasn't fearful. As Lucia had also told her, "Sometimes I don't think you have the sense to be afraid when you should." Regin had interpreted that to mean, "You have no sense of fear, oh, great Reginleit. Kresley Cole
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He sat up, going still. “Am I wearing a wife-beater, Lizvetta?” He gaped down. “Oh, come on! ” Lothaire Kresley Cole
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..., It'd taken her several seconds to react to the sight of them together. She'd been almost hypnotized by the scene as Lothaire drank. Chase's masculine face had been tense, his gray eyes focused on the ground. Lothaire's face had been starkly beautiful, his pale blond hair brushing Chase's shoulder. Light and dark. One terrible, one t Kresley Cole
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It felt bizarre to be ignored in general, much less by an embodiment of Aidan--who used to stare at her so hard that he'd run into trees. Kresley Cole
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He can learn things about me through your blood. Can learn about my sister! " She briefly covered her mouth. "He can see everything we've done! I don't want that leech to know what we do in private." Lothaire strolled up, making a scoffing sound. "As if I don't watch you two live from a distance. Kresley Cole
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He shot to his feet, faced off against her. "No more mercy for ye, Valkyrie." Holding nothing back, he launched a haymaker at her Kresley Cole
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Kneeling before him, Regin murmured, "Don't let that Fegley worm get to you." Still staring ahead, the kid slowed his banging. "There's a good ... male of indeterminate species. Kresley Cole
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When Thad began nuzzling her neck, pressing his opened lips against her, she smacked him in the back of the head. "Don't go vamp on me now! "" Whaa! " He shot upright, his fangs sharp. "Where Kresley Cole
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Regin! " He leapt up from a bunk." Well, well, the gang's all here." Nix must've given him Regin's whereabouts. Again."I'm going to get you out of here, " he said, his green eyes aglow. She snorted. "Let me know how that works out for you, Job MacBangup." Seeing Brandr here just brought her situation into stark relief. "It's curious though--you don't usually show up until it's time to bury him. Kresley Cole
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I give you a week, maybe two, before you're driven to bite someone."" I don't know how to... to bite or drink! But you could teach me."" And what could you possibly do in return?" Lothaire waved a negligent hand. "Play football for me? Break in my jeans really well? Kresley Cole
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You see, that's the thing with you detrus, " Chase began in a contemplative tone. "Your bodies are abominations. If I severed your arms--" Lothaire yawned loudly."--you'd merely regenerate from the injury. You might experience pain, but you wouldn't suffer the horror of permanent loss, not like a human." Lothaire grew increasingly bored by this. "When I get free, I believe I'll show you your spine. I'll hand it to you so casually, politely even, as if expecting you to remark upon it. Kresley Cole
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I can't believe you're going to sacrifice your archery mojo for MacReive." Lucia would forfeit her fantastical skill with a bow if she was unchaste. "Who am I going to hang out with when your a talentless nobody? Kresley Cole
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There's no poetry in me, Reginleit. No fine words." He stared down at her, his gaze seeming to consume her. "I come to you as a man unfinished. Kresley Cole
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Lothaire briefly gazed heavenward. "Chase is clearly a reluctant sharer. Which should incite her curiosity about what's going on in his head. She's a disgustingly self-righteous Valkyrie, filled with the need to fix things, to right wrongs. If anything needed fixing ..." He waved a hand to indicate Declan from head to toe. "As wrong as he can be. Kresley Cole
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Tell me, if I take you to my room and put you in my bed, what do you think would happen?"" I can draw you a diagram. Hint: I'm slot B, and you're tab A. Kresley Cole
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No ale for the girl, Birgit, " Aidan said to the woman. "Do we not have milk?" Regin's face heated. And all the worse, because she would dearly love some milk. Kresley Cole
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You could run, and I could stay to fend them off, " the vampire offered. "For some reason, I feel amazingly refreshed." He swung an amused look at Declan that made him grind his teeth. "And it seems I'm quite handy against them."---- Natalya tossed away her busted TEP-C. "So, Lothaire, you're going to fight them out of the blackness of your heart? Kresley Cole
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Warlord, you once told me I'd always know what you're thinking. What are your thoughts now?"" Partly, I'm thinking that I might shame myself in my trews, just from the feel of you next to me. Kresley Cole
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Emma convinced herself she'd lost him because she was fast. She was also adept at convincing herself of things that might not be - good at pretending. She could pretend she took classes at night by choice, and that blushing didn't make her thirsty-- A vicious growl sounded. Her eyes widened, but she didn't turn back, just sprinted across the field. She felt claws sink into her anckle a second before she was dragged to the muddy ground and thrown onto her back. A hand covered her mouth, though she'd been trained not to scream." Never run from one such as me." Her attacker didn't sound human. "You will no' get away. And we like it." His voice was guttural like a beast's, breaking, yet his accent was.. Scottish? . Kresley Cole
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When they passed the centaur king's cell, Volos pointed at Regin and slid his forefinger across his throat. She replied, "Hey, didn't I see you in a donkey show down in Tijuana? No? You've got a twin then-- Kresley Cole
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Wouldn't be surprising. Most immortal females behave like they're in heat." Her brows rose. "You are the one who taught me about pleasure." .. "And now in another lifetime, you ridicule me for missing it? Come on, Chase. Take me to where you live. Scared I'll find some footy pajamas? A fleshlight? I want a bath almost as much as you need to watch me take one. I get so much more talkative when I'm clean. Loreans are really fastidious, you know. Kresley Cole
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Regin to Declan:"Lemme guess, " Regin said. "You had your introductory spiel all planned, but rational thought deserted you when you saw me stroll in braless."----" For the record, " She continued, "it's not my fault I came in here looking like Chesty LaRue. You caught me on laundry day, so I have no undergarments on. Though I will cop to a little extra spring in my step for your benefit. Kresley Cole
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Face it, Nat, this is one tiger who will never be jumping through your flaming hoop-- Kresley Cole
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Regin:“I finally understand what a dickie-do is. Your gut does stick out more than your dickie do. Kresley Cole
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The game seemed to be speeding up, building on itself. Right around the deaths of Tess and Selena, I’d met the Sun.Were we spinning to an end? Kresley Cole
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Wicked Abyss, page 279, Lila, Princess Calliope of Sylvan to Abyssian "Sian" Infernas, King of Pandemonia"There's a face to the violence you love so much, a cost that the Morior never have to pay. Why wouldn't you love war? You never feel the toll like the rest of us. Kresley Cole
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Tell me, Lothaire, I want to know. Convince me why I should love you.”“ Because any other female would! Kresley Cole
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I don't get it. I'm sexually attractive to a remarkable degree-"" And humble."" It's not bragging if it's true. And I'm his-which means, this is in the bag. Or should be. Kresley Cole
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When you got captured, I didn't know.." He trailed off, had to chug whiskey before he could continue. "If it'd be like.."" What?"" Like it was with Clotile.""Oh, Jackson, no. I was okay. I'm unharmed."" Didn't know if I'd get there too late, " he said with a shudder. Then he crossed over to me, until we stood toe-to-toe. "Evie, if you ever get taken from me again, you better know that I'll be coming for you." He cupped my face with a bloodstained hand. "So you stay the hell alive! You don't do like Clotile, you doan take that way out. You and me can get through anything, just give me a chance."--his voice broke lower "just give me a chance to get to you." He buried his face in my hair, inhaling deeply. "There is nothing that can happen to you that we can't get past.".." When you say we..?" He pulled back, gazing down at me, his eyes blazing. "I'm goan to lay it all out there for you. Laugh in my face-- I don't care. But I'm goan to get this off my chest."" I won't laugh. I'm listening."" Evie, I've wanted you from the first time I saw you. Even when I hated you, I wanted you." He raked his fingers through his hair. "I got it bad, me." My heart felt like it'd stopped--so that I could hear him better." For as long as you've been looking down your nose at me, I've been craving you, an envie like I've never known."" I don't look down at you! I'm too busy looking up to you.".." The corners of his lips curled for an instant before he grew serious again. "You asked me if I had that phone with your pictures, if I'd looked at it. Damn right, I did! I saw you playing with a dog at the beach, and doing a crazy-ass flip off a high dive, and making faces for the camera. I learned about you"- his voice grew hoarse -"and I wanted more of you. To see you every day." With a humourless laugh, he admitted, "After the Flash, I was constantly sourcing ways to charge a goddamned phone--that would never make a call." I murmured, "I didn't know.. I couldn't be sure."" It's you for me, peekon. Kresley Cole
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Evangeline, " he sighed. "It ain't ever goan to be easy with you, is it? Kresley Cole
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Please put your penises away, gentlemen. Dinner is procured. By a woman. Kresley Cole
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Wroth, darling, ” she purred, smiling so sweetly. “I can’t wait for the next time I get to put my mouth on you.” In an instant the smile faded and she snapped her teeth and yanked her head back as if she was chewing something free. Kresley Cole
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He swallowed. “Have you no modesty?” Never in his life had he encountered a female so quick to be naked. Of course, he’d never in his life encountered a female who should so utterly be naked at any chance. Kresley Cole
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Vrekeners actually exist? L, The King Kresley Cole
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What about the old standby of kicking a guy in the groin?" "Try to." Love to... Kresley Cole
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I believe in times of adversity there’s a line that is sometimes drawn, a line that separates your old life from your new. You cross the line, you’ll never be the same. Kresley Cole
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Well I am young." Just as he felt a flicker of ease, she murmured in a sexy voice, "But, baby, I've been busy. Kresley Cole
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Why am I letting you comfort me?” He stared over her head. Because I’ve made sure you have no one else to turn to. Kresley Cole
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Mel exhaled. "Why are you forcing me into the voice-of-reason role? You know that never works out for us. Kresley Cole
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What is he?”“ I can’t puzzle it out. He doesn’t have horns, pointed ears–or apparently a need to eat. He does have small fangs, but he also sports a tan line.”“ You checked? Natalya, you durrrty bitch.”“ Hey, I had to determine if he was a blood sucker or not. Now I don’t know what to think. Kresley Cole
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Kiss me like you want to live.– Lachlain. Kresley Cole