This wasn't the first time I'd woken up as a captive. It wasn't even the second. I so needed to reevaluate my life choices..

Tate grabbed me, hugging me so hard, I knew I'd have bruises. He was probably unaware of it, not having had much time to get used to his new strength….

You can have all of me, I silently told him, but I'm taking all of you in return..

Am I the only one who has wood over that little vixen?.

Do you know what you’ve done?” I asked in a bland tone. Annette gave me an inquiring look. “You’ve gotten on my last nerve.” The table went crashing ….

But-but…” Timmie’s eyes couldn’t get any wider. “Why did you tell her I’m your boyfriend? Why doesn’t she know about your real one?” That was a good ….

Bring me liquor, Bones, fast, to take my foot out of my mouth. Cat to Bones.

Charles, mate, you fret too much. I'm a grown man, I am, and I can blood my handle." "Handle your blood?" Bones offered dryly. Ian grinned. "Exactly..

I don't lack for bed partners, so I don't need to scrounge for unwilling scraps.-Spade.

All the rest of the world could only kill or devastate my mind and body. Bones alone held the power to demolish my soul..

One corpse, extra crispy! Do I hear a thousand dollars?.

...But the one thing that I would never, ever recover from would be losing you. You made me promise before to go on if that happened, but Bones, I wo….

Hearing that I'd come so close to dying should've terrified me, but all I could muster up was a weary "This day sucks..

Kitten, you need to make a decision. Either we stay here and behave or we leave now and I promise you”—his voice dipped lower and the words fell agai….

We are all more than the sum of our sins..

He smiled, so sensual and beautiful, it was another form of bliss just looking at him..

He picked the wrong profession. Should've stayed a prostitute. He'd have made millions. - Cat.

Miffed, I poked him in the chest. 'You think you know everything?' His hands caressed my back. 'Not everything, but some things. I knew without a dou….

Careful, luv. I might be angry with you, but that doesn't mean I don't still want you. So if you do that again, I'll shag you right here, right now, ….

Kitten." His voice was thick with something I couldn't name. "This is the part... where you don't have a choice..

Cat cleared her throat in the tense silence that followed. "Uh, before this goes any further, let’s at least introduce ourselves to your friend. I’m ….