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She’d known she’d made a mistake. But she’d been too proud to remedy it,
weren’t all goddesses afflicted with bitchery?
“I was assured you’d be physically safe there.” “And mentally?” “I couldn’t care less. I’m only concerned with your body.” Typical male.
“First of all, I’m not narcissistic.” When she opened her lips to argue, he said, “I know Narkissos of Thespiae—while we might share traits, I came first, so he’s Lothairistic, not the other way around.
“Men are like coal boilers, Ellie. If you find a man you reckon to keep, you got to feed his belly every day, make him burn for you, then release some steam purty regular, or you ain’t ever gonna get him to work.”
“When the only tool you own is a hammer . . .” “Every problem begins to resemble a nail.”
Your ploy is transparent.” “It’s only a ploy if I’m being dishonest. Otherwise, it’s an observation.
“If you want to communicate an idea to a man’s brain, you talk to him through his pecker. It’s like an ear horn, y’all.”
“If there’s to be no more tat, then let’s get to the tit.”
Countless Coronas said this was the best—plan—ever.
“Lothaire, are you always so danged chatty during sex? I can make tea. . . .”
The abyss doesn’t stare back. It winks.”
“Oh, Lord Jesus in heaven, I knew you wasn’t dead! They told us you’d been shot in some prison escape, but I knew you still lived!
He wondered what the Daci would think of their new king if they found out he carried his Bride’s lingerie in his pocket at all times. But then, what maddened vampire king didn’t carry his queen’s lingerie in his pocket?
“Oh, Ellie,” she murmured, “don’t you know that when you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas?”
My mother is disappointed in me for not making my vampiric marriage work.
“I’ve learned I need to consult you in matters, lest you decapitate me.”
