In The Corsair's Bed (Corsairs, #2)

by Ruby Dixon

“Fuck anyone that tells you that you’re ugly,” I say to him. “I like your face.” He’s quiet for a long moment, as if he doesn’t know what to say. “Humans do have strange tastes after all.”

Alyvos snorts and gets out of the booth, stepping onto the table and pushing aside the refreshment bubbles floating in the air around us. "I'm going to go find someone to fight." He hops off the table and disappears into the crowd. I like Aly, but he's a prickly one to get to know. Seems weird that he wants to start a fight instead of hang out, though.

"We'll scandalize all of them," Kivian promises her. "Watch me break seven sanitary laws in a single swoop, my pet." He pulls her wrist to his mouth and licks it sensuously. "Done."

“None of that is who you are. Who you are is this person here. The one with me now. The fierce little human who does what she must to survive and spits in the face of danger. I love her. I loved her since I met her.”