Nightshade (Nightshade, #1)

by Keri Lake

“Strong women will always bear the dangerous burden of a weaker man’s pride.”

What good human being is so self-righteous as to judge another? That is not human. That is monstrous!

I have crossed the endless void of time and space, over the centuries I’ve waited, with a yearning to see your face once more. If you think that I could just let you go now, when fate has gifted me the impossible, then you’ve not yet met the depths of my obsession. It has no bounds where you’re concerned, Farryn. I would fight all the evils of hell for you, but I do not possess the strength to set you free. I won’t.”

“You belong to me, Farryn. Should another man dare to lay so much as a finger on you, I will flay his hand and shine my boots with his skin.”