Through Dark Storms (Beneath Black Sails, #4)

by Clare Sager

“A ship is safe at shore, but that’s not what ships are built for. Your heart is the same.”

And most of all, the way he consumed her like she was air and he was a man drowning.

“I am gladly your subject in all things, my Pirate Queen, but let me have this.”

“Queen of Pirates, Queen of My Heart, the best bounty I ever chased, the most infuriating woman I’ve ever known”—the corner of his mouth quirked—“the most wonderful, too…” His chest rose and fell under her hands. “I love you.” “Oh.” The sound fell from her lips, little more than a soft breath. He felt the same. He… “Say it again.” His teeth flashed in a grin, and he slid his fingers into her hair, the sensation tickling across her scalp. “I love you.”

“Friends come and go, like waves on the shore, but the true ones stick around in your life, like an octopus to the face.”

This might be my most favorite quote of the whole series 😂