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“God, no wonder Father didn't want us to be around men. Now that I knew how good kissing felt, I never wanted to stop doing it.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Hatred

“Love is when you feel safe in someone’s arms, when he’s the first thing you want to see in the morning, love is surrendering. You risk getting hurt but you don’t care. You are willing to give someone the power to break your heart. Love means seeing someone at their worst and still seeing the good in them, love means someone is perfect for you despite their imperfections”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Hatred

“Maybe love is a risk, but it’s a risk I’m willing to take and as you said, it’s not a choice. I never thought I would, never thought I could love someone like that but I fell in love with you. I fought it. It’s the first battle I didn’t mind losing.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“If I’d done that today, you would have lost control. The only reason why you didn’t was because I treated you like my husband, not a monster.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“She's a fucking rat trying to humiliate a queen...She's nothing”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“Then so be it. I’ll go where you go no matter how dark the path.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“Just because I'm wearing revealing clothes doesn't mean I'm inviting them to look.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“He held me against his body and his upper arm was close to my face, so I turned and bit him. He was so startled he actually released me and I tried to jab him with the knife, but he gripped my wrist.

“Did you bite me?” he asked as he stared at my teeth marks on his bicep.

“Not hard enough. There isn’t even blood,” I said. Luca’s shoulders twitched once, then again. He was fighting laughter. Not the effect I’d intended when I bit him but I had to admit I loved the sound of his deep chuckle.

“I think you’ve done enough damage for one day,” he said.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“The last few words of the oath that men swore when they were inducted into the mafia could just as well have been the closing of my wedding vow:

“I enter alive and I will have to get out dead.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“The path stretching before us was one of darkness, a life of blood and death and danger, a future of always watching my back, of knowing every day could be Luca’s last, of fearing that one day I might have to watch him receive a lethal injection. But this was my world and Luca was my man, and I would go this path with him until the bitter end.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“You can tell me. I have a phone and am capable of operating it.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Duty

“So I'm not just going to manage a casino, I'll also be a bordello queen.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Duty

“Remember? In the car. You told me that you planned to marry one man, and that one man would be me. I agree with you. I think you should marry me.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“I don’t know what love is,” I started quietly. “But if I could love anyone…” I pressed a gentle kiss behind her ear, pulling her close. “I would love you. Very much.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“I would wait ten years if you asked me, Mina.” His eyes softened. “I feel like I’ve waited my whole life for you. A week is nothing in comparison.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“Being alive was easy. Living, on the other hand…well, that was a little harder.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“They say penguins mate for life.” He reached up again and jerked hard at his tie. “And I want to be your penguin.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“My arms around her waist tightened a little. I never wanted to let go. “I don’t know what love is,” I started quietly. “But if I could love anyone…” I pressed a gentle kiss behind her ear, pulling her close. “I would love you. Very much.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“I’m not ashamed of who you are. And the only time I would look down on you is if I were helping you back up.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“This is Mina. She was homeless. I found her. I’m keeping her. She loves me. So we’re getting married.” And I died. Embarrassment seeped out of me like oozing slime.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“I am dangerously close to falling in love with you,” he tilted his head in thought before adding, “if not already there.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“Love,” he advised gently, “is a doing word. And sometimes the people who least deserve it are the ones who need it most.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“You don’t like people seeing you.” My eyes met him then. “I beg your pardon?” His eyes roamed my fresh face. “You can’t hide behind makeup. You can try, but you won’t succeed. Not with me.” He paused then said, “I see you.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“Who sleeps in my bed at night?”
I buried my nose in his neck and mumbled, “I do.”
“You do,” he confirmed. “And who makes me smile?”
“I smiled against the stubble on his throat. “Me.”
“Exactly.” He turned to kiss my cheek. “No one else. It’s you. It’s always been you.” He spoke softly, “I just needed to find you. Now that I have you, I won’t be letting you go. Okay?”
“Okay,” I whispered, feeling my jealousy slip away.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“I would be his rock when his reason floated away. And he would be the person I needed to remind me that I was no longer alone in the world.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“I’m sorry. I told you I’m not good with words.”
Wrapping my arms around his neck, I pressed my lips to his and spoke against them, “You are perfect, Lev. Your words are honest and colored beautifully. You make me feel things I thought were lost to me. And I’m in danger of losing my heart to you.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“Lev Leokov was an open book. I only needed to discover the language in which his pages were written.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“I will spend my life loving you and you will spend your happy life making me a better person, as you already have, from your mere presence ... I will be the man you deserve. I’m not quite there, mouse, but I’m working on it.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“Lev could not be fixed. And I didn’t want to repair the broken part of him. He was perfectly imperfect, and I was his in heart and soul.”
― Belle Aurora, Lev

“Will you hold my hand?”
― Belle Aurora, Lev