Vampire King Quotes

“You cannot accomplish anything in this world without power,' he said. 'And power requires sacrifice, focus, and ruthlessness.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night

“I can't take credit for everything that you've become, Oraya. Even if sometimes I wish I could. But if I'm responsible for just one small piece of that, it will have been the greatest accomplishment of my life.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night

“The others will underestimate you,' he went on. 'Use that. It's a powerful weapon.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night

“VIncent believed that you always had a choice, and if you found yourself in a position where you didn't, you'd made a very poor one earlier that put you there. EIther way, you had no one to blame but yourself.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night

“Never be ashamed of exceeding expectations,' he said. 'Even mine.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night

“ I asked them telepathically.
Christy confessed. When I stared, I could see a fine tremor go through her.
Matthew added.

”
― Theresa Van Spankeren, Pursuit into Darkness

“Aren’t you afraid?" I asked them telepathically.
"Terrified," Christy confessed. When I stared, I could see a fine tremor go through her. "However, that does not change anything."
"This is not the first time we have encountered Valentino. We have tried to fight him twice before, and once he tried to chase us through Southern France. Our group has gotten pretty good at evasion,"Matthew added.
"You mean running and hiding?"
"I prefer to call it a tactical retreat.”
― Theresa Van Spankeren, Pursuit into Darkness

“Good. You are not safe. Not in this castle. Not in this room. You are prey in a world of predators.'

He leaned closer.

'I will never hurt you,' he said softly. 'But I am the only one who will make that promise, and keep it. I will never give you false safety or kind lies. But I will teach you how to wield those teeth of yours.' He smiled, revealing for the first time the full length of his sharp canines- the death blow, surely, of hundreds.

The girl should have found the sight terrifying. And yet, for the first time in a month, she felt... safe.

'Perhaps they are not as sharp as mine,' he went on, 'but they can still kill, with the right bite.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night