Bespelled Quotes

“Call me a monster, call me a devil, but you and I both know I will fucking shatter the rules for you.” He stares at me fervently. “Always for you.”
― Laura Thalassa, Bespelled

“Trusting people doesn’t make you a fool. Just an optimist. It’s one of the things I love most fiercely about who you are in this life. The world hasn’t broken your faith yet.”
― Laura Thalassa, Bespelled

“I love you,” he breathes against my skin. “I love you, I love you, I love you. A thousand lives wouldn’t be enough with you, but I have to content myself with just this one.”
― Laura Thalassa, Bespelled

“Hello again, my love. It has been an age.” We look at each other, our torsos bare save my bra and his tattoos, and the two of us laugh. In that moment, there’s no division between who I was as Roxilana and who I am as Selene; the past and the present are here, all at once. “It worked,” I say softly. My fingertips graze his face and the puckered skin where his scar is. “I never truly lost you.” He shakes his head. “No, my queen, this is just the beginning.”
― Laura Thalassa, Bespelled

“How long are you planning on holding me? I ask. As long as I can get away with.”
― Laura Thalassa, Bespelled

“I can’t lose you again. I’m horrified when I realize I’ve pushed the words down our bond. Memnon’s eyes go soft, too soft, and if I were standing, my knees would weaken at the sight.”
― Laura Thalassa, Bespelled

“Ah, fuck. This man is definitely going to make me fall for him. Memnon glances at me, a small smile on his lips. That’s my deepest hope, my queen.”
― Laura Thalassa, Bespelled

“Goddess but I’d love nothing more than to stab this man with a spork.”
― Laura Thalassa, Bespelled

“I simply wanted to remember the way firelight danced on your face.”
― Laura Thalassa, Bespelled

“Your ferocity is attactive empress, even when it's focused on me."
"You are unhinged", I say but my words lack bite.

Memnon lets out a self assured laugh. "We make a particularly terrifying pair", he admits.”
― Laura Thalassa, Bespelled

“Thrice by thrice thorn of rose What the fuck is thrice? I know I’m a witch and this sounds like my jam, but there are some old-as-shit terms that even I don’t understand. One quick internet search and okay, thrice means three, which I guess I should’ve assumed. So thrice by thrice…three by three—nine. Maiden, Mother, and Crone, they could’ve just said nine.”
― Laura Thalassa, Bespelled

“It’s annoying when you’re honorable,” I say. He grabs more soap, then kneels down to wash my legs. “Why is that?” The steam is getting to me. I feel lightheaded, nauseous. “It makes it harder to hate you,” I confess.”
― Laura Thalassa, Bespelled

“Then you can sit in the shower, or I can hold you.” I glance up at him, feeling unusually vulnerable. I don’t know why. Memnon has fought alongside me, he’s been inside me, he’s seen me naked and tended to me. None of it is new. No part of us is new. “Okay,” I agree.”
― Laura Thalassa, Bespelled

“I just want a hot shower.” “You’ll likely pass out from the heat,” he says, looking apologetic. “Then I’ll have a hot bath,” I say. “You might still pass out.” I want to growl my frustration. “Then come in with me and make sure I don’t.” Memnon’s eyes widen.”
― Laura Thalassa, Bespelled

“Shifters cannot cross into witch territory without permission,” I say. Memnon scowls. “That pup crossed easily enough the night I found him in your bed weeks ago.”
― Laura Thalassa, Bespelled

“The lycans must’ve been aware of the attack—I heard their howls. Why weren’t they there fighting off the witches?” Memnon says.”
― Laura Thalassa, Bespelled

“You are the reason for my existence. But I will fight over you.”
― Laura Thalassa, Bespelled

“A love like ours defies everything,”
― Laura Thalassa, Bespelled

“Neither magic nor time can keep us apart.” His eyes are luminous. “We are like the stars. Eternal.”
― Laura Thalassa, Bespelled

“and I don’t want to admit that to you because I have a reputation to redeem. And I need to redeem it because I want you to crave me the way I crave you. You are the air in my lungs and the blood in my veins, and all the power and glory in the world are useless without you—” His voice breaks off.”
― Laura Thalassa, Bespelled

“You can’t just light people’s houses on fire.” “You can if they suck.”
― Laura Thalassa, Bespelled

“Good night, wife,” he murmurs. “Former wife,” I whisper, correcting him. “Future wife,” he corrects me.”
― Laura Thalassa, Bespelled

“him, I take his blade from his other hand. My own”
― Laura Thalassa, Bespelled