Burning Ivy Quotes

“I need her compliant, not cowering. She certainly doesn’t disappoint.”
― Brandy Hynes, Burning Ivy

“So, unfortunately, my girl glimmers like nothing more than a deceitful, shiny obstacle to Gage.”
― Brandy Hynes, Burning Ivy

“Some would argue it’s by the mark he leaves on those closest to him—his family, friends, colleagues. And still, others would insist that the truest measure of a man is by his ability to stare into the face of impossible situations, consider every angle, and selflessly lead those under his care through the carnage.”
― Brandy Hynes, Burning Ivy

“You’re no one’s passenger, Ivy. You’re the destination.”
― Brandy Hynes, Burning Ivy

“I always wanted a love like that—the kind that can’t walk away.”
― Brandy Hynes, Burning Ivy

“He’ll be my husband in a little more than twenty-four hours. I might as well reap every benefit he has to offer. And his body is irrefutably one of those benefits.”
― Brandy Hynes, Burning Ivy

“he definitely wants me. To fuck me. Tame me. Own me.”
― Brandy Hynes, Burning Ivy

“Look at that. You talk like a brat, but you jumped right up to do as I ordered. Good girl, Ivy. You’ll do just fine.”
― Brandy Hynes, Burning Ivy

“This girl holds more power over me than I’d like, which needs to be fixed, but fuck if that sass of hers doesn’t undo me.”
― Brandy Hynes, Burning Ivy

“Bring it. Whatever you throw at me, Wells, I’ll shove it right back at ya. And you’ll hate yourself for how much you love it.”
― Brandy Hynes, Burning Ivy

“We’ve had Ivy in our daily sights for nearly five years. Even from afar, she’s been a constant. Regardless of our mission, a certain level of comfort and attachment accompanies that for us all. The loss alone would be devastating.”
― Brandy Hynes, Burning Ivy

“We don’t contract kill. That’s a whole different racket. Our kills are only done when the completion of the mission requires it or if the client’s safety demands it.”
― Brandy Hynes, Burning Ivy

“That dress is exquisite. Tasteful. Elegant.” Threading my fingers into her hair, I slide my cheek against hers, speaking low into her ear. “But you in it is unholy.”
― Brandy Hynes, Burning Ivy

“I like that she watches me. It’ll take the sting out of discovering I’ve been watching her for years.”
― Brandy Hynes, Burning Ivy

“Ivanna Kingston takes a proper dress and corrupts it into becoming the eighth deadly sin.”
― Brandy Hynes, Burning Ivy

“She’s a lot to rein in,” I muse.”
― Brandy Hynes, Burning Ivy

“Adam’s downfall was Eve. David’s was Bathsheba. Samson’s was Delilah. Sensing a pattern? Guinevere brought down King Arthur’s whole fucking kingdom. If that isn’t some foreshadowing shit right there, I don’t know what the hell is. This is too messy!”
― Brandy Hynes, Burning Ivy

“He shakes his head. “Must’ve made school challenging. ADHD?” “Now, you sound like my teachers did when I was growing up. My father wanted me to concentrate on the ways to adjust the world to fit my needs rather than a label requiring me to adjust to the world, so I’m not sure. Some of that fits. I’m definitely not neurotypical, but it doesn’t matter. I’ve learned to use it to my advantage instead of being held back by it.”
― Brandy Hynes, Burning Ivy

“He shakes his head. “Must’ve made school challenging. ADHD?” “Now, you sound like my teachers did when I was growing up. My father wanted me to concentrate on the ways to adjust the world to fit my needs rather than a label requiring me to adjust to the world, so I’m not sure. Some of that fits. I’m definitely not neurotypical, but it doesn’t matter. I’ve learned to use it to my advantage instead of being held back by”
― Brandy Hynes, Burning Ivy

“Gage steers clear of her like she’s a plague. That’s going to take some time. His life disintegrated at the hands of the one person he trusted to be his future. She buried his trust in humanity, especially women, right along with his gentle-hearted corpse.”
― Brandy Hynes, Burning Ivy

“She’s the storm. I need her to clear the path for us.”
― Brandy Hynes, Burning Ivy

“I’ve had years to learn her, admire her, obsess over her. Crave her smell and her taste. Long for her touch. She’s even better—utter perfection. A goddamn masterpiece. But she needs time to crave me the same way so that when she’s officially mine, she’ll believe she chose this regardless of how skewed that truth is.”
― Brandy Hynes, Burning Ivy

“On the flip side, if someone is missing, we find them.” “So, you erase people and find people who’ve been erased?” I repeat, trying to wrap my mind around what he’s telling me, all that it would entail.”
― Brandy Hynes, Burning Ivy

“We’re erasers.” “Erasers? What’s that?” “If someone needs to disappear—have their identity erased—we make it happen.”
― Brandy Hynes, Burning Ivy

“I’m going to marry her, doubling our reward.”
― Brandy Hynes, Burning Ivy

“It’s worse. She’s the job. Her father is our fucking client. And, furthermore”—he throws out his arms—“we agreed she needed to be brought into our inner circle. But everything tonight suggests you’re going to be coming into her inner circle.”
― Brandy Hynes, Burning Ivy

“She’s not a client, and we all agreed this was the direction things needed to go.”
― Brandy Hynes, Burning Ivy

“And isn’t one of those protocols to never get involved with a client?”
― Brandy Hynes, Burning Ivy

“We all have our demons, Ivy. I just appease mine with a smile.”
― Brandy Hynes, Burning Ivy

“I’m not one to settle. If I can’t have the blaze I desire, I’d rather celebrate a life of ashes than fool myself into believing the warmth of an ember is enough.”
― Brandy Hynes, Burning Ivy