Stalking Tender Prey Quotes

“In his heart, he was aware of just how vulnerable he was, and that Othman knew that. He had dared to believe he was different, that a new, stronger self had awakened within him, but it was newborn and fragile. This man, this creature was more than a match for him.”
― Storm Constantine, Stalking Tender Prey

“Greed, she thought, he was so greedy, but stupid too.”
― Storm Constantine, Stalking Tender Prey

“Perhaps, in a way, she really had become a queen of the dead, as once her dreams had prophesied.”
― Storm Constantine, Stalking Tender Prey

“He’s scorched us, Ninka. We are just memories of his power.”
― Storm Constantine, Stalking Tender Prey

“The clues were there all along, but we’d denied our past and shut ourselves away from the truth.”
― Storm Constantine, Stalking Tender Prey

“She had not come all this way to die like this, without even confronting the object of her pain and love.”
― Storm Constantine, Stalking Tender Prey

“She’d have to get Shemyaza away from this place before what was left of him was destroyed.”
― Storm Constantine, Stalking Tender Prey

“Everything I had was taken from me and I was shaped into a monster!”
― Storm Constantine, Stalking Tender Prey

“Daniel’s face looked up at him wondering, his arms around the shuddering form of Owen. They were beautiful. What had he been thinking of to abuse them? Hadn’t his original purpose been to defend the children of humanity, to be their advocate? Why this?”
― Storm Constantine, Stalking Tender Prey

“The demon laughed, its grotesque face hanging inches above Daniel’s own. Its tongue lashed out like a thick, wet worm and licked Daniel’s face; its saliva stank of rotting flesh.”
― Storm Constantine, Stalking Tender Prey

“Scoff at me now, pretty boy!”
― Storm Constantine, Stalking Tender Prey

“His face was a leering mask, all vestige of beauty fled.”
― Storm Constantine, Stalking Tender Prey

“If there were tears upon the face of the lamb, it was only fitting.”
― Storm Constantine, Stalking Tender Prey

“If he could shut himself away from all this, hide his being deep within his mind, he might survive.”
― Storm Constantine, Stalking Tender Prey

“The dull ruby light of the fire did not seem to touch the boy. He was the lamb to the slaughter; pure, beautiful, burning with his own white light. Othman experienced a twinge which was almost regret; all that potential soon to be quenched, extinguished, gutted. He allowed himself to bask in the ray of pure love for Daniel which speared his being.”
― Storm Constantine, Stalking Tender Prey

“Othman prowled the lanes of Little Moor, dragging his intentions behind him like smoke.”
― Storm Constantine, Stalking Tender Prey

“There was a tiny seed of feeling within Emma whispering that Lily might spring some surprises of her own.”
― Storm Constantine, Stalking Tender Prey

“All the oldsters present were watching Peveral Othman with greedy, inquisitive eyes. He acknowledged each of them with eye contact, knowing that to risk more would prove to be a waste of his energy. Just the slightest touch could set them off, sucking and starving at his soul.”
― Storm Constantine, Stalking Tender Prey

“I want this man and the things he might teach me.”
― Storm Constantine, Stalking Tender Prey

“The house wove a spell over her, as if melancholy dreams drifted down from the cobwebbed corners.”
― Storm Constantine, Stalking Tender Prey

“There is more truth in the old stories than you know.”
― Storm Constantine, Stalking Tender Prey

“Well, when Kashday met Helen, we had no idea what a viper he was bringing into our nest. She was bright, too intelligent to be a dependent.”
― Storm Constantine, Stalking Tender Prey

“It is time now, Lily Murkaster, for you to come home.”
― Storm Constantine, Stalking Tender Prey

“He looked like a dead saint, lying there on the bed. Was it the Grigori beauty coming through in him now, this translucence, this sense of inner fire, which shone through his fine-boned face, or had Daniel coaxed this new beauty from him?”
― Storm Constantine, Stalking Tender Prey

“How could he curse her? It was impossible. What his master loved, he loved.”
― Storm Constantine, Stalking Tender Prey

“He readied for the hand of the demon who rode him, held it tight until the nails broke the skin. He had already learned that sex conjured images in his head, and this time there were unbelievably vivid. He sensed that the man who possessed him wore the aspect of a demon like a garment. Within, in ignorance, he was a being of light, and the commerce of their flesh was sacred. If Daniel concentrated on this aspect, it became more real in his mind.”
― Storm Constantine, Stalking Tender Prey

“He could feel the mounting power around him, familiar yet so alien. He could hear the sound of Othman’s feet padding round him on the stone floor, which sounded more like the clopping of hooves. If he surrendered himself, he would be lost, yet the urge to surrender was great”
― Storm Constantine, Stalking Tender Prey

“Othman admired the boy’s saintly composure, his innocent dignity. He knew he had made the right choice.”
― Storm Constantine, Stalking Tender Prey

“This was a time of power; he could feel it vibrating in the air around him. The soul of the boy burned with a white luminance within the church. Soon, it would blaze like a beacon fire.”
― Storm Constantine, Stalking Tender Prey

“He had seen many flames in his life, passed through them unscathed. Closed gateways, every one.”
― Storm Constantine, Stalking Tender Prey