Heathens Quotes

“I don’t like feeling like I’m someone’s possession, Locke.” “I don’t see you as a possession,” I replied. “I see you as mine. Mine to protect, mine to care for, mine to make sure you never have to work as hard as you do. The days of you working multiple jobs are over.” I glanced over at her, but then returned my focus to the road. “If you truly enjoy the jobs, that would be different. Do you?” “Well… no. I don’t.”
― Alta Hensley, Heathens

“I’ll keep my cock in you all the time. I’ll fuck you whenever I want.”
― Alta Hensley, Heathens

“I wasn’t some teenager, desperate to get my first piece of ass,”
― Alta Hensley, Heathens

“I don’t need you. But I choose you,”
― Alta Hensley, Heathens

“I see your struggles, your pain, your courage. I see the strength it takes for you to face each day. The independence in you, the need to be your own person. But I see the softness in your heart and the fire in your soul. I see the darkness, but I also see the light.”
― Alta Hensley, Heathens

“I see you. All of you. And nothing you’ve done or could ever do would change that. You’re not just purity and white. You’re complex, and flawed, and beautiful. And I love every inch of you.”
― Alta Hensley, Heathens

“I need you to see me, Locke. Really see me.” “I do. Trust me on that. All I do is watch you, and that will never stop.” I nodded. “Maybe. From afar. But you don’t really see me. You see the woman you want to see. You see purity, white, and nothing but good. But I’m laced with shadows.”
― Alta Hensley, Heathens

“I wanted to be the man who burned down the world for you to keep you safe.” I leaned in, my lips brushing against his. “You didn’t need to. I held the match myself.”
― Alta Hensley, Heathens

“I should have known better than to think Locke would just let me leave and not follow me home. And maybe a part of me was happy that he didn’t just let me go. Maybe I wanted a man to fight for me so I didn’t have to always be the fighter.”
― Alta Hensley, Heathens

“maybe a part of me was happy that he didn’t just let me go. Maybe I wanted a man to fight for me so I didn’t have to always be the fighter.”
― Alta Hensley, Heathens

“being your woman doesn’t mean I have to give up my freedom or my identity,” Storee replied, her voice growing firmer. “I want to be with you, Locke, but I won’t lose myself in the process.” “I don’t want you to lose yourself,” I said, my tone softening. “I want to help you find yourself.”
― Alta Hensley, Heathens

“I don’t like feeling like I’m someone’s possession, Locke.” “I don’t see you as a possession,” I replied. “I see you as mine. Mine to protect, mine to care for, mine to make sure you never have to work as hard as you do.”
― Alta Hensley, Heathens

“There’s no turning back, Storee,” he whispered to me, his lips finding my ear. “You thought I was protective and overbearing before… Now you’re going to see what it means when you’re truly mine.”
― Alta Hensley, Heathens

“Storee was like a deer, a beautiful, fragile creature that had no idea what was coming for her. But unlike a deer, she wanted this. She craved it. Otherwise she wouldn’t have put the red light on. The primal urge was deep inside her. She needed this. And so did I.”
― Alta Hensley, Heathens

“My body ached in all the right places, and my soul felt alive. I hadn’t felt so revived and exhilarated in maybe forever.”
― Alta Hensley, Heathens

“The beast in the stag mask said nothing, demanded nothing. Instead, he lowered his head, his antlers grazing my cheek in a way that was both threatening and strangely erotic. There was a dark energy that both repelled and attracted. I shuddered, unsure of whether to be afraid or aroused. The thought of resistance never even occurred to me. It was all part of the ritual, right? This was The Hunt.”
― Alta Hensley, Heathens

“Though he was a man simply in costume, there was nothing less animalistic in how he presented himself. I knew this was part of The Hunt. I knew this was the ritual. But actually seeing it. Actually feeling it… Run.”
― Alta Hensley, Heathens

“I realized that the chase had truly begun. His mask made of bone said it all. He was a beast. Primal. And I knew one thing. Run. These were the rules. I’d run, he’d chase, and then when he caught me, he could do with me however he chose.”
― Alta Hensley, Heathens

“I had done a lot of bad things in my life. But these thoughts… nothing I’d ever done was as bad as this. She was still a damn kid. Legal age or not, this girl was no match for me. Angelic. Perfect. She had no business being pursued by the damn devil.”
― Alta Hensley, Heathens

“owning The Vault had only fueled my desire more. I owned a playground where every fantasy could be met with parties and people like me could quench our every thirst.”
― Alta Hensley, Heathens

“He was the one who had been warning me about danger. But if he only knew that the real danger was me. Me and my poisonous thoughts.”
― Alta Hensley, Heathens

“I wasn’t so naïve as to believe she was a virgin, but she most definitely wasn’t experienced in anything besides a vanilla-flavored dick from time to time. The Vault was completely out of her league.”
― Alta Hensley, Heathens

“I didn’t want her to be exposed to that kind of debauchery, to be corrupted by the darkness that lurked in the shadows of this club.”
― Alta Hensley, Heathens

“Heathens was the party of all parties. Hedonism. Animalistic desires. Primal urges.”
― Alta Hensley, Heathens

“I came into the room and saw Locke sitting there—in my usual chair—and I knew I was a goner, that whatever gurgles of feeling I’d had for any boys before were no more than emotional indigestion. Locke Hartwell was all man, and I instantly became hooked. This man had reached out and grabbed a hold of my barely beating heart and made me feel alive, made me feel like I could do anything.”
― Alta Hensley, Heathens

“I had been harboring a horrid secret throughout my late adolescence until now, one that I fully intended to take to the grave with me. I was in love with my father’s best friend. It hadn’t happened gradually, either. I had been introduced to Locke when he was invited to dinner one night, and I had lost my heart to him on first sight when I was just eighteen.”
― Alta Hensley, Heathens

“One night to experience the unknown. One night to leave behind everything and everyone you ever knew, to feel free, to feel alive.”
― Alta Hensley, Heathens

“He’s in a bone mask, he chases, you run, and when it finally happens… it’s animalistic. Primal. It was the first time I ever really felt alive. Blood was pumping through me, electricity even. I felt like a different person to be honest. I felt alive. I felt empowered. And I want to feel that way all the time. And I want you to feel that way too.”
― Alta Hensley, Heathens

“Her body was built for sin.”
― Alta Hensley, Heathens

“I tried to keep my distance, to remind myself that she was my dead friend’s daughter. But at the same time, I had an obligation to watch over her and keep her safe. I was her guardian whether she liked it or not.”
― Alta Hensley, Heathens