Lies Within the Darkest Tower Quotes

“The humans were here for life whether they wanted to be or not.”
― Tessa Cole, Lies Within the Darkest Tower

“And then I’d realized the truth. That I was desperately in love with Quill and that the shadow took something it needed from my sexual partners. I weakened them when we had sex, but I couldn’t ignore the compulsion to have sex, or I’d lose control of the monster inside me. And that could never be allowed to happen again.”
― Tessa Cole, Lies Within the Darkest Tower

“He’d latched onto this human female in a desperate, probably unconscious need to fulfill his heart’s desire. “She’ll break your heart,” I whispered. And that would break mine. I loved Quill so deeply it hurt. It had taken me far too long to figure out how I felt about Quill and by then I’d spent years succumbing to the desire of the shadow trapped with in me.”
― Tessa Cole, Lies Within the Darkest Tower

“What were the odds that the men of the Black Tower liked to freshen their sheets with petals?”
― Tessa Cole, Lies Within the Darkest Tower

“I was never going to get anything so incredible in real life because sex wasn’t like that, and I wasn’t a woman that men desired, so I might as well get it in my dreams.”
― Tessa Cole, Lies Within the Darkest Tower

“Congratulations, Vyell. Your evening stable shift has been cut in half for the rest of your rotation. This idiot here will take your first half of the shift after the evening meal.” “Yes, Lord Commander,” Vyell said. The fae, the Lord Commander of the Black Guard, turned his attention back to me. “You’re also getting the full stable shift in the morning, too. Report to the stable at the second bell. You’ll muck the stalls, day and night, until you’re no longer stupid.”
― Tessa Cole, Lies Within the Darkest Tower

“Which was ridiculous. Yes, fighters needed to be pushed past their limit to grow, but Sawyer could trip over his own feet without moving.”
― Tessa Cole, Lies Within the Darkest Tower