The Bond That Burns Quotes

“For the first time in a long time, I fell asleep believing that maybe, just maybe, I was capable of something better. Because of her.”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond that Burns

“I already knew what else I'd find in her eyes if I looked hard enough. Hatred. Desire. Two sides of the same coin. I knew because they were mirrored in my own eyes.”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond That Burns

“Not fragile. You’re the strongest woman I know. But even strong people need someone in their corner. Let me be that for you. The world is against you,”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond that Burns

“I want to worship you. Say you’ll let me.”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond That Burns

“I’d let myself start to care for her. I still couldn’t take my eyes off her. But now? Part of me hated her all over again. For rejecting me. For rejecting my house. Maybe most of all, for rejecting the most primal, intrinsic part of my nature. My fangs. My bite.”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond that Burns

“I know,” I whispered back, “you hate me.” Deep down, I knew hatred was all I’d ever deserve from her. I leaned down, kissing her eyelids, her cheeks, her lips. Every wet spot I could find, every tear. I kept kissing her, because if that was all I could give her at that moment, I’d give it all. I kissed her like she was the air I needed to breathe. Gently, reverently. As if I could somehow piece her back together with the touch of my lips.”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond that Burns

“She was deep inside me now. Woven into my blood. Carved into my heart. But maybe these feelings were poison. Sweet but deadly. Maybe she was right and I should have been fighting just as hard as she was to cut them out.”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond That Burns

“When you’re happy, I’m happy. And when you’re in danger . . .” My voice faltered. “What?” she asked, her voice barely above a whisper. I looked away from her, my jaw clenching. “When you’re in danger, I feel like I’d gladly give up my life and everything in it to keep you safe.”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond that Burns

“Stop thinking like a victim. We always have more power than we think. Now, use yours.”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond that Burns

“Ah, yes. Your mate. He is unworthy of you.”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond that Burns

“She'd fallen asleep in my arms. It was such a simple thing. So why did it feel like a miracle I could barely process?”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond That Burns

“By the gods, look at you. You still don’t even think you’ve done anything wrong, do you?”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond that Burns

“You sound desperate, little wingless one. Did you think I’d abandoned you? I sucked in a sharp breath. You’re not funny. You know that?”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond that Burns

“No matter what I did, she slipped further and further from my grasp. And the truth was, it hurt so much I didn’t know whether to hold on tighter—or just let her go.”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond that Burns

“She was a storm of contradictions, all fragility and fire. If she let me, I’d be the one who’d hold her through every storm and tempest on the horizon.”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond That Burns

“I had to fight a fucking dragon for her attention.”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond That Burns

“Because for now, the world outside didn't exist. There was only her. For the first time in a long time, I felt as if I wasn't lost. I wasn't broken. I was exactly where I was meant to be.”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond That Burns

“Trying to change the terms of our arrangement, are we? Well, if you wanted me naked, all you had to do was ask. I'm not shy.”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond That Burns

“And what about you? Are you so very different? Are you not angry? Are you not lost?”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond That Burns

“But you bring the fire. You make even the darkness shine. Even dragon fire can’t compete with the way you burn, Pendragon.”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond That Burns

“What’s ridiculous, little dragon, is that you think you can walk into my space and walk out again without any consequences.”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond That Burns

“Don’t worry about the tribunal tomorrow. That’s why you’re really so upset tonight, isn’t it? Everyone knows where you stand. You’re House Drakharrow’s. And you’re mine.”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond That Burns

“My chest tightened. “Because you deserve it,” I said roughly. “Because you’ve always deserved it.”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond that Burns

“This. This was what I’d needed. What I’d wanted since last year from the very start. I didn’t just need her blood, I needed her. All of her. I wanted her more than anyone I’d ever met.”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond that Burns

“Fair is fair,” he repeated. “So, what? You thought you’d just let yourself in?” He slowly smirked. “Trying to change the terms of our arrangement, are we? Well, if you wanted me naked, all you had to do was ask. I’m not shy.”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond that Burns

“The dragon’s amber eyes scanned the training yard, lingering on Pendragon . . . before shifting to me. The weight of Nyxaris’s gaze hit me like a slap of his wing. I felt dizzy, choked, as if I could hardly breathe. There was something in the dragon’s expression that I recoiled from. Disdain. Contempt.”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond that Burns

“looked back at Pendragon and saw her expression twist with distaste. That was fine. I’d take it. Disgust was basically jealousy’s sister, after all.”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond that Burns

“You have to understand,” Theo implored me. “Blake really believes you’re his mate. You’re his only consort now. He cast off Regan for you. You’re his sole source. That kind of a relationship is everything to a highblood. He’s completely dependent on you.” He shifted awkwardly. “To know you don’t want him back, that you’d reject him completely if you could . . . Well, it must be driving him mad. Especially a protective highblood male like Blake.”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond that Burns

“When you’re in danger”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond that Burns

“Exactly what you’re too chickenshit to say you want,” he said”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond that Burns