The Orc's Bonded Bride Quotes

“am yours,” she echoed, her voice clear in the hush of the gathering. “In solitude and in community, in loss and in gain.” Then it was her turn to add her own promises, and his chest tightened. “I will heal the places you’ve kept hidden, and hold your secrets as carefully as you hold mine.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Bonded Bride

“I am yours,” he said, the traditional orc vow falling from his lips. “In battle and in peace, in darkness and in light.” He added his own words, ones he’d practiced in private: “I will guard your heart as fiercely as I guard your life.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Bonded Bride

“You carry the key, daughter of earth.” The goddess’s eyes fixed on Lyric’s abdomen. “Life calls to life. Protect what grows within. Together, you will find the answers.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Bonded Bride

“As his eyes closed again, he thought a hand touched his cheek, as gently as his mother once had, all those years ago.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Bonded Bride

“Thank you,” he whispered into the night. “I will do everything I can to prove myself worthy of this gift. Nothing will ever harm her—not as long as I draw breath.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Bonded Bride

“I ask nothing for myself,” he said softly. “But… guide me to be useful. Let me protect what my brothers have found.” He paused, swallowing hard. “Let me be worthy of the clan that took me in when no one else would.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Bonded Bride

“Despite his skepticism, he circled the shrine, studying the faded carvings. The sacred animals belonged to Wulf, but the small spring that bubbled up from the base of the central stone undoubtedly belonged to Freja.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Bonded Bride

“As she bent over, a flurry of movement caught her eye—a small figure racing up the hill, all flailing limbs and determination—and she couldn’t help smiling. Samha was barely eight years old with perpetually scraped knees and a gap-toothed smile that could melt the coldest heart.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Bonded Bride

“I’ve been patient for years,” he said instead. “But I know what I am. What I’m meant for.” “And what is that?” “This,” he said, gesturing to his weapons, his armor. “Fighting. Protecting. Not… loving.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Bonded Bride

“You don’t understand,” he added, his voice low. “It’s not just about finding a mate. It’s about…” He struggled, words failing him as they always did when it mattered. “Some things break and can’t be fixed. I know what I am,” he continued, the words bitter on his tongue. “What I’ve done. The blood on my hands. No female deserves to be bound to that.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Bonded Bride