The Orc's Princess Bride Quotes

“I will always come for you,” he growled. “You are mine now, as I am yours.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Princess Bride

“I will always take care of you.” The intensity in his voice made her heart skip a beat. “And I want you to. But I want to take care of you as well.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Princess Bride

“His Beast, so long a source of fear and rage, now purred with contentment. She was his, and he was hers. Not by treaty or arrangement, but by choice. “My queen,” he murmured. “My heart.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Princess Bride

“I see you,” he whispered fiercely. “I should have trusted what I saw. Not the lies, not the fears, but you. The woman who faced a wounded Beast without flinching. The queen who stood tall when her king fell. The wife who—” His voice broke. “The wife who offered comfort when I needed it most.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Princess Bride

“You are so much more than that,” he said, his voice low and fierce. “You are my heart, my soul, my reason for being. I’m not worthy of your love, but I swear I will spend every day of my life striving to be.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Princess Bride

“Am I? Your wife?” she whispered. “Not just a political asset? A duty you must bear for your kingdom?”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Princess Bride

“I’m not kneeling as your king,” he said, remaining where he was. “I’m kneeling as your husband.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Princess Bride

“Rise, Ulric. A king should not kneel.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Princess Bride

“know I failed that trust,” he acknowledged, his voice raw. “But if you give me the chance, I will spend the rest of my life making it right. Not because you’re my queen, but because you’re my heart.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Princess Bride

“I don’t ask for your forgiveness. I haven’t earned it. But I’m asking for a chance to try. To prove that I can be the male, the husband, you deserve.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Princess Bride

“I was a fool,” he said, the admission torn from his very soul. “A blind, suspicious fool who couldn’t see what was right in front of him. I was so afraid of losing you that I pushed you away.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Princess Bride

“He will never lay a finger on her,” he swore, then remembered her face as she fled the great hall. “If she will accept my protection.” The priest watched him with knowing eyes. “Your Majesty⁠—” “I accused her,” he said, his voice hollow. “I believed the lies. I made her worst fears come true.” “Then go to her,” the priest said simply. “The greatest strength is not in never failing, but in rising after failure.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Princess Bride

“And if Ulric couldn’t see that, couldn’t trust in what they had shared, then perhaps he wasn’t worthy of her heart after all.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Princess Bride

“But he had also done something unexpected. In forcing her to reveal her secret, he had inadvertently freed her from its power. The truth was out now, for better or worse.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Princess Bride

“The naked plea in his words stopped her. This proud, powerful king was asking—not commanding—her to stay.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Princess Bride

“The fear didn’t vanish, but it transformed, becoming something he could face—not alone, but with her beside him. “Jessamin,” he whispered, her name a prayer on his lips.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Princess Bride

“I’m not afraid of you, Ulric. I’m afraid for you. There’s a difference.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Princess Bride

“will return,” he murmured, his fingers lingering at the edge of her jaw. “I swear it. Nothing will stop me from coming back to you.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Princess Bride

“She makes you better, you know. When you let her. I’ve seen it. The whole court has seen it.” His voice softened. “Don’t let fear rob you of what the gods have given you.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Princess Bride

“He had willingly walked into a trap of his own making. Tomorrow, he would have to touch his wife—feel the warmth of her skin beneath his hands, breathe in her scent, hold her body against his. And he didn’t trust his control, not when it came to her.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Princess Bride

“She was Jessamin, daughter of the Priest King of Almohad, and Queen of Norhaven. And it was time both she and her husband remembered it.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Princess Bride

“I understand your concern, but I cannot live in a cage, even a gilded one.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Princess Bride

“She had the sudden, startling impression that he had been afraid for her.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Princess Bride

“Her small figure was unmistakable against the weathered stone, her posture straight and regal even in solitude.”
― Honey Phillips, The Orc's Princess Bride