A Bargain So Bloody Quotes

“No one deserves to be forgotten. If it’s any reassurance, Samara, I intend to live a very long life. And I will not forget you for any of it.”
― Vasilisa Drake, A Bargain So Bloody

“Samara, there is nowhere in this world I would not go if you wished me to.”
― Vasilisa Drake, A Bargain So Bloody

“As long as you’re here with me, dove, you’re mine. And I protect what’s mine. Ruthlessly.”
― Vasilisa Drake, A Bargain So Bloody

“Because you remind me of a little bird, between the rapid flutter of your heart and clear desire to spread your wings.”
― Vasilisa Drake, A Bargain So Bloody

“Stop writhing like that,” Raphael said slowly, “or you’re not going to like what happens.” “What?” I hissed, trying for anger that would mask my helplessness. “You’ll toss the breakable human off the horse?” “No.” I could feel the grin at my back. “But you’ll soon feel the effect of you rubbing your body against mine. And given the fact you blush like a maiden when I even mention that ‘nice boy’ you stink of, you’re liable to burst into flames on the spot.”
― Vasilisa Drake, A Bargain So Bloody

“I snatched a scrambling rat before it could retreat to its hiding hole, breaking its neck in one smooth motion. Samara, a princess is not meant to hunt vermin. That’s what my mother would have said if she saw my dirty fingers grab the rat’s matted fur, likely as her delicate fingers pinched her nose. I’d have meekly apologized for my unladylike behavior.”
― Vasilisa Drake, A Bargain So Bloody

“Samara, there's no bravery without fear. No courage is born untested. But you triumphed over a deadly, powerful foe. Not a fearful dove-but apparently a little viper.”
― Vasilisa Drake, A Bargain So Bloody

“No one deserves to be forgotten. If it’s any reassurance”
― Vasilisa Drake, A Bargain So Bloody

“An hour,” I said. “Give me an hour. I’m going to my rooms. I… I need to be alone.” “Raphael would behead me if I did not see you there.” I made a hysterical sound and continued to run. The little rat in me knew only one thing—scurry”
― Vasilisa Drake, A Bargain So Bloody

“Now, we both know you’re not capable of having less than ten thoughts in a second, Samara.”
― Vasilisa Drake, A Bargain So Bloody

“You… you can smell when someone is telling the truth?”
― Vasilisa Drake, A Bargain So Bloody

“You haunt my thoughts constantly, yet I fear I am not in yours with anything but contempt. Tell me, Samara. If I took you now, would you hate me? Regret me? Or would you crave me as ruthlessly as I crave you?”
― Vasilisa Drake, A Bargain So Bloody

“I do not pity you,” Raphael repeated. “Little viper, I find you irresistible.”
― Vasilisa Drake, A Bargain So Bloody

“Of course. I said I would watch over you, Samara. What would keep you safer than sleeping at my side?”
― Vasilisa Drake, A Bargain So Bloody

“Oh, you’re much more than that. You’re the first human Raphael’s ever claimed as his Chosen.”
― Vasilisa Drake, A Bargain So Bloody

“Listen to me, Samara. You can tell yourself I killed him because I’m an evil vampire. Or because I found his voice irritating and the wine he gave you smelled suspicious, or simply because I didn’t care for the way he looked for any excuse to put his hands on you. It matters not. He’s dead, and you still have to travel with me. As long as you’re in my care, you’re mine. No one else’s.”
― Vasilisa Drake, A Bargain So Bloody