Within Temptation Quotes

“Damn it, he’s not my boyfriend!”
“Boyfriend. Fiancé. Sugar daddy. Whatever.”
“He’s none of those things.”
Trace jerked back around. “Please enlighten me then. What
the hell is he?”
“My past.”
“And what am I?”
I swallowed and stared intently at him with a nakedness I
couldn’t hide. “You’re…my everything.” Trace and Shannon from "Within Temptation”
― Tanya Holmes, Within Temptation

“Trace sighed, braced the worktable. “I said, get out.”

Frozen with fear and anger, I stared at the floor.

“No.”

“No?”

I elevated my chin a fraction. “That’s right…no.”
He twisted around. His expression made a gradual shift from vengeful to predatory. Our eyes battled in silence, then, like a prowling lion, he advanced, and I, his prey, retreated until I’d backed into a wall. When his shadow engulfed me, I had to tilt my head all the way back to stare up at him. The ice had thawed in his eyes, leaving twin pools of lava.”
― Tanya Holmes, Within Temptation

“I glanced out of my window at the grime and decay of Temptation, comparing it to Shannon’s golden world, good ole Willow’s Corner. In her pricey neighborhood, red brick colonials stood tall, capped with a thick down of milk-white snow. Chimney smoke made the quiet setting look warm and friendly—like a f*cking Hallmark card. But I knew better. Behind those fancy doors, with their brass knockers and deceitful doormats that had the nerve to say, ‘Welcome,’ were the same vicious snobs who’d looked down their noses at me earlier." -- Trace Dawson, Within Temptation”
― Tanya Holmes, Within Temptation

“Damn it, he’s not my boyfriend!”
“Boyfriend. Fiancé. Sugar daddy. Whatever.”
“He’s none of those things.”
Trace jerked back around. “Please enlighten me then. What
the hell is he?”
“My past.”
“And what am I?”
I swallowed and stared intently at him with a nakedness I
couldn’t hide. “You’re…my everything.”
― Tanya Holmes, Within Temptation