Axel's Pup Quotes

“Telling someone you’ll accept them as long as they pretend to be someone they’re not—that’s not real acceptance. And saying you’ll love someone as long as they lie about part of who they are—that’s not real love, pup.” Bayden tensed at the word love being uttered out loud for the first time. Axel smiled and pressed a kiss against Bayden’s temple. “I won’t be someone who does that.”
― Kim Dare, Axel's Pup

“I don’t think every kind of pain makes people stronger. Some pain just hurts,” Bayden said.”
― Kim Dare, Axel's Pup

“I don’t think you’re going to start a riot, but until you prove you have more survival instincts than a seriously stressed out lemming, you’ll stay at the bar.”
― Kim Dare, Axel's Pup

“My mother was right -it's the humans who seem different that are the most dangerous of all"
Axel touched his cheek and made him turn to face him. "Pup?"
"I'll do anything for you, sir," Bayden whispered. "That's what makes you dangerous. Other humans can't hurt me. I'd never give them the chance. But you... I'be a fool not to be afraid of you”
― Kim Dare, Axel's Pup

“I’ll take the truth in a stroppy tone over a lie any day.”
― Kim Dare, Axel's Pup

“Real submission isn’t about faking how you feel. It’s not about hiding things. It’s about offering up your every thought, your every emotion and trusting me to use them wisely. It’s one thing to pretend there’s nothing you want off me. Admitting everything you want and then accepting that I might not grant you any of it? That’s far harder.”
― Kim Dare, Axel's Pup

“You thought you were the only one who wanted that?” Axel asked. That had to be the problem, because there was no way anyone could doubt that Bayden wanted it with a ferocity that Axel had never encountered in another sub.”
― Kim Dare, Axel's Pup

“They were going to play. That was what humans called it. The most serious thing in the world, and they called it play.”
― Kim Dare, Axel's Pup

“Have you noticed how they’re all nicer to Evan than they are to you?”
“Because Evan’s human, sir.”
“No, because he finds them all as intimidating as hell. Giving him a hard time would be like kicking a kitten.” He chuckled. “It’s obvious where he’d fit into the group, but you confuse the hell out of them.”
― Kim Dare, Axel's Pup

“Sometimes submission isn’t about waiting for an order. It can just as easily be about taking a risk and admitting what you really want, even when you’re not sure that it will please your dom, or if it would be less embarrassing for you to pretend you only want what your dom wants.”
― Kim Dare, Axel's Pup

“Wolves…” Bayden sighed.
“What?” Axel demanded. “Wolves aren’t easy to kill? Wolves heal quickly?”
Bayden nodded. “Yes, we do.”
“Wolves still get hurt, they still feel pain. They still get scared, don’t they?”
Scared. Yes, he’d been scared. But he hadn’t let them see that. Bayden swallowed. He shouldn’t ever let a human see that. The knowledge had been drilled into him for years.”
― Kim Dare, Axel's Pup

“Axel was different. Axel was comfort and stubbornness, he was control and longing.”
― Kim Dare, Axel's Pup