The Sea King Quotes

“I’m the forest fire, and you’re standing there with a glass of water saying you can put me out. But you can’t!”
He arched his brows. “Considering that I’ve spent the better part of the last fourteen hours proving that I can, in fact, light your fire and put it out over and over again, I’m vaguely insulted by that remark.”
― C.L. Wilson, The Sea King

“You think a courtship and a hunt are two separate things.” Ari grinned, showing gleaming white teeth with battle fangs fully extended. “They’re not.”
― C.L. Wilson, The Sea King

“What happened yesterday was a mistake, but it’s over now. In the past, I’ve forgotten it, and so should you.”
His brows rose. “You have forgotten? This, I do not believe.” He stepped closer again. She retreated up another stair. “What passed between us was not forgettable. I am not forgettable. Not to you.”
“You have a high opinion of yourself.”
“No higher than deserved. But I know when a woman looks at me and likes what she sees. And I know when she wants more.”
― C.L. Wilson, The Sea King

“A sincere, satisfying grovel is a talent most men never really master. You could do a lot worse than wedding a man who knows how to apologize well.”
― C.L. Wilson, The Sea King

“I don’t want you.”
He moved so quickly she barely had time to gasp before he lifted her off her feet, fused his mouth to hers, and kissed her until her brain melted. Then he set her back on her wobbly legs and said,” That was for the lie. And for future reference, myerina, wrapping your legs around a man and commanding him to pleasure you is not an effective way to illustrate your lack of interest.”
― C.L. Wilson, The Sea King

“Keep looking like you want to eat me up, moa halea, and I’ll let you.” His voice was a hard, rough rumble.”
― C.L. Wilson, The Sea King

“If a woman was unattached and in possession of a pulse, she would not long remain unwilling in the face of a determined Calbernan’s courtship.”
― C.L. Wilson, The Sea King

“And perhaps pigs will grow gills and swim with the kracken.”
― C.L. Wilson, The Sea King

“He pulled her close and kissed her thoroughly. When they pulled apart, they were both breathless, their hearts pounding.
“Was that my reward for being such a good little force of nature?”
― C.L. Wilson, The Sea King

“Like the sea, from which we derive our gifts, we are wild at heart, and deadly when angered.”
― C.L. Wilson, The Sea King

“He clamped her body to his as if by the sheer force of his embrace he could crawl inside her soul and anchor himself there for eternity.”
― C.L. Wilson, The Sea King

“What in Helos’s name had just happened? The Calbernan had turned unexpectedly and caught her gaze upon him and then…
She dragged in a breath, then another. Ragged. Shaken. She couldn’t even begin to describe what had happened. It was as if, with one look, he’d dived into the deepest, most secret parts of her soul, places no one – not even she – had ever been.”
― C.L. Wilson, The Sea King

“Calberna’s prince was too big. Too male. Too unsettling. Too appealing. Too… everything. And for her, that made Dilys Merimydion pure, deadly poison wrapped up in a dangerously tempting package.”
― C.L. Wilson, The Sea King

“The strength of Calberna flows from our women. We protect them, we love them, but we do not cage them.”
― C.L. Wilson, The Sea King

“To Calbernans, love and happiness were not simply emotions. They were as essential as air and water. A Calbernan could not live without them.”
― C.L. Wilson, The Sea King

“He looked exactly like what he was: a rich and valorous Sealord of Calberna, strong, battle-tested. Confident in all things and easy on the eye. A man even a wealthy, beautiful, magically gifted princess would be pleased to call her own.”
― C.L. Wilson, The Sea King

“There was something breathtakingly beautiful about the life he was describing... She could almost feel his need and his love lapping at her like waves on a beach.”
― C.L. Wilson, The Sea King

“I am a Prince of Calberna. I have trained my whole life not only to lead our warriors to victory in battle, but also to serve and protect.”
― C.L. Wilson, The Sea King

“Ah, here we are. Your watercoach, Myerialanna.”Calivan gestured to a lacquered blue-green boat, open at the front, and shaped to resemble a cresting wave, complete with silver fringe and accents made to resemble sea foam.
“How beautiful,” Gabriella said as Dilys helped her into the fanciful canal boat. “I almost feel as if it should be pulled by a harnessed team of dolphins.”
“That’s only for when we take the coach for a spin on the open sea,” Dilys said.”
― C.L. Wilson, The Sea King

“Thou art mine, Dilys Merimydion. Mine and no other’s.”
― C.L. Wilson, The Sea King

“Our women – our wives – are the heart of Calberna. Without them, Calbernan males could not function. We would die. Just as you would die without the heart that beats in your chest.”
― C.L. Wilson, The Sea King

“Call him. Claim him. Speak his Name. Make him thine before all others.”
― C.L. Wilson, The Sea King

“What are you doing to me?” she gasped.
“No more than you are doing to me,” he muttered.”
― C.L. Wilson, The Sea King

“What do you fear so much, that you would run so hard from what you want?”
― C.L. Wilson, The Sea King

“She’d never kissed a man. She’d wanted to a few times before, but she’d never allowed herself to do so. Now, the instant his mouth touched hers, she knew she’d never want to kiss any man but him for the rest of her life. He was her one and only. He was everything she would ever want, everything she could ever need.”
― C.L. Wilson, The Sea King

“She’d never in her life looked at a man and felt like a starving beggar standing before a sumptuous feast. She’d all but licked her lips at the sight of him.”
― C.L. Wilson, The Sea King

“Claiming and being claimed.”
― C.L. Wilson, The Sea King

“Our women—our wives—are the heart of Calberna. Without them, Calbernan males could not function. We would die. Just as you would die without the heart that beats in your chest.”

He reached out slowly, laid three fingers lightly on the thin fabric that covered her left breast. Her breath caught in her throat. She stared at him in shocked silence. She made no attempt to move or to remove his hand. There was nothing sexual or teasing about his touch this time. It stunned her all the same.

“But for all its strength, the heart is a vulnerable thing,” he continued. “It needs must be surrounded by a cage of bone to protect it. At all cost, at all times, the heart must be protected.” His hand turned over. Now it was the back of his fingers that caressed her skin just above the neckline of her gown, the touch featherlight, impossibly gentle. “Calberna’s sons are those bones. We are the spear, the sword, the unbreakable shield that protects Calberna’s vulnerable heart. It’s why we are born. It’s what we live for.”
― C.L. Wilson, The Sea King

“His light blue shuma and silver torque did nothing to hide the mass of cuts, scrapes, and purple bruises that covered his body and made his iridescent tattoos practically glow by contrast. He had a dark bruise under one eye that ran all the way down to the ulumi-lia tattoo on his cheekbone, and another on his jaw.

“This?” He gestured to his battered frame. “Ono, moa halea.I was invited to partake in a wrestling match yesterday afternoon.”

“A wrestling match with whom? Kukuna the Stone God?”

His grin flashed, then faltered as the gesture tugged at his split lip. “It was a very intense match. And you have been reading the legends of my people. You are curious about Calberna. This is good.”

She grimaced. “Don’t jump to conclusions. I read most of those legends before I met you so I could teach the children at the school about Calberna.” Then, because curiosity got the best of her, she asked, “So which one of Wynter’s men beat you to a pulp?”

His brows rose. “I am unpulped.”

“Not from where I’m standing. Or are you saying the other fellow looks worse?”

He cocked his head to one side, as if considering, then gave that charming half grin again and said, “About the same. We declared it equal contest.”

“Who did you leave unpulped then?”

“It is of no concern. We had our match. We tested each other’s skill and resolve, and came away with a new understanding of each other.” ”
― C.L. Wilson, The Sea King

“I think women are in need of—” Wynter broke off to give a bark of incredulous laughter. “Have you met my wife? Oh, wait. You have. On the farkingbattlefield!”
― C.L. Wilson, The Sea King