Once Taken Quotes

“April stood there, looking stunned at what she had done, and looking, in panic, at the shotgun on the riverbed. It must have slipped from her hands. And Riley watched in horror as the current caught it and it floated away.”
― Blake Pierce, Once Taken

“between”
― Blake Pierce, Once Taken

“Done for the night, he steered his ship for shore, and as it chugged steadily for the dock at Reedsport, one of his passengers called out, jarring him from his reverie. “Hey, Cap’n—isn’t that your ghost right over there?” Jimmy didn’t bother to look. All four of his passengers—two young vacationing couples—were pretty drunk. Doubtless one of the guys was just trying to scare the girls. But then”
― Blake Pierce, Once Taken

“never his intention. But sooner or later the chains would give him no other choice. It was just a fact of life, and he’d never be able to change it.”
― Blake Pierce, Once Taken

“One monster at a time.”
― Blake Pierce, Once Taken