American King Quotes

“How do they not hear the trickle of my heart’s blood dripping out of my chest, how do they not see the scooped-out pain in my eyes, how can they not hear every desperate plea and every rasping sob I’ve let out in the last twenty-four hours?”
― Sierra Simone, American King

“Perhaps Embry’s always had the part of me that wielded the sword, but she… she’s always owned the part that wears the crown.”
― Sierra Simone, American King

“I will always be your husband and your king and your master, and it doesn’t matter who I let you fuck, you’ll always belong to me, understood?”
― Sierra Simone, American King

“She was formed for sunshine and pleasure, but fuck if darkness and pain don’t look beautiful on her—”
― Sierra Simone, American King

“And right there on the soft grass, in the warm sunlight, our three hearts beat as one once again and we share every breath, every kiss, every single drop of our love.
Equal and alive.
Three.”
― Sierra Simone, American King

“I see the beginning.
And I see the end.”
― Sierra Simone, American King

“I hug him. I close my eyes, press my face into his already strong and heavy shoulder, and I thank God for this unexpected grace. This undeserved mercy. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.”
― Sierra Simone, American King

“I will love her until the stars burn themselves out and hang like cold rocks in the lightless sky.”
― Sierra Simone, American King

“Every time you gave me your trust, your obedience, and your surrender. Every time you fought me knowing you would lose, every time you carried me when I couldn’t limp along myself, and every breath and kiss you ever shared with me—it was all you saying yes, every moment of it. You’ve said yes to me so many times I’m surprised I could even hear the word no.”
― Sierra Simone, American King

“I love you, little prince,” is all he says.”
― Sierra Simone, American King

“I can’t tell what’s the best way to love you, whether it’s trying to catch you or to let you go.”
― Sierra Simone, American King

“I am the leaf skating across the pond again, simply blowing where her words take me, and I can just watch with exhilarating clarity how much she enjoys”
― Sierra Simone, American King

“I can’t lose my heart to save my soul. But, I must. I have to. Even though, for once, I take no pride in the pain it will cause me. - Ash”
― Sierra Simone, American King

“He looked up at me with the whole world in his eyes, and then he sighed.
“You’re doing the dimple thing again. It’s evil.”
― Sierra Simone, American King

“Here’s what I think, little prince. Here’s what I know— and you know it too. You don’t need to call me Sir to submit to me, and I don’t need you to kneel to know that you’re my possession.”
― Sierra Simone, American King

“There’s something quite thrilling about fucking a woman in a ball gown. It’s like having a secret that no one else knows, a sin that no one else can see.”
― Sierra Simone, American King

“He’s watching me and Greer, and his face. His face. I’ve never wondered before what it would look like for someone to have their whole world in their eyes, never even thought to wonder. But Ash right now, kneeling and gazing at Greer and me—His whole world is in his eyes. And it’s incredible to see. Holy, almost. Sacred.”
― Sierra Simone, American King

“Please,” he begs. “Please let me fuck her.”
“You want to fuck that pussy? It’s mine, though.”
― Sierra Simone, American King

“Embry," I said softly.
"Yes, Ash?" He looked up at me, and suddenly I felt so young, and he seemed so young too, we were just boys barely crossed over into manhood with all our hopes and desperate love pressing up into everything.
I couldn't help it; I kissed him again. Kissed him while I was gripped with a feeling so fierce that it made my throat constrict and my eyelids burn. "Please," I mumbled against his lips. "Please.”
― Sierra Simone, American King

“People don’t look at you with the whole world in their eyes because they fear you—they look at you like that because they love you.”
― Sierra Simone, American King

“You are more dangerous wielding love than you are wielding pain.”
― Sierra Simone, American King

“I wouldn't trade away a single second of it.
I reach up and trace the tiny lines around his eyes. "We're not young men anymore," I murmur.
He drops his face so he can whisper the words against my mouth. "You make me feel young.”
― Sierra Simone, American King

“I’m the king of your body, and your body knows it. It won’t rest until it’s mine again.”
― Sierra Simone, American King

“What I didn’t realize,” I say quietly, ignoring him as I take another step forward, “was that you were saying yes to me all along.”
― Sierra Simone, American King

“Abilene’s death like a millstone around my neck.”
― Sierra Simone, American King

“I won’t fail her. I will love her until the stars burn themselves out and hang like cold rocks in the lightless sky.”
― Sierra Simone, American King

“How does a man end up loving two people, you ask? This is how.”
― Sierra Simone, American King

“I wish so many things, Ash, but sometimes I wish nothing more than that we’d never met so I wouldn’t have to say no to you.”
― Sierra Simone, American King

“Of course, Embry and I were never really friends. When we first met, he thought I was his enemy and I thought he was perfect. Then I fell in love with him, and he’s been breaking my heart ever since.”
― Sierra Simone, American King

“Twin glints of dull gold, visible stamps of other people’s ownership. She is somebody else’s wife and I am somebody else’s husband, and God, that thought shouldn’t be so fucking wrong and thrilling that I’m getting hard all over again.”
― Sierra Simone, American King