Call the Coroner Quotes

“My favorite thing is when you smile,” he whispered. “My second favorite is knowing I made you smile.”
― Avril Ashton, Call the Coroner

“Feelings aren’t something you run from,” Christophe answered softly. “You bring them with you wherever you go.”
― Avril Ashton, Call the Coroner

“You deserve—” “You. That is what I deserve, diablo.” Stavros’ lashes lifted. “Then take what you deserve.”
― Avril Ashton, Call the Coroner

“We deserve each other.” “Got that shit right in one.” Daniel squinted at him. “Must you always swear?” The happiness in Stavros’ chest bubbled over, spilling from his lips in the form of low chuckle. “Fucking yes.”
― Avril Ashton, Call the Coroner

“We connected through blood and violence,” Daniel said thoughtfully. “We’re bloody, violent men.” A slow smile broke across Daniel’s face. Goddamn. He would never not stun Stavros with that gesture. “We”
― Avril Ashton, Call the Coroner

“More than a week since Stavros had seen or heard from him. Not that he cared. But he sat atop his desk”
― Avril Ashton, Call the Coroner

“Get inside me so I can get you out of my system.”
― Avril Ashton, Call the Coroner

“What do you think you are?” Daniel asked him evenly. “Share.” “I think I’m your mirror image.” He held Daniel’s gaze. “Like knows like”
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“I think I’m your mirror image.” He held Daniel’s gaze. “Like knows like, yes?” Stavros licked his chapped lips. “The monster in you recognizes the monster in me,” he whispered. “And it wants to play.”
― Avril Ashton, Call the Coroner

“I am yours. To fuck. To torture. To kill. I am yours.” For some reason, the truth of those words were the saddest thing Stavros ever experienced.”
― Avril Ashton, Call the Coroner

“But the sooner you talk to your brother, the sooner my tongue can be in your ass.”
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“That shit was fucking foreplay to me. You know that.”
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“We’re just here for the Greek.” Stavros cocked his head. “Wait, you’re here to kidnap me from my kidnapper?” Seriously?”
― Avril Ashton, Call the Coroner

“He’d been dead for years”
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“They were so alike”
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“You have my attention,” he murmured. “That is what you wanted, yes? But you must know, Stavros…”
Stavros inhaled.
“You must know you had it from the very beginning. You never lost my attention.”
― Avril Ashton, Call the Coroner

“My family, the one I’d die for? My family is made up of some of the most dangerous men you’ve never heard of. I’m seven killers deep.”
― Avril Ashton, Call the Coroner

“This was Daniel’s world. The Greek’s, too. They were so alike, it was almost comforting.”
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“You don’t get to fucking make me love you then leave me behind.”
― Avril Ashton, Call the Coroner

“Bending over, he gasped for breath. “Se agápo.” He shook against Daniel. “I love you.” “Diablo, te amo,” Daniel whispered”
― Avril Ashton, Call the Coroner

“Fuck.” Stavros fell on him. Carefully, though. Cupping Daniel’s face with cold, trembling hands. “You died. You died. You died!” He spun away then faced Daniel just as quickly. “Twice I watched you stop breathing.” His breaths were labored, agony bleeding from his eyes. Dripping from his words. “Twice I watched your heart stop.”
― Avril Ashton, Call the Coroner

“Daniel’s face with cold, trembling hands. “You died. You died. You died!” He spun away then faced Daniel just as quickly.”
― Avril Ashton, Call the Coroner

“I expect you to love me like I love you,” he whispered into that kiss. “I expect you to do right by me, because I will do right by you.” Stavros shuddered. His grip on Daniel faltered.”
― Avril Ashton, Call the Coroner

“Your touch kills me,” Daniel confessed through the thickness in his throat. “It’s the sweetest murder, and I want it again and again.” Fingers crooked, he went deep in search of that knot.”
― Avril Ashton, Call the Coroner

“It wasn’t that much of a revelation at all, to realize he’d set himself on fire to keep Stavros Konstantinou warm.”
― Avril Ashton, Call the Coroner

“Like the sun on his nape. Like the weight of Stavros’ body pressed to his.”
― Avril Ashton, Call the Coroner

“The Greek tensed slightly. “Is this you running from me?” “Yes.” Daniel gave him the truth, rubbing his nose over Stavros’. “But I’ll always end up back here, next to you.”
― Avril Ashton, Call the Coroner

“And you’re wearing my shirt.” The corners of Daniel’s mouth curved. “Do you mind?” Arms circled his waist and Stavros’ head dropped to rest against Daniel’s back. “I do, but only because I want to touch your skin.”
― Avril Ashton, Call the Coroner

“Would she recognize her husband the way he was now? In bed with the man who’d slit her throat, halfway gone in love with him.”
― Avril Ashton, Call the Coroner

“She’d see it, she’d understand just how much Stavros stunned Daniel. She had to know how hard he fought his connection to Stavros. She had to know how impossible it was to fight your heart.”
― Avril Ashton, Call the Coroner