Royally Yours Quotes

“I never thought I would have this … You.” I grip his shirt and look up into those beautiful eyes. “I never thought I would have you. I never even let myself hope for you, dream for you, and yet somehow here you are. You have changed my whole life, Edward. You’ve changed me, and I couldn’t do this alone.”
He smiles gently and strokes my face. “Yes, you could.”
“But I wouldn’t be me, not who I am now. I would be some other, emptier version of me.” Another tear falls and another, and my voice breaks. “You are my joy and my heart…you are my home…and I would be lost without you.”
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“You will never be lost. I will be with you always. The vows were wrong. When death comes, he can have my body…but my soul will stay with you, I swear it.”
― Emma Chase, Royally Yours

“I was made for this…for her. To cherish her, protect her and challenge her, to guide her and follow her – to be the man she needs, so she can be the woman, the queen, she was always meant to be.”
― Emma Chase, Royally Yours

“NO WOMAN IS BORN A QUEEN, no matter the title attached to her name at birth.
Kings are crowned. But queens . . . queens rise”
― Emma Chase, Royally Yours

“When our bodies are dust in the ground and our souls are joined in whatever life comes after this one, the legend of our story and the echo of our love will live on forever.”
― Emma Chase, Royally Yours

“I may not be a king, but here, now – she makes me feel like one.
More than a king – her hero, her husband, her mesmerized slave, her ravenous lover – it’s all the same now. All wrapped up together.”
― Emma Chase, Royally Yours

“You’re gaining a reputation as cold…bitter. An ice queen, Your Majesty.”
“I’m not bitter!” I argue. “I’m bloody delightful.”
― Emma Chase, Royally Yours

“Christ, you are all I see. Don’t you know that? Even when you’re not with me…you’re all I can see.”
― Emma Chase, Royally Yours

“Won’t you miss it? Won’t you miss the freedom, the adventure?”
I chuckle and shake my head, because she still doesn’t understand. I put my hand over hears.
“Making a life with you will be my greatest adventure, Lenora.”
― Emma Chase, Royally Yours

“Does the Queen also not say ‘thank you’ when a man helps her?”
She crosses her arms and lifts her nose, somehow making it feel like she’s looking down at me even though I’m a foot taller.
“No, she doesn’t. It’s an honor to serve me, so…you’re welcome.”
Well, would you look at that – the Queen’s got balls. Good for her.”
― Emma Chase, Royally Yours

“You should address me as Queen Lenora or Your Majesty.”
Another should
I hover over her.
“But you’re not, are you?”
She lifts her chin to look up at me.
“Not what?”
“My Majesty,” I say softly. I drop my eyes, dragging them over every inch of her, all her delectable swells and valleys. And she is glorious to look at.
“At least…not yet.”
― Emma Chase, Royally Yours

“The two of us were different. Right from the start, and in every way.
Passion that could tear the whole world down around us. Love that would not be ignored or denied. Devotion that would last beyond a lifetime.
These would be our legacy – our gifts to the ones who would follow in our footsteps. It would be scored on their bones and branded on their souls.
We just didn’t know it then.
Every dynasty has a beginning. Every legend starts with a story.
This is ours.”
― Emma Chase, Royally Yours

“All these years I’ve been out here looking, searching for where I belonged and what I was supposed to do. For my purpose. And I’ve finally found it; I’m finally sure.
Lenora is my purpose. She is my reason.”
― Emma Chase, Royally Yours

“I want to hear you say cock.”
Lenora’s eyes flash to mine. And she frowns.
“Those are cheap words. Vulgar words.”
“They’re real words. Hot words. Sensual words real people use in the throes of passion and fucking and lust and love. If you can’t bring yourself to say it, sweetheart, you’ve got no business getting anywhere near it.
Lenora lifts her chin and lets out a shuddery breath. And then she looks me right in the eyes – stunning in her stubbornness – and that beautiful bud of a mouth gives me exactly what I want.
“Cock.”
And it’s fucking sublime.”
― Emma Chase, Royally Yours

“You have to trust me, even just a little. You have to try. I’m a man who knows his mind. I know that I want you – that I’ve wanted you from the first. And if that means accepting the life that comes with you…then it’s worth it.”
― Emma Chase, Royally Yours

“What does that mean, anyway?” I ask. “The Palace frowns? Who is this Palace and why do we give a shit that they’re frowning at us?”
― Emma Chase, Royally Yours

“Edward Rourke is the most exciting man I’ve never met.”
― Emma Chase, Royally Yours

“Because love is bloody awful, Chicken. And fantastic. A beautiful, horrible, messy thing. It will make you feel like you can fly one day and rip your guts out the next. It's complicated.”
― Emma Chase, Royally Yours

“God damn, how I want her. Not even in my wildest, most selfish adolescent days did I want to take and take a woman like I want to take her.
Wild and hard, lazy and long.”
― Emma Chase, Royally Yours

“He groans deep and hard from his chest. And even with a crown on my head, I’ve never felt so powerful. That sound. I want to make him make that sound again. Longer and lower.”
― Emma Chase, Royally Yours

“Things change between Lenora and me. Slowly…and yet not slowly at all. The closeness, the intimacy that’s been building, flows freer, easier – like the swelling bud of a flower whose time to bloom has finally come.
There’s no stopping it – and why the hell would anyone want to?”
― Emma Chase, Royally Yours

“A lady is like a lovely stick of chewing gum,” Miriam parrots. “Sweet and unblemished, but if you’re not careful, every lad around will take a taste.”
“But no decent man,” I continue, mimicking a crotchety old sod, “will want to put a used stick of gum in his mouth.”
― Emma Chase, Royally Yours

“Gossip is petty, but in the world of politics it’s also essential.”
― Emma Chase, Royally Yours

“Rumors are like a dent from a sledgehammer—you can repair it, but it will never be as it was before.”
― Emma Chase, Royally Yours

“I love the look of chastisement on a powerful man's face in the morning.”
― Emma Chase, Royally Yours

“I’ve been thinking about something – almost constantly, actually – and it’s something we need to discuss.”
Her head tilts with curiosity. She stands.
“This sounds serious.”
My aching balls couldn’t agree more.
I sit on the cushioned chair, leaning back – watching her every move – while she moves to the sofa just across from me. Lenora sit prettily, legs crossed at the ankles, hands demurely resting in her lap like the gracious lady she was raised to be.
“What would you like to discuss, Edward?”
“Fucking.”
And she flinches so hard she almost comes out of her seat. I smirk shamelessly while she unleashes her fiercest scowl.
“Must you call it that?”
“I really must, love.”
― Emma Chase, Royally Yours

“What does a Consort to the Queen do exactly?” Edward asks. “Am I just the stud of the kingdom? The cock for the Queen to ride?”
― Emma Chase, Royally Yours

“Swooning is real…and it’s rather brilliant too.”
― Emma Chase, Royally Yours

“There was a time when we read Edward’s letters that you--”
“Don’t.” Her cheeks flush pink. Whether it’s from embarrassment or anger, I can’t tell. “That girl is gone.”
I wonder about that girl – where she’s run off to and what happened to make her go. I wouldn’t liked to have met her. I think we could’ve gotten on well.”
― Emma Chase, Royally Yours

“It’s a very strange thing not being listened to. To be overruled. Is this what everyday life is like for everyone else?
I don’t like it at all.”
― Emma Chase, Royally Yours

“Weil Liebe verdammt schrecklich ist. Und phantastisch. Eine wunderschöne, schreckliche, chaotische Sache. Sie wird dir an einem Tag das Gefühl geben, fliegen zu können, und dir am nächsten Tag die Eingeweide herausreißen. Sie ist kompliziert.”
― Emma Chase, Queen of Passion – Lenora (Die Prince-of-Passion-Reihe 4)