Toxic Game Quotes

“She'd learned to live in the present a long time ago, to enjoy every moment she had. Time was a luxury, something she knew she could run out of very quickly, so she made sure each minute counted for something.”
― Christine Feehan, Toxic Game

“Draden drank in his surroundings with both appreciation and sorrow. The beautiful path led to a village that should have been thriving. Instead, it was now a path to certain death.”
― Christine Feehan, Toxic Game

“My peony," he emphasized. "And it's only for us, no one else." He liked the intimacy of having a special name for her no one else knew but the two of them.”
― Christine Feehan, Toxic Game

“He was set on having her for the rest of his life, no matter how long or little that was, but he could see, if she agreed, he was going to have his hands full.”
― Christine Feehan, Toxic Game

“Draden was hers. The one. The only. She didn't know how she knew it, but she did know that nothing in her life was truer.”
― Christine Feehan, Toxic Game

“She had to know, soon or later, that he was no saint and never would be. He loved her, but if she was going to stay with him, she had to know the worst of him. He wanted honesty between them.”
― Christine Feehan, Toxic Game

“He had the impression of Shylah pouting, and that made him happy. Just talking to her made him happy. The fact that she would circle around, hunt and find the man watching from the forest, was a complete turn-on. He liked that this woman would be his partner.”
― Christine Feehan, Toxic Game

“I’m totally susceptible to good looks. On the other hand, I don’t like bossy men, so if you want worshipping from me, you’ll have to keep your mouth closed and let me boss you.”
― Christine Feehan, Toxic Game

“Come on, ghost man. You want this. You want to live. I know you do. Breathe for me. Take a breath.”
― Christine Feehan, Toxic Game

“Draden didn't move, staying as still as any predator with his gaze fixed on his prey. No muscle moved.”
― Christine Feehan, Toxic Game

“I don’t want the world, Draden. I just want you. Here. Now. Whatever we’ve got in the time we have left.”
― Christine Feehan, Toxic Game

“Holy cow, Draden. You should be outlawed. If those guards were women, you would just have to look at them like that and they’d worship at your feet.”
― Christine Feehan, Toxic Game

“He was either right or wrong. Worrying didn't make it any better. She let herself drift off with the scent of him in her lungs, with the knowledge that she was loved in her head and heart.”
― Christine Feehan, Toxic Game

“It was wondrous. Almost unbelievable. Like champagne bubbles, but in her soul. She felt effervescent. And so in love.”
― Christine Feehan, Toxic Game

“I don't think I've actually seen you smile before, " Wyatt observed. "This woman must be the real deal to teach you how to smile.”
― Christine Feehan, Toxic Game

“I detested that people who already had everything they could possibly want would step on others who had nothing. Would use them and crush them. I'd lived my life mainly in the streets and found out the hard way that people who could have helped just hurt us.”
― Christine Feehan, Toxic Game

“He had never trusted a woman-or anyone, for that matter-to sleep close to him, let alone in the same bed. And yet, already, he was completely relaxed with her. He couldn't imagine being without her, and now, if they survived, it was a very real possibility.”
― Christine Feehan, Toxic Game

“They had tied their lives together in a way that meant she would never be alone. They belonged together, to each other, and had a bond for all the world to know.”
― Christine Feehan, Toxic Game

“She saw him, that man who kept himself isolated, so separate from the rest of the world. She saw him for who he was, and she liked him anyway.”
― Christine Feehan, Toxic Game

“She didn't want any contact with Whitney at all. He was the boogeyman. He'd held absolute authority over her for her entire life. Defying him was difficult. It said a lot that Shylah was willing to die-that she would choose a horrific death rather than go back to him.”
― Christine Feehan, Toxic Game

“I love everything about you. I told myself that was what it was. All those parts, separately that I loved them. I watch you. I'm inside your mind. I see who you are. I've decided it isn't about loving everything about you. It's simply about loving you.”
― Christine Feehan, Toxic Game

“I'm letting myself fall for you. All the way. I want that. You're definitely the kind of man I want.”
― Christine Feehan, Toxic Game

“Shylah was like Nonny. She would stand with her man, carving out a home and fighting by his side when necessary in the worst of circumstances.”
― Christine Feehan, Toxic Game

“She had captured his heart and he didn't ever want it back.”
― Christine Feehan, Toxic Game

“I'm not trying to push you away. I'm trying to save your life. I want you to live. You're extraordinary. The world needs you.”
― Christine Feehan, Toxic Game

“The words, sliding into his mind, were vibrant with her emotions. Dripping with sensitivity. Weeping with her reaction. Intimate beyond measure. Because she murmured forgiveness into his mind, she gave more of herself away to him.”
― Christine Feehan, Toxic Game

“The woman was sexy, lethal and very confident. The sound of her laughter was enticing. Intriguing. It played along his nerve endings and sent an electrical current running through his bloodstream. He was on the verge of death and he'd never felt more alive.”
― Christine Feehan, Toxic Game

“I don't mind you in my head. I refuse to be embarrassed for thinking the truth. You have to know how good-looking you are. Fortunately for you, you seem to have brains and humor to go with your looks.”
― Christine Feehan, Toxic Game

“Peonies are beautiful perennials. A classic, really. Every garden should have them. They're dependable, have a timeless, elegant beauty and will bloom with very little attention." He was silent for a moment while she switched branches and he followed. "Like you”
― Christine Feehan, Toxic Game

“She hadn't expected the intamacy of his voice in her head. It had a smoothness to it that gave way now and then to gravel.”
― Christine Feehan, Toxic Game