Heart of Dracula Quotes

“If you are a dream, then it is one from which I do not ever wish to be woken.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Heart of Dracula

“Death came for all, no matter the choices that were made.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Heart of Dracula

“When she looked up to him, she expected to see anger in his eyes. But what there was instead was grief. Grief, and hope, and the knowledge that it would surely die. The expression of a man who knew tragedy was to come and that it was unavoidable.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Heart of Dracula

“Loyalty brokered by terror is a fragile thing. It shatters on the first display of weakness from he who holds the end of the leash.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Heart of Dracula

“Murder came to the city on the inky wings of the night, summoned by a crimson moon that never waivered and by some means, defied the motion of the earth to remain full.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Heart of Dracula

“Come to me, Maxine.” His voice was that low rumble that carried without effort, both pleasant and foreboding in the same moment. She looked up to see him holding out his hand to her, palm up. Asking in his own way for her to join him. “The curtain rises soon.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Heart of Dracula

“She saw too much in those dark eyes. They looked into the soul. It was too much for the living to endure. But not for him.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Heart of Dracula

“The lives you have spent are the rain in a storm. Simply because I have not stopped to count the drops does not mean I do not comprehend the weather.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Heart of Dracula

“He wants me to realize the trap I am in is far larger than any chains he would sling on me or any cage he might keep me in. He brought me to sleep in my bed to show that I cannot run or hide from him. I am still his prisoner all the same. In his own right, I think it is a show of mercy to let me run about my jail with some sense of freedom.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Heart of Dracula

“Such a lonely thing you are. That is why you whisper to me in your dreams. There is a void deep within your heart, an emptiness that longs to be filled. And it is the very same you feel in my own soul. You see a reflection of yourself in my shadow. That is why you are drawn to me.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Heart of Dracula

“If you are right, and I die, then your problems are solved. If I am right…you will belong to me. Either way, I win.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Heart of Dracula

“Abandoned by God. And now a god on Earth himself.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Heart of Dracula

“Despite herself, despite what she should feel, she moaned against his lips. It was her first kiss. Her first real kiss. And it belonged to a vampire.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Heart of Dracula

“Then I will take my kiss from you another way instead.” He shifted to hover his lips over hers, a hair’s breadth between them. For that brief second, it seemed as though all of time stopped. Her heart hitched in her chest. “Let go, Miss Parker.” Then the gap was closed. He kissed her.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Heart of Dracula

“I will have all of you in time, Miss Parker. You have sealed your fate with me this night. How I have delighted in you…how I know I will continue to do so. Do you fear my bite?”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Heart of Dracula

“You will feel my kiss this night, Maxine Parker.” Crimson eyes were lidded as they watched her, the desire in them undisguised and burning as bright as the red moon in the sky.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Heart of Dracula

“He leaned toward her throat once more. His lips grazed her throat. She pressed her palms against his chest, finding the sudden will to fight. He was going to bite her—to drink her—perhaps to kill her.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Heart of Dracula

“I feel you fighting me. There is much strength in you, little empath. I cannot wait to taste you.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Heart of Dracula

“You have lured me in, I will say that much.” He leaned toward her neck, and she felt his breath there against her. She knew what he meant to do.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Heart of Dracula

“You wore my color. You wore my jewelry. You paint yourself as my property, seeking to lure me into a trap.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Heart of Dracula

“She took a step back and pointed the gun now squarely not at Jonathan Harker… But at Vlad Tepes Dracula.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Heart of Dracula

“Oddly enough, he found himself sympathetic toward Miss Parker. Death had come to claim her, and not in any way she could have possibly guessed.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Heart of Dracula

“It was signed near the bottom. Simply, succinctly, and with a single letter that left no question about who had left it. And it sent goosebumps crawling over her. -V.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Heart of Dracula

“Her words had cut him to the quick. He did not doubt her claim to hear the whispers of the souls around her. She had spoken to him the truth of his nature that he had never heard aloud. But it was not anger he felt at such a revelation that she had paid him. It was hope.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Heart of Dracula

“She had felt the abyss that dwelled in him, and she had not turned away in revulsion. She had looked up at him with such compassion that he knew he must have her. The war—this city and his new empire—was now secondary among his goals. You will be mine, Maxine Parker.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Heart of Dracula

“I have never been swept off my feet by a woman before. And she has done it twice in one day. I wonder, my dear Maxine, if I have left you as perplexed and intrigued? I do very much hope so. I will have you come to me in the end. I think I will have you willingly kneel to me.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Heart of Dracula

“When she slipped under the covers and her head met the pillow, she was almost instantly asleep. But not before she placed her fingers against her lips, recalling the brief sensation of a kiss. It had only lasted the barest second before it shattered with the rest of the memory. But it was enough. It was the only kiss she had ever known. And it was paid to her by a monster and a tyrant set to destroy her city and thousands of lives. Nothing in life can ever be simple, can it?”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Heart of Dracula

“He lowered his head to hers. All her thoughts froze. She tried to pull back from him, but his grasp in her hair tightened. “Lead the hunters to me. Light the torches, bring your weapons, and stop me if you can. You will fall. And when you do—when you kneel—it will be at my feet.” His lips ghosted over hers, and she felt him smile. “And what a glorious sight it shall be.” And with that, he kissed her.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Heart of Dracula

“He shushed her quietly as he slipped his fingers into her hair, his thumb resting at the hollow of her ear as he cradled her head in his hand. He tilted her up to look at him. It felt incredible. It felt wrong. It was overwhelming. She couldn’t do anything except feel him. His hand, his touch, his nails against her scalp. But then, there was what came with it. The feeling of dark wings spreading out against a night sky. The joy of the hunt. The beauty of the stars painted behind a crimson moon that followed him wherever he went. Beneath it was the taste of sand. The taste of an old sun, burning him. Blood. Hunger. The joy of victory. The coldness of the grave. Him.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Heart of Dracula

“You have thrown yourself into the maw of death, knowing I will spell your doom. But as you stand here, parlaying with the enemy…consider why. When you wake from this vision, find the true answer for your curiosity. I can see it plainly.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Heart of Dracula