A Deal with the Elf King Quotes

“You will respect me!” Eldas shouts. “Be someone worthy of respecting first!” I slam the door behind me.”
― Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King

“To this world. To the next. To the people we meet between and the bonds we share.”
― Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King

“I am not made for dreams. I am made to rule.”
“I think you’re made for whatever you want to be.”
― Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King

“Some people can never be hidden; they are meant to be seen.”
― Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King

“To tomorrow.”
“What’s tomorrow?”
“Everything. May tomorrow hold every possibility. And may we be bold and hungry enough to take them for our own.”
― Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King

“Love is choice”
― Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King

“I can leave.” Yet, as he speaks, his body contradicts him. He continues to kiss me. His hand hitches up my shirt, sliding over the plane of my stomach. How I’ve longed for him to touch me there again… “Leave, and I will find you,” I whisper breathlessly in reply. “Leave me here, unsatisfied and yearning, and I will hunt you down, Eldas.”
― Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King

“I have a right to know your true name.”
“You have a right to nothing of mine that isn’t freely given.”
― Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King

“We smell of honey and taste of forgotten dreams. We move like desperation.”
― Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King

“Kiss me again,” I demand breathlessly. “Kiss me like you did that night in the castle. Let’s give in to this waking dream, Eldas.” “No,” he murmurs. Everything in me shudders at his denial. But then he pulls me toward him, snaring me with the lightest touch imaginable. “I will not kiss you like I did then.” My breath hitches. Through the fan of my lashes I watch him lean forward. “I will kiss you better.”
― Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King

“If you're always walking above people you risk walking on them, Eldas. And that's how you make enemies.”
― Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King

“The elves come for two things: war and wives. In both cases, they come for death.”
― Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King

“Love is a dangerous distraction from duty.”
― Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King

“I am your king.” Eldas takes a step forward and I lean back. But he’s still too close. His long form is oppressive. He looms over me. I plant my feet and refuse to let him make me feel small. I will be the bud that sprouts from the gray rock of this place. I will be the flower that blooms even despite his shadow. “You are a moody prince glorified with a thorny-looking, iron crown,” I snap back. “You’re selfish and self-centered. You have no idea how to speak to people or relate to them. Any compassion and effort you exert to know someone is nothing more than a ruse to get what you want out of those around you.”
― Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King

“you are my antithesis, Luella. You are the queen of life."
"And you are the king of death"
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― Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King

“Leave, and I will find you,” I whisper breathlessly in reply. “Leave me here, unsatisfied and yearning, and I will hunt you down, Eldas.”
― Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King

“Fadewalking seems a lot less impressive when an animal can do it too.” I can’t help a grin. Eldas narrows his eyes at me, but his scowl has lost some of its bite. “He can Fadewalk because he is of the Fade—a creature caught in the rift when worlds were severed.” “He’s a good boy, that’s what he is,” I coo to the wolf.”
― Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King

“If things were different, you wouldn’t have been you.” He finally looks back to me. His once icy eyes are now tepid pools as inviting and warm as the creeks I would strip bare and swim in underneath the redwood trees deep in the forests around the temple. “And I’ve found I’m very fond of exactly the woman you are. I wouldn’t change a single thing.”
― Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King

“I've loved you since the cottage. since ... I dont know when. Somewhere along the way I fell in love with you. You and I ... these circumstances we met under have been a bit of a mess. But I love you despite them all" Page 312”
― Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King

“My queen. Those two words are almost as sweet as losing myself in the taste of his mouth.”
― Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King

“And I’ve found I’m very fond of exactly the woman you are. I wouldn’t change a single thing.”
― Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King

“Every child must eventually leave. Sometimes, it is to a house down the street. Other times, it is to somewhere very far away. But if that child ends up where they belong, and are happy and loved... that's all a parent wants."
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― Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King

“Somewhere along the way I fell in love with you. You and I…these circumstances we met under have been a bit of a mess. But I love you despite them all.”
― Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King

“His smile turns into a smug smirk and Eldas leans forward once more with hooded eyes. "My queen, ever the researcher."
My queen. The words make me weak in the knees. They no longer fill me with fear. My queen. Those two words are almost as sweet as losing myself in the taste of his mouth.
"My king," I murmur in reply. "Eldas, my king." I am his, and he is mine.”
― Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King

“May tomorrow hold every possibility. And may we be bold and hungry enough to take them for our own.”
― Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King

“I will be the bud that sprouts from the grey rock of this place. I will be the flower that blooms even despite his shadows" page 83”
― Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King

“Love is choice. Just dream, Eldas, and then follow those dreams. I have to go to know.”
― Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King

“we smell of honey and taste of forgotten dreams”
― Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King

“You have a right to nothing of mine that isn't freely given”
― Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King

“I wouldn’t let you upset me,” she mumbles. “Good!” I laugh and smile at her. I see the tiniest smile in return. “I’m just trying to say…we’re not so different. And, maybe, because of that, you can understand how I feel. I had my own dreams, too, Rinni. I had a shop. I wanted to help people with my talents when it came to herbs and potions. The whole town depended on me and invested in me so I could do it. That profession—herbalist—was my painting. But the world wanted me to be something different. “So, no, I’m not held hostage in the literal sense. But it can feel that way, especially because the life I planned for myself is out of reach.”
― Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King