The Duchess and the Orc Quotes

“You are so pure, my brave one,” he whispered. “You are all I have ever dreamt of.”
― Finley Fenn, The Duchess and the Orc

“His voice caught, his head shaking, his finger again jabbing toward her. “I sent you away from me weeping,” he hissed. “I tasted the vastness of your grief, even as you granted me our son’s own name. And yet, today you do this? You welcome me thus? You beg for me and my seed, and flaunt your joy in this? You alter all for me, and my clan? You gain us our freedom, to choose our mates as we wish? To gain our future?”
― Finley Fenn, The Duchess and the Orc

“It is no… easy,” he said, “for a woman to choose any orc, ach? The first orc to meet her — to put scent upon her — already begin to build this bond. This is no fate, the Ka-esh say to me again and again. No force. Woman or orc can yet break this. But it makes… preference.”
― Finley Fenn, The Duchess and the Orc

“You prick,” she managed. “If you make me use a pail, I will dump it on you while you sleep, I swear to the gods.”
― Finley Fenn, The Duchess and the Orc

“You, Simon. For all three. Fear. Longing. Blessing.”
― Finley Fenn, The Duchess and the Orc

“Ach, woman, I wish for you," he said, his voice rough. "More than I have ever wished for any other. You are so pretty, so sweet. So... true.”
― Finley Fenn, The Duchess and the Orc