Secrets of the Sword I Quotes

“Valmeyjar Thorvald, great warrioress and overcomer of the weaknesses of her mongrel heritage, will you marry me, Lord Zavryd’nokquetal the great and noble dragon, and mate with me vigorously every night after making me meat?”
― Lindsay Buroker, Secrets of the Sword I

“I have searched for many days on many worlds to find the vile dragon who hired an assassin to slay you. Then I fought him on land and in the sky in a ferocious battle that lasted many hours.” Zav touched a hand to the puncture wound in his side. “Then I thwarted the magical illusions and traps that hid and protected his ill-gotten hoard of treasures so that I could find a ring worthy of your finger. This was a noble quest and sufficient to proclaim to the Cosmic Realms—and the idiot vermin on your planet—that we are eternal partners and to be wed in the way of humans so that you will be my mate, and I will be your dragon. Always.”
― Lindsay Buroker, Secrets of the Sword I

“You are my mate. Your honor is my honor.”
― Lindsay Buroker, Secrets of the Sword I

“Your contagious enthusiasm makes me want to jump for joy. Or slit my wrists. It’s one of those.”
― Lindsay Buroker, Secrets of the Sword I

“I dropped the Earl Grey tea packet into the mug of steaming water and set it down in front of him. If it worked for Captain Picard, it ought to work for a dragon.”
― Lindsay Buroker, Secrets of the Sword I