Ruthless King Quotes

“He growled. “Because I had such big fucking plans for after this dinner.”
“I don’t know how she’d know.” Maxheim finally looked up. “And I don’t know what any of this has to do with dinner.”
Nikolai growled low. His omega’s eyelids sunk to half-mast. The fork in his hand bent. He barely resisted the urge to command her to get on the table and crawl the length to come to him.
“For fuck’s sake, could you two make this any harder?” Alexi’s voice had dropped, responding no doubt to the increased pheromones in the air. “Unless this is going to end in an orgy—”
“Get out.” Everyone froze.
“I’m not finished eating.” Alexi sounded amused.
“All of you,” Nikolai roared. “Except for my omega. You stay right where you are.”
― Alison Aimes, Ruthless King

“Nikolai’s expression softened. “I understand. This seemed a hells of a lot more black and white to me too before you arrived. You would become a Skolov. You would accept your role as my omega and fated mate and embrace what is between us. Justice would be served, revenge doled out, and the Skolov family secured. But now…” He wrapped his hand around her wrist and drew her closer, his thumb skimming back and forth over the sensitive pulse point. “Now that I see how much it’s tearing you apart,” he pounded his chest with his other hand, “and I feel it here, it’s not so easy, after all.”

Her heart beat a little faster. She fell a little harder.”
― Alison Aimes, Ruthless King