Coerce Quotes

“You can love a monster, it can even love you back, but that doesn’t change its nature.” ~ Eliza Crewe”
― Candice M. Wright, Coerce

“I tried in my way to be a good guy for her but I set us both up to fall. She fell in love with a man who doesn’t exist and in turn, I punished her for loving him.”
― Candice M. Wright, Coerce

“I’m not a good man, Ivy, but I can be good to you.”
― Candice M. Wright, Coerce

“I don’t want to be your friend, Ivy. I want to fuck you.”
― Candice M. Wright, Coerce

“I’ve only been with one man, Atlas. You. I gave you that gift and you just shit all over it by implying you could so recklessly throw it away. If your master plan was to make me fearful of the stalker outside these walls then you fucked up because the only man I’m scared of right now is the one standing in front of me.”
― Candice M. Wright, Coerce

“Atlas grips the edge of the door as he gets in and Kenzo’s eyes zero in on the red smear, making my stomach cramp. This cannot be happening. “You got a little something on your hand, boss,” he remarks. “Hmm…I know. It was dessert.” “Was it good?” Oh my god. Stop talking. Please stop talking. “Oh yeah but then I always did have a thing for cherries.”
― Candice M. Wright, Coerce

“Pete, Kenzo, watch my daughter.” He yanks me to my feet and tosses me over his shoulder. “I need to fuck my wife.”
― Candice M. Wright, Coerce

“Ivy doesn’t need a hero to carry her away, she needs a villain to cut and slay anyone who stands in her path. Lucky for her, a little blood never bothered me.”
― Candice M. Wright, Coerce

“Do you want to hurt me?” “Sometimes.” He admits. “I like it when you scream.”
― Candice M. Wright, Coerce

“Alright, sweet Ivy. You get yourself all glammed up and I’ll take you out on a date tonight, but…” I look up at him. All gentleness is wiped from his face. “If anyone touches you, I’ll cut their fingers off and shove them down their throats.” Yeah, Atlas doesn’t do sweet at all.”
― Candice M. Wright, Coerce

“You’re mine. You might not understand it right now, Ivy, but you will. I’m not a good man, but I can be good to you.”
― Candice M. Wright, Coerce

“Evil can just as likely wear a suit and Rolex as it can dirty jeans and a wifebeater. The black ooze of maliciousness is present in all walks of life.”
― Candice M. Wright, Coerce

“I did not stalk you. More like I professionally pursued you.”
― Candice M. Wright, Coerce

“Ivy is far stronger than she realizes. Ivy doesn’t need a hero to carry her away, she needs a villain to cut and slay anyone who stands in her path. Lucky for her, a little blood never bothered me.”
― Candice M. Wright, Coerce

“I don’t want to hurt you.” I close my eyes and nod. “I know, but we both know you will anyway. What can I do?” I shrug. “Hold on to me and when you fall, take me with you. I don’t know what love is, Ivy, but if I could ever love anyone it would be you. I just don’t know how to fall.” I smile. “That’s okay. I’ll just pull an Atlas and push you.”
― Candice M. Wright, Coerce

“I hope you know what you’re doing. I like this one.” “So do I, Kenzo. That’s why it has to be this way.” He sighs but he doesn’t disagree. As much as he likes her, I know when it comes down to it, he’ll always have my back. Even if that means hurting Ivy in the process.”
― Candice M. Wright, Coerce

“My mama always said, “Never stay with a man who makes you cry more than he makes you laugh.”
― Candice M. Wright, Coerce

“You’re pretty good at this whole white knight thing, Atlas.” His body goes tense. I lift my head and see a muscle in his cheek tick. “I’m no hero, Ivy. You start thinking like that and you’ll only end up disappointed.” “You can be whoever you need to be out there, but you’ll always be my hero even if the only person you’re saving me from is myself.”
― Candice M. Wright, Coerce

“Blood crimes are always paid back in blood tenfold. For making my sister bleed, I made his mother, sister, aunt, and bride bleed.”
― Candice M. Wright, Coerce

“I think you might just be my favorite human right now.” He chuckles, pulling out into rush-hour traffic. “Don’t let Mr. Monroe hear you say that. I think he’d rather like that title for himself.”
― Candice M. Wright, Coerce

“Hmm...so feisty. Tell me, is this fire just for me, or do you run this hot for every man?”
― Candice M. Wright, Coerce

“Money and power. It’s what the world is built on and nobody is beyond corruption.”
― Candice M. Wright, Coerce

“If you ever find yourself in a situation like this or the one you did with my father, I don’t want you to ever question my loyalty to you. You’re only focus is survival. I’ll find who took you and I’ll come for you. After I’ve killed them, I’ll fuck you in a pool of their blood to remind you who you belong to. I will never look at you as anything less than I do right now. And Ivy, you already know you’re everything to me.”
― Candice M. Wright, Coerce

“I find them for a fee, then send them back either dead or in tip-top condition so whoever hired me can do the honors.”
― Candice M. Wright, Coerce

“I’m not a good man, Ivy, but I can be good to you.” He breathes against my lips. He said this to me before, right at the start, but I never paid much attention. I’m sure as shit listening now.”
― Candice M. Wright, Coerce

“You’re mine now, Ivy. It will be my ring on your finger and my seed in your belly. If you try to run from me again, I’ll lock you up, shackle you to me figuratively and literally to keep you by my side. Don’t push me, baby, because you’ll never win, not against me,” he warns me before licking away my tears.”
― Candice M. Wright, Coerce

“I locked the door when I left earlier, after I slipped the sedative in Ivy’s drink. Nobody would be nuts enough to come up to my office and walk in unannounced anyway, but I’m not willing to risk Ivy’s life on it.”
― Candice M. Wright, Coerce

“It’s the kind of love that pulls you into its current before drowning you in its unforgiving inky depths.”
― Candice M. Wright, Coerce