A Duel with the Vampire Lord Quotes

“I might be the forge maiden, but I am no delicate flower. I am as cold as silver. As strong as iron. I will bend for destiny, but not for any man.”
― Elise Kova, A Duel with the Vampire Lord

“What am I going to do with you?” “Love me forever?” My mouth moves on its own. “Careful, or I just might.”
― Elise Kova, A Duel with the Vampire Lord

“Death keeps a summer home in this forsaken place.”
― Elise Kova, A Duel with the Vampire Lord

“Let them know.” He shrugs. “This world is dark and the night is unyielding; the least we can do is fill it with sweet, forbidden dreams.”
― Elise Kova, A Duel with the Vampire Lord

“That was only the beginning. I cannot wait to see what madness I will push you to with the rest of me.”
― Elise Kova, A Duel with the Vampire Lord

“Knowing when to accept help is a sign of strength, not weakness.”
― Elise Kova, A Duel with the Vampire Lord

“It might feel like it happened so recently for all of you. But that’s not the truth. Those people are long dead. Honor them, but do not tie yourself and the present to the past at the expense of moving forward.”
― Elise Kova, A Duel with the Vampire Lord

“Creation will happen for its own sake. Things happen, regardless of our intent, and all we can do is judge the result. We were helpless to change it in the process.”
― Elise Kova, A Duel with the Vampire Lord

“If my words were silver blades you’d be long dead.”
― Elise Kova, A Duel with the Vampire Lord

“That’s not true. You can be and do whatever your heart desires,” Ruvan says, soft and firm. “Even the vampir who can see the future in someone’s blood will always say that the choice still lies in the beating heart of the person.” I glance away. “I wish you could look into my future. The reassurance would be easier.” “I don’t need to taste your blood to see your future.” His thumb begins to caress mine. “I don’t need magic to see a woman in the process of learning what she wants. I see a woman whose world is so much more than she thought it was, and that threatens her rigid structure.”
― Elise Kova, A Duel with the Vampire Lord

“My bodily needs were met while my soul starved.”
― Elise Kova, A Duel with the Vampire Lord

“But the truth is… The truth is, Ruvan… Even though I was scared. Even though I feel like I’ve never been enough. I still want to try. For you, me, us.”
― Elise Kova, A Duel with the Vampire Lord

“If we’ve ‘hardly done anything’ then how have you become my everything?”
― Elise Kova, A Duel with the Vampire Lord

“What are you?” he rasps. What am I? A strange question coming from a beast like him. I smile wildly. “I am your death.”
― Elise Kova, A Duel with the Vampire Lord

“Transform me into someone who can protect all that I love. Everything I’ve ever known. Make me strong enough to defy all that everyone thought I could be, if only for one night.”
― Elise Kova, A Duel with the Vampire Lord

“But I’m capable of hating a circumstance while still pitying the people trapped within”
― Elise Kova, A Duel with the Vampire Lord

“How do we free ourselves from this torment?” “I don’t know if I want to be free.” His gaze drops farther, to my neck. “You might be torture and temptation incarnate. But you are strength and power. You are damnation and salvation trapped in curves that should be forbidden.”
― Elise Kova, A Duel with the Vampire Lord

“I shouldn’t need everyone to believe in or want the things I believed in and wanted.”
― Elise Kova, A Duel with the Vampire Lord

“palms sweaty,”
― Elise Kova, A Duel with the Vampire Lord

“Multiple trips are for the weak.”
― Elise Kova, A Duel with the Vampire Lord

“I’ve been so scared. I’ve been angry and confused—at myself, at the people who raised me.”
― Elise Kova, A Duel with the Vampire Lord

“Everyone has power, if they claim it.”
― Elise Kova, A Duel with the Vampire Lord

“I might be the forge maiden, but I am no delicate flower. I am as cold as silver. As strong as iron. I will bend for destiny, but not for any man. CHAPTER 2 No one notices my white knuckles; they’re too busy cheering.”
― Elise Kova, A Duel with the Vampire Lord

“Stay in line and do everything you’re told. Never think about anything else because if you do you might realize just how suffocating all the demands and expectations are.”
― Elise Kova, A Duel with the Vampire Lord

“Every step is progress, even if we can’t see it in the moment.”
― Elise Kova, A Duel with the Vampire Lord

“We both looked at each other and saw a monster in those early nights. In some ways we were right. In many we were so wrong.”
― Elise Kova, A Duel with the Vampire Lord

“Even the strongest steel can bend…with enough patience, time, and force.”
― Elise Kova, A Duel with the Vampire Lord

“This world is dark and the night is unyielding; the least we can do is fill it with sweet, forbidden dreams.”
― Elise Kova, A Duel with the Vampire Lord

“Nothing cuts deeper than hope.”
― Elise Kova, A Duel with the Vampire Lord

“Now, I wait to learn if the feelings are mutual—what face she thinks is my true one. Am I the monster or the man to her?”
― Elise Kova, A Duel with the Vampire Lord