A Fate Inked in Blood Quotes

“I will be at your back until I cross the threshold to Valhalla, Born-in-Fire, whether you want me there or not.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood

“You are mine, Born-in-Fire. Even if only the two of us know it.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood

“It is hard to keep one's wits when faced with a woman as beautiful as the sight of shore to a man who has been lost at sea.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood

“Not all scars we earn are skin-deep, Freya Born-in-Fire. There is no less honor in them.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood

“I wanted you the moment I first set eyes on you. I wanted you in Fjalltindr. I want you now, and tomorrow, and all the tomorrows, Freya.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood

“All of me is yours, Freya. It may not be equal measure to your value, but it's all I have.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood

“I used to dream only of fire and ash," he whispered, running a thumb over my cheek as I lifted my face to meet his gaze. "Now when I close my eyes, all I see is your face.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood

“No oath is worth your life. No amount of vengeance is worth your happiness. I'll let the past burn to ash, Freya, because you are my present. My future. My destiny." He lifted his other hand to cup my face. "I love you.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood

“I see you growing older, silver hair, face marked from smiles rather than worry, more beautiful with every passing day.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood

“You're mine, Born-in-Fire," he answered, reaching out to take my hand. "And I'm yours, even if only the two of us know it.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood

“Where you go, I go, Born-in-Fire. Even if it's to the gates of Valhalla.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood

“So many of those in my life were content to take and take from me, leaving me a barren well. Bjorn alone had taken nothing, asked for nothing, but given me so much. Around him I felt so full, so alive, and I burned with the need to give all of myself to him. To hold nothing back, not my heart, not my soul.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood

“You will not die today, Born-in-Fire, because I will slaughter anyone who comes near you. That is a promise.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood

“Come out and fight like your balls didn’t rot off decades ago!”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood

“In the faint light, I saw him smirk. “Don’t underestimate my tongue, Freya. Especially in the dark.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood

“You don't attack the strong when you're weak, Freya. You bide your time.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood

“Failure always has a price, Freya. But it isn’t always paid by the one who fails.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood

“It was the wanting that made my life hard. If I could only stop wanting, perhaps I might find some happiness in what I had.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood

“You will have everything I have the power to give, Freya. I swear it.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood

“We can choose where we go and what we do, and no one, not even the gods, can stop us, because we are the undated. We make our own destiny. Together.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood

“Again, I was rendered nameless. Just a tool, just a weapon to be wielded by al the men around me. But I'd had enough.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood

“Letting go of my hand, he reached up to touch my face, thumb brushing across the line Vragi’s knife had left on my cheek. “Where is your husband?" What makes you think I’m wed?” I demanded, but he only turned and walked up the slope, ­toward a horse I hadn’t even been aware was tied to a tree. He pulled on a shirt before glancing back at me. “Your ring. Now, where might I find him?” Instinctively I tucked my hand, which bore a plain silver band, into the folds of my skirts. “Why do you wish to know where he is?”
"Because I’m going to kill him. I’m going to make you a free woman so that you can bed me with no concerns for propriety,” he answered, tightening the girth before swinging onto the tall animal’s back. “What other reason could there be?”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood

“Because I’m going to kill him. I’m going to make you a free woman so that you can bed me with no concerns for propriety,” he answered, tightening the girth before swinging onto the tall animal’s back. “What other reason could there be?”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood

“He was ever and always the rock at my back. My love. My life.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood

“There is no future where I would regret choosing you.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood

“I was going to point out that you have a habit of getting very wet around me,” he said. “I’m starting to wonder whether it’s purposeful.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood

“Don't underestimate my tongue, Freya. Especially in the dark.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood

“I was young, and it sank into my mind that the shield maiden would be more monster than woman. Even as a grown man, I . . . I had this vision of what you'd be like." He looked away. "It couldn't have been further from the truth. Not a monster, but a beautiful and brave woman who rescued fish and walks through fire to protect others.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood

“No oath is worth your life. No amount of vengeance is worth your happiness. I’ll let the past burn to ash, Freya, because you are my present. My future. My destiny.” He lifted his other hand to cup my face. “I love you.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood

“It is hard to keep one’s wits when faced with a woman as beautiful as the sight of shore to a man who has been lost at sea.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood