Throne of the Horde King Quotes

“She smiled. And that smile damn near killed me. Beautiful in her simple joy. I’d never seen anything like it.”
― Zoey Draven, Throne of the Horde King

“Everything I have done,” came Arik’s ragged whisper, dipping his head low to peer into my eyes, which…which I thought might be glowing blue, given the reflection in his own, “was meant to keep you safe.” “Nik, it was meant to keep you whole,” I corrected quietly. His brow furrowed at my strange word. “Because you broke me a little to keep yourself safe. You took from me and gave nothing of you.”
― Zoey Draven, Throne of the Horde King

“I did not cling to you!” I exclaimed. My face flamed. “Or the other things!” He threw me a smug smirk. “You did, rullari. Now that you’ve seen my naked chest, I’m afraid you might not be able to keep your hands to yourself.”
― Zoey Draven, Throne of the Horde King

“Perhaps the question should’ve been…was Arik worthy of me?”
― Zoey Draven, Throne of the Horde King

“if the Dothikkar ever learned of my attachment to Kara, to this female who took me by surprise at every turn, he would come after her too.”
― Zoey Draven, Throne of the Horde King

“I still couldn’t shake the feeling that I didn’t belong. That I was meant to be home, in Dothik. Instead, I was in the westlands. A king in my own right even though another throne would’ve been my birthright. Home. This was my home now. I needed to remember that.”
― Zoey Draven, Throne of the Horde King

“Let me make one thing clear to you, saila,” he purred in my ear, his arms coming around me again to take control of the reins. “I am a Vorakkar. I am here only because I have a duty to Dakkar. You are here because I think I can use you. And when I am done using you, then that will be the end of it.”
― Zoey Draven, Throne of the Horde King

“Anger had consumed my mother. Fear consumed my father. I didn’t want to be either. Angry or afraid.”
― Zoey Draven, Throne of the Horde King

“The outside world beyond the temple was…confusing. It was strange and mean and duplicitous but also exciting and wonderful. Everything that Arik was, I realized.”
― Zoey Draven, Throne of the Horde King

“Not everything has to be for a price, Vorakkar. And if everything in your life has been traded and haggled over and paid for, then I am relieved that nothing in mine has been.”
― Zoey Draven, Throne of the Horde King

“I’d been restless my entire life. Achingly, clawingly so. That restless boredom ate at me. It buzzed under my skin. Knowing that I’d likely never see anything beyond the Orala Pass, knowing I’d likely die within these walls…it scared me like nothing else ever had.”
― Zoey Draven, Throne of the Horde King