Knight's Oath Quotes

“He wanted to say: if you need time, you can have it. He’d marry her that hour, or he’d wait years; no matter what she needed, he would be there. But he didn’t want to bring up the injury, or ask her for the dozenth time if she was okay. So instead he only rubbed his thumbs against the back of her hands, and told her that he loved her.”
― Juliette Caruso, Knight's Oath

“Are you so determined that we shouldn’t find a way? Would you rather I gave up on you? Because I can’t.” “You’d only regret it anyways,” she said, voice cracking. He was so close she thought he might lean down and kiss her. “You’d wake up in five years married to a woman who doesn’t even know how to wash her own clothes, and stuck in some little village when you could have been a Duke.” “Lucky for us, I know how to do laundry,” Corin whispered, leaning over and bringing his other hand up to her face. “And I’m fairly certain my aunt wouldn’t”
― Juliette Caruso, Knight's Oath

“Still. I can’t help wondering if they’re prettier, or better, or…” “Don’t,” he said, his voice low but sharp. “Nobody’s prettier to me than you. So don’t do that, Eliana.” He rolled back onto his side and kissed her forehead gently.”
― Juliette Caruso, Knight's Oath

“I don’t regret what I said about him,” Corin said flatly. “I regret how I said it to you. But the truth is, Eliana, it’s getting harder every day to just…“ his hands clenched into fists. “I can’t watch you marry someone else.” “Oh,” she said. Eliana bit her lip and folded her hands together. “I’ll stay your friend. I’ll bite my tongue better next time. But if you’re expecting me to watch you… watch you flirt, and congratulate you, don’t. Because I can’t. I’ve never once felt the way I do about you, and I won’t ever again.” He folded his arms over his chest.”
― Juliette Caruso, Knight's Oath

“But you’d be better in the bed,” she said. “Just mind you don’t get any ideas.”  It was too late for that. The image of the shift clinging to her chilled skin would probably be burned into his head until the end of time. But he’d never take advantage of someone. She could at least trust him for that. “Not a one,” he told her. “My head’s too full of tax codes to fit any new ideas.”
― Juliette Caruso, Knight's Oath

“Corin stared like an idiot, forgetting to breathe. He didn’t believe in love at first sight. Lust, certainly. That, he’d experienced any number of times. But the woman in front of him, the woman he’d never expected to see again, was more than just beautiful.”
― Juliette Caruso, Knight's Oath