Sundowners Quotes

“Rey’s stress had my skin twitching with the need to act as well.”
― R.L. Merrill, Sundowners

“Anger rolled off Rey like the crashing waves that had battered the Santa Cruz coastline to the point that many houses were in danger of toppling into the ocean. Rey’s fury was in danger of toppling him over the edge.”
― R.L. Merrill, Sundowners

“Stay there and look pretty, would you?”
― R.L. Merrill, Sundowners

“It’s not…weird. I thought it would be weird. It’s not.”

“It’s you, Roman. It could never be anything but perfect for me.”
― R.L. Merrill, Sundowners

“He blinked these big amber eyes of his, now softer than before, less afraid, less cagey.”
― R.L. Merrill, Sundowners

“You’re really going to hold back because I get a little dizzy around you. Get over it and get on with it.”
― R.L. Merrill, Sundowners

“Sundowning…you know the term? How patients who are experiencing dementia have a shift in the afternoons and evenings? They become agitated, upset, their symptoms are worse. When I’m there, I take it in, take that extra negative energy away from them, and they feel better.”
― R.L. Merrill, Sundowners

“This time Roman sat next to me at the conference table, with Rey watching me like a hawk.”
― R.L. Merrill, Sundowners

“I was still weaker than I’d been in many, many years, but I had resolve.”
― R.L. Merrill, Sundowners

“And there is was, Creed’s smile. A little dimmer than the one I desperately needed to see returning, but I’d take it.”
― R.L. Merrill, Sundowners

“I don’t know where this boldness was coming from, where I had the gall to decide how things were going to be, but it was what I wanted, what I could see coming to fruition.”
― R.L. Merrill, Sundowners

“There was great power here. And power corrupts.”
― R.L. Merrill, Sundowners

“A kind expression does not equal a kind being.”
― R.L. Merrill, Sundowners

“This was way too cliché, but I knew I was in trouble.”
― R.L. Merrill, Sundowners

“He knew he had me. There was no way I was going to let him take them without me.”
― R.L. Merrill, Sundowners

“It’s one thing to hear me talk about an Exchange in abstract terms and another for you to offer yourself to me without fully comprehending what the ritual is about.”
― R.L. Merrill, Sundowners

“His name was on the tip of my tongue. My lips yearned to call him back, to confess, to express how much I desperately wanted him, wanted the same things he did. But I fought the urge. I let him walk away.”
― R.L. Merrill, Sundowners

“This was a precipice that I created, that I allowed to form between us. I had the choice to step across and fall into a situation where I had no control over the outcome.”
― R.L. Merrill, Sundowners

“Would I be led to another selfish act because of loneliness?”
― R.L. Merrill, Sundowners

“Baby, you tell most people you’re a vampire and they think you’re playing a game.”
― R.L. Merrill, Sundowners

“The best way to fool people is to make them believe it’s all a fantasy.”
― R.L. Merrill, Sundowners

“I continue to follow the Way. It’s served me well. I made an oath.”
― R.L. Merrill, Sundowners

“We kissed for a long time, and it was enough to sate me, the taste of him, his scent, his lust, all of it fed me. I was drunk on him, the buzz so good. And yet. I wanted more.”
― R.L. Merrill, Sundowners

“His dark eyes were so kind, not judgmental like those of some of the other people I’d tried to talk to over the past fifty years, and the sorrow I usually felt pouring from him was gone. In its place was empathy. Admiration, maybe. And he still wanted me, that was clear, and not just from the bulge in his pants that pressed against my thigh.”
― R.L. Merrill, Sundowners

“I had that sensation like when you’ve just recently fallen asleep and you feel like you’re walking along all fine and dandy and you miss a step. My whole body just jerked as I fell.”
― R.L. Merrill, Sundowners

“Her lip twitched as if he wanted to smile, and I felt a rush of heat from him.”
― R.L. Merrill, Sundowners

“I pulled him closer and inhaled against his neck. His scent made my mouth water and my canines ache with desire.”
― R.L. Merrill, Sundowners

“I hated for him to be carrying all of this weight, and I knew I could heal him. Him coming willingly to me for comfort was as much consent as I needed.”
― R.L. Merrill, Sundowners

“The pain coming from him was feeding my soul, but I hated it.”
― R.L. Merrill, Sundowners

“You come on strong, and just when I think I’ll call your bluff, you take a step back.”
― R.L. Merrill, Sundowners