"Don't ever try to leave me again."

"Come here. I told you to go to sleep and you wouldn't go, so now you'll have to take care of me."

"Do you know how hard it's been to not fuck you this whole journey?' he asked inside my head.'Why can't I make love to you? Your husband sent you off to breed with a vampire. Samuel's fangs retracted. 'Last time I checked, I was a vampire."

"My love, one day, you are going to be my wife."

"Red stepped inside my penthouse with her two friends...'Make sure all the staff knows that they need to spoil those three. Give them whatever they want, champagne, the caviar drizzled in hash oil, anything. Even my own stuff to smoke from the crystal bong I got in Paris to the vape pen done in pearl. They need to be impressed."

"I gritted my teeth and forced myself to calm down.'You're the only person I let talk to me this way. You know what would happen if you were anyone else?"

"What are you most scared of? she asked and I wished she hadn't. I didn't like admitting it.'I'm scared of dying alone."

"Pleasure and pain.That was my Melody.She was my poisonso toxic, when sampled,yet,so sweet..."

"And the sorrow sent her spiraling back into sickness."

"If I thought I'd been drawn to her, now I knew, I'd been taken,kidnapped,caged,destroyed,and all the other things that went with someone having complete power over another."

"Say it for me, Rainy. No other man."

"Promise me you won't run off in fear."

"You're not going to start screaming sonnets outside my bedroom window, are you?He winked. 'I just might."

"That was when my hard persona cracked and shattered into pieces. My hands shook as I wiped away all of the tears streaming down my face. The hysteria that I'd held in all night fled my body."

"Anytime you need me, just call. I'll stop everything for you. Any fucking thing on this earth."

"Nothing is bigger than art."

"Why am I terrified?"

"Compliments like that are only going to get you everywhere."

"He's not going to stop this. He's really going to kill himself."

"Miguel came to my restless mind, as he always did when I slept. Old memories never left me alone."

"He growled. The noise echoed through the area. Birds flew from the trees. They appeared like dark dots in the starry sky."

"Women formed from black smoke come to me at night and they scream for me to not cut their throats or twist those tiny necks. They beg and cry. Then right at the moment when I can't take anymore, I rush up to them, slashing at the smoke with my hands. Do they go away? Never. They turn into familiar faces."

"One should never believe the words I speak."

"The expression just set me on edge. He had the look of an injured wild animal. I imagined a hungry lion limping in front of me with a bloody paw. No matter how much the beast stumbled or bled, one would have to always remember that the creature could tear the average human body in half."

"In this cage, behind these bars, I think of you and me."

"He placed his hands to his belt buckle and undid it. 'Just be careful, Red. This isn't a fairytale. No one will save you, if you decide to see how sharp the wolf's teeth really are."

"What made a movie buff different from others was the amount of freakish details they chose to fill their heads with. The typical movie-goer remembered the big lines, the ones that you could find on the film's shirts and posters. Just a bunch of tag-lines used for promotion. A true movie buff memorized the odd ones that said more about the story's theme or characters. A true buff read up on the movie's history."

"Blood is no longer flowing in my brain right now. It's somewhere else."

"I craved to stroke that delicate skin and run my fingers through her tresses as she moaned with hunger. I would grip a thick section of her hair in my hands, wrap it around my fingers, and take her from behind. And she would scream my name."

"Please consult your child's Witch doctor before using this product. Diapers may cause severe allergies, internal bleeding, and irreversible sex change."

"Your arousal is like the sweetest perfume I've ever smelled... I can sense it all around me - tingling against my skin, thickening your blood and shoving me off the edge of insanity."

"We filled the night air with light and shone brighter than all those millions of glittering stars watching us from the sky."

"I already apologized for that.'No, you didn't.'Then I'm sorry.''Fuck your sorry.'Fine. Fuck my sorry."

"Women will be the death of you. Julio entered and sat down. 'That's why I don't mess with them. They make men weak.'You don't mess with them because you're gay."

"The Revolution won't be televised. It's already available on Amazon in ebook format."

"My desire for him exploded into a great hunger. I was dizzy with it."

"I didn't understand what was supposed to happen from our swinging, but the need to make her happy bloomed in my chest."

"I could fall in love with you and have no regrets... I want you so bad. You'll never understand how much."

"We all came to watch her die."

"He smiled and captured my hand..... I attempted to pull my hand away. He tightened his grip just a little and kept my hand encased in his. A warmth spread through to me."

"The only time you've been under me is when I've been inside of you and even then, you're never truly under me. I always remain under you."

"Nervousness from earlier surged back into me. Goodness. He was honey poured over an athletic body. Short, sandy-blond curls outlined his face, which boasted full lips, high cheek bones, and long lashes that any woman would envy. Even with those soft features, his face appeared hard and sculpted by an artist."

"No matter how much he'd done to me, my heart could not be done with him."

"Those fake blue eyes stared back, mocking me. At least the tears didn't show. Thank God. Instead, they ducked back into my eyelids as I tucked my sadness back into my core.... The more my mind flew off in one direction, the more my sanity shattered into pieces that no one could sweep up and glue back together."

"Me, following her home.Her, thinking she's alone.For hours, I watched her paint, sat in the darkness, and marveled."

"I'm impressed you left to keep everyone safe. He tenderly massaged the area above my hipbone with his right thumb.'I've seen vampire men cry and piss their pants after one hour in the sewers by themselves. You've been walking most of the day and all alone."

"If you're not good, I'll burn your-'Yeah, I know. MeShack strolled to his bedroom. 'You'll burn my balls off."

"Weed etiquette rule - whoever rolls the joint, gets the first hit."

"Are you both drunk? I headed up the ladder and propped myself on a swing with no problem. 'Correction, dear brother. Hex held one finger in the air. 'We're exquisitely tipsy."

"Give me another chance. Earlier tonight, you hoped I would be your first. I really did feel honored. I was just caught way off guard, so I fronted a little and rushed upstairs. But when I got to the top, I leaned back against my door and had to catch my breath. I couldn't fucking believe it."