“You are my heart as it beats within my chest, my soul as it moves through my mind. The breath in my body that so fascinates you is your essence pouring in and out of me in a wave that drowns me over and over again until I cannot breathe for wanting you. Needing you.”
―
Jacquelyn Frank,
Elijah
“Don't you know you take my heart with you everywhere you go?” ― Jacquelyn Frank
“She had told him that she loved him. He had known that, but hearing it in the traditional phrase had affected him in new and blinding ways.Ways that made him believe that he could do anything.Anything she needed or wanted him to do. Because her loving him meant so much more than him loving her.” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Damien
“Whenever I see you, I am overcome with the urge to be rooted within you, to be buried deep so your body can nourish me.” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Jacob
“You know," Elijah raised a hand to shake a finger at her, "you have an attitude problem.""I certainly do. Your attitude is a huge problem for me.” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Elijah
“But crazy people never think they're crazy. You're sane just by the virtue of the question.” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Seduce Me in Dreams
“Now Bella, you know Jacob adores you. He naturally wants to protect you. He literally worships the ground you walk on.""Ha ha," Bella said dryly. "Earth demon. Worship the ground. Cute. Really cute.” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Gideon
“It was never my intention to cause you pain. Whether you feel strongly or very little, that does not excuse thoughtless behavior." - Adam” ― Jacquelyn Frank
“I am going to devour you, Magdelegna,” he promised her, the darkness of his cravings coming to bear on her fully at last. “You wanted to know my passions? Allow me to introduce them to you.” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Gideon
“Do you think, little flower, that there will ever come a day when you regret meeting me?” he asked quietly.“Yes,” she said simply.“I see,” he said tightly.“Would you like a specific date?”“You are teasing me,” he realized suddenly.“No, I’m dead serious. I have an exact date in mind.”Jacob pulled back to see her eyes, looking utterly perplexed as her pupils sparkled with mischief.“What date is that? And why are you thinking of pink elephants?”“The date is September 8, because, according to Gideon, that’s possibly the day I will go into labor. I say ‘possibly,’ because combining all this human/Druid and Demon DNA ‘may make for a longer period of gestation than usual for a human,’ as the Ancient medic recently quoted. Now, as I understand it, women always regret ever letting a man touch them on that day.”Jacob lurched to his feet, dropping her onto her toes, grabbing her by the arms, and holding her still as he raked a wild, inspecting gaze over her body.“You are pregnant?” he demanded, shaking her a little. “How long have you known? You went into battle with that monster while you are carrying my child?”“Our child,” she corrected indignantly, her fists landing firmly on her hips, “and Gideon only just told me, like, five seconds ago, so I didn’t know I was pregnant when I was fighting that thing!”“But . . . he healed you just a few days ago! Why not tell you then?”“Because I wasn’t pregnant then, Jacob. If you recall, we did make love between then and now.”“Oh . . . oh Bella . . .” he said, his breath rushing from him all of a sudden.He looked as if he needed to sit down and put a paper bag over his head. She reached to steady him as he sat back awkwardly on the altar. He leaned his forearms on his thighs, bending over them as he tried to catch his breath. Bella had the strangest urge to giggle, but she bit her lower lip to repress to impulse.So much for the calm, cool, collected Enforcer who struck terror into the hearts of Demons everywhere.“That is not funny,” he grumbled indignantly.“Yeah? You should see what you look like from over here,” she teased.“If you laugh at me I swear I am going to take you over my knee.”“Promises, promises,” she laughed, hugging him with delight. Finally, Jacob laughed as well, his arm snaking out to circle her waist and draw her back into his lap.“Did you ask . . . I mean, does he know what it is?”“It’s a baby. I told him I didn’t want to know what it is. And don’t you dare find out, because you know the minute you do I’ll know, and if you spoil the surprise I’ll murder you.”“Damn . . . she kills a couple of Demons and suddenly thinks she can order all of us around,” he taunted, pulling her close until he was nuzzling her neck, wondering if it was possible for such an underused heart as his to contain so much happiness.” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Jacob
“She had spent days balancing on the edge of a choice. A choice, she had suddenly realized, that was never truly a matter of selection. It was what Damien had seemed to know from the start. The only choice she could make was to ignore the demands of her heart and her spirit, both of which she had tried to ignore no matter how loudly they had screamed at her. In truth, there was no choice. She was meant to be his, and he was meant to be hers. She had searched day after day for outside proof of this, only to realize that there was none, and never would be. The proof was stamped in the desires of her soul. It was the instinct that had been born in her, flipped on like a switch, the moment it had flipped on as brilliantly in him. Only he had seen the light, and she had been blinded by it.” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Damien
“I think there is something to be said for a well-publicized ass-kicking.” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Noah
“But I must tell you that..." he paused and his voice filled with infinite gentleness and tenderness. "You are so very precious to me," he whispered against her neck. "You are my heart as it moves within my chest, my soul as it moves through my mind. The breath in my body that so fascinates you is your essence pouring in and out of me in a wave that drowns me over and over again until I cannot breathe for wanting you. Needing you.” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Elijah
“The biggest mistake you can ever make it to compare yourself to others. - Gideon” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Adam
“He closed his eyes and clenched his jaw until she thought he would break a tooth. No doubt he was giving himself a very intense lecture on inappropriate thoughts during lifesaving moments.” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Noah
“Oh yeah, you’re a regular sage. Shouldn’t you be sitting on a mountain somewhere cultivating a long white beard waiting for knowledge seekers to come to you?” “Have I mentioned that sarcasm has the potential to be detrimental to the natural beauty of your face?” he countered.” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Noah
“Bella . . . my sweet little flower,” he said softly, reverently as he took her head between his hands and pressed their foreheads together. “After over four hundred years of solitude, I think I am ready for you and an entire barrel full of children. Nothing could please me more.”“Oh, Jacob,” she sighed with delight, kissing his lips eagerly. “How did I get so lucky?”“Well, as I recall . . . you had the bad luck to fall out of a window.”“Ah, but that was good luck, because you caught me.”“No, little flower,” he murmured, pausing to kiss her deeply and thoroughly. “I think it is safe to say that you are the one who caught me.” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Jacob
“I would think you an utter fool if you did not doubt me, warrior. Instead, I am forced to respect your uncommon intelligence. Now what, do you suppose, should I do from there?” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Elijah
“Stop fussing,” Legna admonished her, tapping her finger against Isabella’s absently energetic hand.“I’m getting married in a few minutes, Legna, I think I’ve a right to fuss.” Isabella felt her heart turn over as she spoke aloud, listening to herself talk about her impending marriage.“Well, brides are supposed to be blushing, as I understand it. At the moment you are no less than five shades of gray.” Legna continued with her interrupted weaving of more ribbons in Isabella’s hair. “And as much as it matches the silver of your dress, I think you would look better with a little natural color.” Legna reached to smooth down a portion of the shimmering silver fabric that draped off of the bride’s shoulders in a Grecian fashion. “You know,” she pressed, “there are only two nights in a year when Demons perform a joining ceremony. Samhain and Beltane. If you pass out tonight, you will have to wait until next spring.”“Thanks for the bulletin. You’re too kind,” Isabella retorted dryly.“Actually, purely out of kindness, I will tell you that your future husband is just shy of tossing his cookies himself, so you can take comfort in knowing he is just as nervous as you are.”“Legna!” Bella laughed. “You’re a wretch!” She turned to look at the female Demon, briefly admiring how pretty she looked in her soft white chiffon gown. “And how would you know? You’re standing too close to me to be able to sense his emotions.”“Because when I went to fetch the ribbons, he was seated next to Noah with his head between his knees.” Legna giggled. “I have never seen anything rattle Jacob before. I cannot help but find it amusing.” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Jacob
“Don't you know you take my heart with you everywhere you go?” ― Jacquelyn Frank
“She had told him that she loved him. He had known that, but hearing it in the traditional phrase had affected him in new and blinding ways.Ways that made him believe that he could do anything.Anything she needed or wanted him to do. Because her loving him meant so much more than him loving her.” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Damien
“Whenever I see you, I am overcome with the urge to be rooted within you, to be buried deep so your body can nourish me.” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Jacob
“You know," Elijah raised a hand to shake a finger at her, "you have an attitude problem.""I certainly do. Your attitude is a huge problem for me.” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Elijah
“But crazy people never think they're crazy. You're sane just by the virtue of the question.” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Seduce Me in Dreams
“Now Bella, you know Jacob adores you. He naturally wants to protect you. He literally worships the ground you walk on.""Ha ha," Bella said dryly. "Earth demon. Worship the ground. Cute. Really cute.” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Gideon
“It was never my intention to cause you pain. Whether you feel strongly or very little, that does not excuse thoughtless behavior." - Adam” ― Jacquelyn Frank
“I am going to devour you, Magdelegna,” he promised her, the darkness of his cravings coming to bear on her fully at last. “You wanted to know my passions? Allow me to introduce them to you.” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Gideon
“Do you think, little flower, that there will ever come a day when you regret meeting me?” he asked quietly.“Yes,” she said simply.“I see,” he said tightly.“Would you like a specific date?”“You are teasing me,” he realized suddenly.“No, I’m dead serious. I have an exact date in mind.”Jacob pulled back to see her eyes, looking utterly perplexed as her pupils sparkled with mischief.“What date is that? And why are you thinking of pink elephants?”“The date is September 8, because, according to Gideon, that’s possibly the day I will go into labor. I say ‘possibly,’ because combining all this human/Druid and Demon DNA ‘may make for a longer period of gestation than usual for a human,’ as the Ancient medic recently quoted. Now, as I understand it, women always regret ever letting a man touch them on that day.”Jacob lurched to his feet, dropping her onto her toes, grabbing her by the arms, and holding her still as he raked a wild, inspecting gaze over her body.“You are pregnant?” he demanded, shaking her a little. “How long have you known? You went into battle with that monster while you are carrying my child?”“Our child,” she corrected indignantly, her fists landing firmly on her hips, “and Gideon only just told me, like, five seconds ago, so I didn’t know I was pregnant when I was fighting that thing!”“But . . . he healed you just a few days ago! Why not tell you then?”“Because I wasn’t pregnant then, Jacob. If you recall, we did make love between then and now.”“Oh . . . oh Bella . . .” he said, his breath rushing from him all of a sudden.He looked as if he needed to sit down and put a paper bag over his head. She reached to steady him as he sat back awkwardly on the altar. He leaned his forearms on his thighs, bending over them as he tried to catch his breath. Bella had the strangest urge to giggle, but she bit her lower lip to repress to impulse.So much for the calm, cool, collected Enforcer who struck terror into the hearts of Demons everywhere.“That is not funny,” he grumbled indignantly.“Yeah? You should see what you look like from over here,” she teased.“If you laugh at me I swear I am going to take you over my knee.”“Promises, promises,” she laughed, hugging him with delight. Finally, Jacob laughed as well, his arm snaking out to circle her waist and draw her back into his lap.“Did you ask . . . I mean, does he know what it is?”“It’s a baby. I told him I didn’t want to know what it is. And don’t you dare find out, because you know the minute you do I’ll know, and if you spoil the surprise I’ll murder you.”“Damn . . . she kills a couple of Demons and suddenly thinks she can order all of us around,” he taunted, pulling her close until he was nuzzling her neck, wondering if it was possible for such an underused heart as his to contain so much happiness.” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Jacob
“She had spent days balancing on the edge of a choice. A choice, she had suddenly realized, that was never truly a matter of selection. It was what Damien had seemed to know from the start. The only choice she could make was to ignore the demands of her heart and her spirit, both of which she had tried to ignore no matter how loudly they had screamed at her. In truth, there was no choice. She was meant to be his, and he was meant to be hers. She had searched day after day for outside proof of this, only to realize that there was none, and never would be. The proof was stamped in the desires of her soul. It was the instinct that had been born in her, flipped on like a switch, the moment it had flipped on as brilliantly in him. Only he had seen the light, and she had been blinded by it.” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Damien
“I think there is something to be said for a well-publicized ass-kicking.” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Noah
“But I must tell you that..." he paused and his voice filled with infinite gentleness and tenderness. "You are so very precious to me," he whispered against her neck. "You are my heart as it moves within my chest, my soul as it moves through my mind. The breath in my body that so fascinates you is your essence pouring in and out of me in a wave that drowns me over and over again until I cannot breathe for wanting you. Needing you.” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Elijah
“The biggest mistake you can ever make it to compare yourself to others. - Gideon” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Adam
“He closed his eyes and clenched his jaw until she thought he would break a tooth. No doubt he was giving himself a very intense lecture on inappropriate thoughts during lifesaving moments.” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Noah
“Oh yeah, you’re a regular sage. Shouldn’t you be sitting on a mountain somewhere cultivating a long white beard waiting for knowledge seekers to come to you?” “Have I mentioned that sarcasm has the potential to be detrimental to the natural beauty of your face?” he countered.” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Noah
“Bella . . . my sweet little flower,” he said softly, reverently as he took her head between his hands and pressed their foreheads together. “After over four hundred years of solitude, I think I am ready for you and an entire barrel full of children. Nothing could please me more.”“Oh, Jacob,” she sighed with delight, kissing his lips eagerly. “How did I get so lucky?”“Well, as I recall . . . you had the bad luck to fall out of a window.”“Ah, but that was good luck, because you caught me.”“No, little flower,” he murmured, pausing to kiss her deeply and thoroughly. “I think it is safe to say that you are the one who caught me.” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Jacob
“I would think you an utter fool if you did not doubt me, warrior. Instead, I am forced to respect your uncommon intelligence. Now what, do you suppose, should I do from there?” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Elijah
“Stop fussing,” Legna admonished her, tapping her finger against Isabella’s absently energetic hand.“I’m getting married in a few minutes, Legna, I think I’ve a right to fuss.” Isabella felt her heart turn over as she spoke aloud, listening to herself talk about her impending marriage.“Well, brides are supposed to be blushing, as I understand it. At the moment you are no less than five shades of gray.” Legna continued with her interrupted weaving of more ribbons in Isabella’s hair. “And as much as it matches the silver of your dress, I think you would look better with a little natural color.” Legna reached to smooth down a portion of the shimmering silver fabric that draped off of the bride’s shoulders in a Grecian fashion. “You know,” she pressed, “there are only two nights in a year when Demons perform a joining ceremony. Samhain and Beltane. If you pass out tonight, you will have to wait until next spring.”“Thanks for the bulletin. You’re too kind,” Isabella retorted dryly.“Actually, purely out of kindness, I will tell you that your future husband is just shy of tossing his cookies himself, so you can take comfort in knowing he is just as nervous as you are.”“Legna!” Bella laughed. “You’re a wretch!” She turned to look at the female Demon, briefly admiring how pretty she looked in her soft white chiffon gown. “And how would you know? You’re standing too close to me to be able to sense his emotions.”“Because when I went to fetch the ribbons, he was seated next to Noah with his head between his knees.” Legna giggled. “I have never seen anything rattle Jacob before. I cannot help but find it amusing.” ― Jacquelyn Frank, Jacob
