“Love is quite like reading, I expect. Once you know how, you can’t ever imagine not doing it.”
―
Kerrigan Byrne,
The Highwayman
“Of course it's all-consuming, but love- real love- doesn't destroy or smother. It's the very opposite of a weakness. Love strengthens. It liberates. It molds itself to every fiber of your being and fortifies you where where you may be broken.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, The Highwayman
“You'll never be rid of me now." It would have been a tease from a less serious man, but coming from Dorian, it sounded like a dire warning. "You may come to regret it. My demons will haunt our lives."Farah reached for his wrist, stilling his hand and capturing his eyes with her own to make certain he understood her words. "I don't mind battling a few demons when I'm living with their king." She smiled. "And I think, after a time, we'll chase them away together.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, The Highwayman
“The last thing he heard was the sound of his Fairy, his wife, screaming his name. His last thought was he had failed her. He had lost her forever.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, The Highwayman
“It is an easy thing to commit a sin and say that ‘the devil made me do it,’ and then cast that sin on him. But this life has taught me that we make ourselves into the monsters that we are. That the blood we spill is on our own hands.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, The Hunter
“She looked up at him with those eyes, and Dougan experienced a pang of love so intense and ferocious it felt as though it didn't belong in this holy room.He began the incantation he remembered from watching once from behind his mother's skirts when he was young.'Ye are blood of my blood, and bone of my bone.I give ye my body, that we two might be one.I give ye my spirit, 'til our life shall be done.'Farah needed a bit of prompting to remember all the words, but she said them with such fervency that Dougan was touched.Slipping a ring of a willow herb vine onto her finger, he recited the sacred olde vows with perfect clarity, but translated them into English for her sake.'I made ye my heartAt the rising of the moon.To love and honor,Through all our lives.May we be reborn,May our souls meet and know.And love again.And remember.'She looked lost and mystified for a moment, then announced, "Me, too.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, The Highwayman
“There are only two indisputable facts in this world: One, that the sun will set in the west. And two, that I'll come for you. Always.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo
“Sometimes I feel that I could stand in the middle of the square and scream and thrash about like a wildling, and no one would notice.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, Unwanted
“It was written in those stars that we meet.” His voice gathered a tender fervency that unstitched something from inside Mena’s soul. “We are bound in some inescapable way, thee and me. I’ve known it since I first laid eyes on ye in that dress.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, The Highlander
“I give ye my vow as Laird of the Mackenzie clan that if I happen to encounter the man who hurt ye, I’ll put my dagger through his eye.” He’d done his best to keep his voice light, but he meant every word.She stepped back into his embrace with an ironic noise. “And they say Highlanders aren’t romantic.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, The Highlander
“I recall being quite captivated when we first met," he said lightly. "Helpless, I daresay."Farah's snort turned into a reluctant laugh. "Don't be charming. It doesn't suit you."The glimmer in his blue eye became a twinkle, the curve of his mouth lifted a little too far to be called a smirk anymore. But a smile? Almost... "No one's ever accused me of being charming before.""You don't say." Lord, were they- flirting?” ― Kerrigan Byrne, The Highwayman
“All that is or ever was good in me begins and ends with you. Every time I said you were mine, I meant that I was yours. Always. Always.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo
“Nothing else need be said between them. No words or platitudes uttered. No fears or sins confessed. He saw absolution in her eyes. Understanding. Acceptance.And still he gave her a moment. A warning. A chance to escape.Because once he got his hands on her, there would be no stopping him.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, The Highlander
“She felt safe here in the arms of this dangerous man. It was like returning to a home that had been destroyed and rebuilt. The same bones, same structure, but a new core that felt more foreign than if you hadn't ever known it from before. Walls and obstacles constructed by hands that were not her own.But it didn't matter to her. She'd learn this man he'd become, renovate with her love what could be improved upon, and accept and adapt to what she could not repair.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, The Highwayman
“If I've learned anything in my life, it's that there is no darkness so absolute that it cannot be dispelled by the faintest of light," she explained.His face softened as his eyes touched her, and his boot slid forward. "My sweet Fairy." He exhaled on a painful breath. "You can't imagine darkness. You are the only light I've ever known."His tender words didn't match his pitiless features, but Farah still found hope. "You must believe that my light is more powerful than your darkness. And so let me touch you, instead. And everywhere that my fingers touch your flesh, they will clear away the blood and filth that you see, and will leave behind the light I've always wanted to give to you.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, The Highwayman
“I was thinking,” he said some time later as she paused for a drowsy yawn. “Since ye doona have any family to love anymore, ye could love me …” Instead of meeting her gaze, he studied the way the pristine white of her petticoat bandage made his hand look that much grubbier. “That is, if ye wanted.”Farah buried her face in his neck and sighed, her lashes brushing against his tender skin with every blink. “Of course I’ll love you, Dougan Mackenzie,” she said easily. “Who else is going to?”“Nobody,” he said earnestly.“Will you try to love me, too?” she asked in a small voice.He considered it. “I’ll try, Fairy, but I havena done it before.”“I’ll teach you that, as well,” she promised.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, The Highwayman
“Mena knew men like the Laird of Ravencroft Keep rarely existed, and when they did, history made gods of them. Or demons.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, The Highlander
“All I’m asking is for you to have mercy on me, wife. If there is a battle to fight, a villain to face, I beg you to allow me the honor. Because the cruelest thing you could do, is sentence me to a world without you in it.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, How To Love A Duke in Ten Days
“You deflowered a Baron’s daughter, no, a Commissioner’s daughter—your boss’s daughter—before her wedding and got her to pay you for it? Christ, Morley, I’ve misjudged you all this time. Color me bloody impressed.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, A Dark and Stormy Knight
“Of course it's all-consuming, but love- real love- doesn't destroy or smother. It's the very opposite of a weakness. Love strengthens. It liberates. It molds itself to every fiber of your being and fortifies you where where you may be broken.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, The Highwayman
“You'll never be rid of me now." It would have been a tease from a less serious man, but coming from Dorian, it sounded like a dire warning. "You may come to regret it. My demons will haunt our lives."Farah reached for his wrist, stilling his hand and capturing his eyes with her own to make certain he understood her words. "I don't mind battling a few demons when I'm living with their king." She smiled. "And I think, after a time, we'll chase them away together.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, The Highwayman
“The last thing he heard was the sound of his Fairy, his wife, screaming his name. His last thought was he had failed her. He had lost her forever.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, The Highwayman
“It is an easy thing to commit a sin and say that ‘the devil made me do it,’ and then cast that sin on him. But this life has taught me that we make ourselves into the monsters that we are. That the blood we spill is on our own hands.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, The Hunter
“She looked up at him with those eyes, and Dougan experienced a pang of love so intense and ferocious it felt as though it didn't belong in this holy room.He began the incantation he remembered from watching once from behind his mother's skirts when he was young.'Ye are blood of my blood, and bone of my bone.I give ye my body, that we two might be one.I give ye my spirit, 'til our life shall be done.'Farah needed a bit of prompting to remember all the words, but she said them with such fervency that Dougan was touched.Slipping a ring of a willow herb vine onto her finger, he recited the sacred olde vows with perfect clarity, but translated them into English for her sake.'I made ye my heartAt the rising of the moon.To love and honor,Through all our lives.May we be reborn,May our souls meet and know.And love again.And remember.'She looked lost and mystified for a moment, then announced, "Me, too.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, The Highwayman
“There are only two indisputable facts in this world: One, that the sun will set in the west. And two, that I'll come for you. Always.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo
“Sometimes I feel that I could stand in the middle of the square and scream and thrash about like a wildling, and no one would notice.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, Unwanted
“It was written in those stars that we meet.” His voice gathered a tender fervency that unstitched something from inside Mena’s soul. “We are bound in some inescapable way, thee and me. I’ve known it since I first laid eyes on ye in that dress.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, The Highlander
“I give ye my vow as Laird of the Mackenzie clan that if I happen to encounter the man who hurt ye, I’ll put my dagger through his eye.” He’d done his best to keep his voice light, but he meant every word.She stepped back into his embrace with an ironic noise. “And they say Highlanders aren’t romantic.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, The Highlander
“I recall being quite captivated when we first met," he said lightly. "Helpless, I daresay."Farah's snort turned into a reluctant laugh. "Don't be charming. It doesn't suit you."The glimmer in his blue eye became a twinkle, the curve of his mouth lifted a little too far to be called a smirk anymore. But a smile? Almost... "No one's ever accused me of being charming before.""You don't say." Lord, were they- flirting?” ― Kerrigan Byrne, The Highwayman
“All that is or ever was good in me begins and ends with you. Every time I said you were mine, I meant that I was yours. Always. Always.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo
“Nothing else need be said between them. No words or platitudes uttered. No fears or sins confessed. He saw absolution in her eyes. Understanding. Acceptance.And still he gave her a moment. A warning. A chance to escape.Because once he got his hands on her, there would be no stopping him.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, The Highlander
“She felt safe here in the arms of this dangerous man. It was like returning to a home that had been destroyed and rebuilt. The same bones, same structure, but a new core that felt more foreign than if you hadn't ever known it from before. Walls and obstacles constructed by hands that were not her own.But it didn't matter to her. She'd learn this man he'd become, renovate with her love what could be improved upon, and accept and adapt to what she could not repair.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, The Highwayman
“If I've learned anything in my life, it's that there is no darkness so absolute that it cannot be dispelled by the faintest of light," she explained.His face softened as his eyes touched her, and his boot slid forward. "My sweet Fairy." He exhaled on a painful breath. "You can't imagine darkness. You are the only light I've ever known."His tender words didn't match his pitiless features, but Farah still found hope. "You must believe that my light is more powerful than your darkness. And so let me touch you, instead. And everywhere that my fingers touch your flesh, they will clear away the blood and filth that you see, and will leave behind the light I've always wanted to give to you.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, The Highwayman
“I was thinking,” he said some time later as she paused for a drowsy yawn. “Since ye doona have any family to love anymore, ye could love me …” Instead of meeting her gaze, he studied the way the pristine white of her petticoat bandage made his hand look that much grubbier. “That is, if ye wanted.”Farah buried her face in his neck and sighed, her lashes brushing against his tender skin with every blink. “Of course I’ll love you, Dougan Mackenzie,” she said easily. “Who else is going to?”“Nobody,” he said earnestly.“Will you try to love me, too?” she asked in a small voice.He considered it. “I’ll try, Fairy, but I havena done it before.”“I’ll teach you that, as well,” she promised.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, The Highwayman
“Mena knew men like the Laird of Ravencroft Keep rarely existed, and when they did, history made gods of them. Or demons.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, The Highlander
“All I’m asking is for you to have mercy on me, wife. If there is a battle to fight, a villain to face, I beg you to allow me the honor. Because the cruelest thing you could do, is sentence me to a world without you in it.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, How To Love A Duke in Ten Days
“You deflowered a Baron’s daughter, no, a Commissioner’s daughter—your boss’s daughter—before her wedding and got her to pay you for it? Christ, Morley, I’ve misjudged you all this time. Color me bloody impressed.” ― Kerrigan Byrne, A Dark and Stormy Knight
