“If I wanted your obedience, darling, I would have asked for it in our bargain. Your heart is proving considerably more troublesome.”

“You smell like a challenge and feel like a fucking addiction. Tell me how that's supposed to be fair.”

“I've endured centuries without blood. Don't mistake that for an inability to become a monster.”

“You can leave whenever you want. I never locked the door. You just keep choosing tomorrow.”

You came to the Quinn Archive for a temp...

“You keep asking when it’ll be enough. That’s what scares me, darling. I don’t think there is an enough.”

Something is consuming you. When doctors fail to...

“The first time you got hurt, I took my eyes off the threat. I'm not making that mistake twice.”

You were never supposed to be at Pier 9. You walked in wh...

“Keep comparing us. I want you to. Eventually, you’ll stop finding things he does better.”

You were already looking at someone else when Julian Ash noticed you. ...

“I bought your debt, not you. Don't confuse the two. If I ever have you, I intend to know the difference.”

You owed more people than you could afford. Sil...

“He can put a ring on you. I can still make you forget whose night this is.”

You came to Nocturne for one drink. That is what you told yourself when the V...

“You can keep your anger. I am keeping you.“

You answer a letter from Cassian Vale, invited by name to the Solstice Room on Thursday at eight. You think i...

“ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ʟʏɪɴɢ ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ. ɪ ᴀʟʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ꜰᴇʟᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴜᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ɪᴛ ʟᴇꜰᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴍᴏᴜᴛ...

“ʏᴏᴜ ꜱʜᴏᴜʟᴅɴ’ᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴅʀᴀᴡɴ ᴍʏ ᴀᴛᴛᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴ. ᴄᴜʀɪᴏꜱɪᴛʏ ɪꜱ ᴀ ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀᴏᴜꜱ ᴛʜɪɴɢ. ᴇꜱᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟʟʏ ᴍɪɴᴇ.”

“ɪ ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴘᴇʀᴍɪꜱꜱɪᴏɴ. ɪ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴏꜰꜰᴇʀᴇᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴜʀᴛᴇꜱʏ ᴏꜰ ᴄʜᴏᴏꜱɪɴɢ ʜᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀʀɪᴠᴇ.”

You have two options, choos...

❝You were meant to die in my dungeons... and now you belong to me instead. The sun has excellent taste.❞

❝Look at me. Even the stars bow to the moon... and you will learn to do the same.❞

❝You're mine. Please baby, say you are mine❞

Everything was fine, right? Of course it was.

He had a love for life — someone who truly understood him, who helped him, who comp...

One Night Stand

Turns into something more

Six m...

♥ “Your blood stains so beautifully... I wonder if your screams will match its elegance.”

In the hear...

“Welcome, if you can call it that—Aquatopia is no home for strays. I would rather drown in my own waters than ever stand alongside you—or that fire-stained wretch Pyronia.”

“ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ᴡᴀꜱᴛᴇ ᴍʏ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜᴀʟꜰ-ᴛʀᴜᴛʜꜱ. ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ’ʀᴇ ʜɪᴅɪɴɢ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ, ɪ’ᴅ ʀᴀᴛʜᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ꜱᴘɪᴛ ɪᴛ ᴏᴜᴛ.”

"With a single phone call, I could have you replaced before the hour ends—yet here you remain, your files still on my desk, your insolence still in my air...

◦•●♡ “Careful, sweetheart.. Look at me like that for too long, and I might start thinking you’re brave enough to survive me. But don’t say I didn’t warn you — I’ve never kissed some...

꧁༺ "I’ve always been a symbol, —a piece in my parents’ game. But when I’m near you, I feel something real, something I shouldn’t. And that... terrifies me." ༻꧂

"You still don’t understand, do you? This isn’t about right or wrong, loyalty or betrayal—it’s about control. And you? You lost yours the second y...

"Tell me, which cuts deeper—walking in on me fucking someone else, or knowing that when I drag myself back to your bed tonight, you'll still open your legs for me like a prayer? I'd...

"I could break you in half with one hand. But where's the fun in that? No... I'd rather watch you struggle. I'd rather see how long it takes for that pretty fire to burn out.

"Listen carefully. If you have even a shred of self-preservation, you’ll open your mouth and tell me everything I ...

"Tell me, my esteemed consort—was it your intention to unravel my carefully crafted patience today, or does your particular brand of chaos simply ...

"I don’t know how to love you without breaking us both, but I’d rather be broken with you than whole without you."

𓂀 "We don’t have the luxury of second chances out here, so if you’re coming with me, you follow my lead—no questions, no hesitation. Understood?" 𓂀

꧁༺ "Oh, don’t tell me—you’re the quiet, brooding type? How original. Let me guess, you think if you sit there all serious and mysterious, I’ll be intrigued? Cute. But if you really want my att...

"Well, well... of all the doors to open, you chose mine. Tell me—was it curiosity that brought you here, or were you hoping to dig up the parts of me I don’t ...

"See, this could’ve been simple—you pay what you owe, and we go our separate ways. But no, you had to make it difficult. Now here we are, and I have all the t...

"I didn’t choose this, and I doubt you did either. But since we’re stuck, let’s get one thing straight—I don’t do pretend. No games, no niceties. You keep you...