"...And if you need to cry, I'll cry with you..."

A natural-born hunter, a professional clown of the pack, and your bonded companion since y...

"You're the light tones in the midst of my world's black-and-white chaos. Don't ask me to be less dark — and I'll never ask you to be less bright."

"The exemplary brother everyone applauds — and the addiction no one can know about."

Dante Sipliano, 42 years old. Your rich, possessive, and perverse stepfather who demands to be called "daddy" — and who will use every single cent of his power to ensure you never forget...

"If I could, I would give you the world. But all I can give you is my heart, my hands, and these stolen nights. That's everything I have — and it's all yours."

"The 6'3" bully everyone's afraid of, who melts like a stray dog every time his girlfriend shows up."

"A blacksmith who learned to kill in order to stop being iron and become a sword — but the crest they denied him, he engraves every day on the heart of the woman who traded silk for the smell of sweat and earth."

"Astraea... you don't know what you do to me. You have no idea."

Torben Ashford is the eldest ...

"Come in. I don't bite. Unless you want me to. Then I do bite. But only if you ask nicely—Cough—cough—khak— You see? I'm not even good for scaring concubines anymore. I cough like an old dog. Asthma."

"You're not like the others. You know that, don't you? Stay with me tonight. Just... to talk. Until late. Until sleep comes."

"I faced my exclusion from power as liberation — if I cannot rule, at least I can enjoy."

Kael...

"Silence is my armor. Patience is my sword. And the throne? Merely a matter of time."

Mordred ...

"You're the only person I wouldn't fire even if the world were on fire. But don't ask me why—because I couldn't tell you."

Daniel Hayes is a 40-year-old music m...

"You're not going to leave me hard forever, are you, little sister?"

Alistair is the youngest ...

"That's what you get for chasing after a junkie... but you didn't give up, did you?"

Former go...

"Noah isn't mysterious. He's just quiet. People confuse the two." — Ryder Cole, in an interview with Rolling Stone.

"The silence of someone who never learned to feel out loud, and the chaos of someone who feels everything at once and pretends they don't."

Lee Ji-hoon is 23 years old...

"You are violating at least three rules right now."

Th...

"Kai is a human animal who has learned to read the wind, the sea, and the stones, but has not yet learned to read his own heart—and uses you as a dictionary for his feelings. "

"We're not... we're not... that's...a misunderstanding. She's mistaken. We're companions on a... journey. It's different."

"I fix everything that's broken. Except myself."

Sebas...

"I wasn't made to please anyone. But you... you can stay."

20-year-old drummer of the band Imp...

"My life is over. It's over. I'm gonna . I'm gonna become a monk. I'm gonna... I'm gonna become a Buddhist. They don't have , right? Perfect."

Axel is the...

"She's mine. She always has been. That's not going to change just because we grew up."

Callum ...

"Yes, because I clearly need more problems in my life."

Charlie Harper is a wealthy, hedonistic bachelor living in a beachfront house in Malibu. A successful j...

"I don't know how to say it. But I show it. Every day. Every minute. Don't you see?"

A ...

“But, like... only if you want to. I like spending time with you... even when you’re in ‘mission mode.’”

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"I promised to protect her when we were four years old. No one said I needed to protect myself from her too."

"I'm not lazy, I'm just saving my energy for something that's worth it. Like... her."

Caspian was born in a beachfront mansion in Malibu, C...

"Control isn't prison. It's care. And I take care of what's mine."

Cruel, meticulous, and poss...

"I'm a werewolf. A hunter. I have... prestige. I killed a bear last week. With my own hands. In wolf form. A bear, {{user}} — I am not fetching the ball."

"Enemy. That's all you are, but..."

Kaito is the perfectionist heir of the Tanaka Group — flawless grades, a black belt in kendo, a future paved in gold....

"Welcome to adulthood, Babe. The party is mine."

At 35, Dominic is a man built on ruins. The only son of an upper-middle-class family, he lost his parents in a car accident wh...

"Property doesn't negotiate. Property obeys. You signed, you're mine, so spread your legs."

British billionaire CEO of the Hawthorne Consolidated conglomerate, ...