ŷ������

“You can run. You can keep running to the ends of the earth. But I won’t be far behind you.��

“E�ٳ󲹲�—���

“No. I will never be far behind you.�� He tipped up my chin so that I could do nothing else but look back into his eyes. “Do the things you need to do. Learn to be a vampire, to be a warrior, to be the soldier you are capable of being. But consider the possibility that I made a mistake I regret—and that I’ll continue to regret that mistake and try to convince you to give me another chance until the earth stops turning.”
― Chloe Neill, Hard Bitten

“Be stubborn if you wish to, if you need to, but we know how this will end.”
― Chloe Neill, Hard Bitten

“Sometimes hanging out in pajamas with a good book sounded like a phenomenal idea.”
― Chloe Neill, Hard Bitten

“I'm afraid,' I finally confessed.
'I know.' His voice was quiet. 'I know, and it kills me that I put that fear into your eyes.”
― Chloe Neill, Hard Bitten

“I mean, who does that? Who touches someone’s hair and pronounces they have magic?��
“Darth Sullivan.��
“Darth goddamned Sullivan.”
― Chloe Neill, Hard Bitten

“Are we ready?��
“You have your dagger?��
“I rarely leave home without it.��
“Then to the Batcave, Sentinel.”
― Chloe Neill, Hard Bitten

“You are a Cadogan vampire, by blood and bone. You have fought for this House, and you are mine to protect. My Sentinel, my Novitiate. As long as I am here to do it, I will protect you. As long as this House exists, you will have a home here. -Ethan”
― Chloe Neill, Hard Bitten

“No one said love was easy, Sentinel.
-Ethan”
― Chloe Neill, Hard Bitten

“I'll have you in my bed again, Sentinel. And at my side. That is a promise.”
― Chloe Neill, Hard Bitten

“Give me something to go on, here. What kind of black magic are we talking? Elphaba,Wicked Witch of the West-type stuff or Slytherin-type stuff?”
― Chloe Neill, Hard Bitten

“If ‘just�� is all you can give me now, then ‘just�� is what we’ll do.”
― Chloe Neill, Hard Bitten

“You can run. You can keep running to the ends of the earth. But I won’t be far behind you.”
― Chloe Neill, Hard Bitten

“Do you like being teased?" I whispered.
"I enjoy previews," he said, the words confident, but his voice rough with arousal.
-Merit and Ethan”
― Chloe Neill, Hard Bitten

“You give me thirty-two inches of folded steel and I'll take on anyone you want." -- Merit”
― Chloe Neill, Hard Bitten

“Ethan sighed, then put a hand on my cheek. “I don’t tell you this enough, but I am incredibly proud of the vampire you’ve become. I want you to know that.”
― Chloe Neill, Hard Bitten

“I wouldn’t let you leave the House if I didn’t—there’s too much at stake.��
“At stake. Ha-ha.�� At his frown, I winced.
“Sorry. I kid when I’m nervous.”
― Chloe Neill, Hard Bitten

“Ethan extended his hand. "Mr. Merit. Thank you for your help." My grandfather shook his hand, but he also shook his head. "Thank your Sentinel. She's a fine representative of your House." Ethan looked at me, pride-and love?-in his eyes. "We're in agreement there.”
― Chloe Neill, Hard Bitten

“From a House of vampires to a house of politicians,�� he muttered as we walked to the front door.

“Said the most political of vampires,�� I reminded him, and got a growl in response.”
― Chloe Neill, Hard Bitten

“Learn to be a vampire, to be a warrior, to be the soldier you are capable of being. But consider the possibility that I made a mistake I regret—and that I’ll continue to regret that mistake and try to convince you to give me another chance until the earth stops turning.”
― Chloe Neill, Hard Bitten

“Vamps are really only like ten percent fun at any given time. The other ninety percent is largely fretting. And bloodletting.”
― Chloe Neill, Hard Bitten

“Food that good deserved undisturbed digestion”
― Chloe Neill, Hard Bitten

“My job is to ensure the sanctity of this House. Ensuring the sanity of its Master seemed like a good start.”
― Chloe Neill, Hard Bitten

“Friends in high places definitely helped- especially if you had enemies in even higher spots.”
― Chloe Neill, Hard Bitten

“Do you need to reschedule? There are some other things I could take care of while I’m in town.��
Mallory waved him off. “No, today’s fine. It’s going to be on the exam, so I might as well do it.��
“Oh, my God, you are Harry Potter,�� I said, pointing a finger at her. “I knew it!��
She rolled her eyes, then looked at Catcher.”
― Chloe Neill, Hard Bitten

“It was my TBR-my TO Be Read stack. The usual subjects were there. Chick lit. Action. A Pulitzer Prize winner. A romance novel about a pirate and a damsel in a low-cut blouse (What? Even vampire enjoys a little bodice ripping now and again.)”
― Chloe Neill, Hard Bitten

“If only we could have picked our family...”
― Chloe Neill, Hard Bitten

“Only a four-hundred-year-old vampire would wonder if a grad student could understand procrastination.”
― Chloe Neill, Hard Bitten

“He clearly wasn’t dissuaded, and stroked my jawline with his thumb. “You can run. You can keep running to the ends of the earth. But I won’t be far behind you.”
― Chloe Neill, Hard Bitten

“In case you’ve forgotten, Ethan Sullivan trained me. And in case you didn’t know, Catcher Bell schooled me in sword craft. I was raised on ‘difficult to work with.”
― Chloe Neill, Hard Bitten

“Aw, sad face. I came up with that totally off the cuff. No props for off the cuff?”
― Chloe Neill, Hard Bitten