Lara Adrian Quotes & Sayings

The truth gets uglier the longer you try to hold it down. — Lara Adrian

Mira's never wrong. Whatever she showed you tonight, it's fated to be."
"Fated", he said, sounding amused by that. "Well, shit. Then I guess we're doomed. — Lara Adrian

It felt right, seeing them joined as a mated couple. A partnership that had been tested more than most, and hard-won. Lucan — Lara Adrian

So much for keeping things business when it came to Jenna Darrow. If this had been a test, he figured he'd just failed it with flying colors. — Lara Adrian

Everything good in there, T? Niko quipped. You need backup or anything? Bag of marshmallows to roast over that little campfire you just started? — Lara Adrian

You are pure flame. I touch you and I ignite. I kiss you and I burn to have more. You consume me ... like no other woman before you, and, I am certain, like no other ever could again. — Lara Adrian

It was too late to stop now.
This kiss had damned them both. — Lara Adrian

Santa Claus has already been here and everything. Want to see what he brought for you?"
"Is it a big present?"
"Very big."
"With a big red bow on it? — Lara Adrian

Lock and load, everyone," Lucan said, casting a grave look at the rest of them. "It's gonna be a long, bloody night. — Lara Adrian

Nikolai stroked her cheek, then wrapped her in his embrace. "You're safe," he said tenderly beside her ear. "I've got you, and I'm going to keep you safe. — Lara Adrian

I'm ready when you are, Lucan."
"Okay," he said, shaking his head in defeat. "Let's go get our boy. — Lara Adrian

Renata reached out for the gun nearest to her and a full magazine of rounds. She had the weapon loaded, locked and ready for action in three seconds flat. Niko had never seen anything sexier in his life. — Lara Adrian

The window to the past opened up to her like a dragon's maw, dark and jagged, an abyss licked with fire. — Lara Adrian

From the beginning, Tegan, you were more brother to me than any kin by blood. You still are."
Tegan felt likewise, in spite of all they'd been through. Maybe because of it. "I'll always have your back, Lucan. You can count on it. — Lara Adrian

I want to take my girls home. — Lara Adrian

Rolling orange fire silhouetted him from behind, backlighting the warrior's broad shoulders and casual, long-legged stride. As he strolled away from the inferno, the ends of his loose black coat winged out behind him like a cape befitting the prince of darkness himself.
"Holy hell," Brock murmured. "Tegan. — Lara Adrian

Chiara." Her name was a raw warning. "This isn't a good idea."
"I think it's an excellent idea." She stepped in closer to him. "There's something going on here with us. I know you feel it too. I know you don't want to feel it. I'd like to deny it, too, but I can't. — Lara Adrian

Sometimes it's hard to see the things that are holding us back. Sometimes it takes a push to make us truly open our eyes. — Lara Adrian

I love you, Mira ... my Mate. My life. You're my everything. — Lara Adrian

Yeah?" he said, looking down into her hungry gaze. "You want to drink from me as I make you come?" She nodded weakly and gave him another small bite in reply. "You got it, sweetheart. But not the wrist this time." Holding her against him, he rolled onto his back and brought her up astride him. "I want to feel you at my neck, Elise. I want to hold you while you drink from me. I want to feel you bite into me." Touching her, he felt her uncertainty. "I've never done it that way before." "Good," he said, entirely too pleased to hear it. "I've never asked anyone to do it that way before. So, will you, Elise?" She frowned, but her eyes were rooted on his throat. "I don't want to hurt you ... " He chuckled, adoring her all the more for her concern. "Come here," he said, wrapping his hand around her nape and guiding her down to the exposed column of his neck. "Sink your teeth into me, Elise. Take your fill." She — Lara Adrian

Nathan reached out to Hunter, Clasping the former assassin's hand in a firm shake. "I understand now," Nathan said. "I didn't know it would be possible to feel-" The massive warrior only nodded. No need for more words. — Lara Adrian

I can't help but desire you. I want to taste you again. This feeling I have for you is more than intense " he said roughly. "It is a possessive thing greedy. I look at you Corinne Bishop and all I can think is that you are mine. — Lara Adrian

He settled back on the bed with her and wrapped her in his protective embrace, giving her a hundred solemn promises that he was very eager to keep, and loving her with all the reverence and worship of a blood-bonded male who had stared hell in the face and now understood that he was holding heaven in his arms. — Lara Adrian

Used titanium hunting knife: sixty-three dollars.
Value: priceless. — Lara Adrian

He didn't care that his voice and hands shook as he brought her closer. He was thoroughly unashamed of the depth of his feeling for this woman. — Lara Adrian

How long can you brush up against evil and not come away stained with it yourself? — Lara Adrian

You just wouldn't be happy until I had to drag my ass up here to this godforsaken icebox that is. Gotta tell you I'm feelin' some hate here my man. Or I would be if I could actually feel anything other than Arctic cold gnawing at my vitals. — Lara Adrian

All it took was a chance meeting with a stranger, some unexpected conversation. A few moments of kindness from someone who had no inkling of what she'd been through. Someone who wandered into her workplace on a whim and ended up making the worst day of her life seem less awful simply by being in it. "Nice to meet you, Gideon." "Likewise, Savannah. — Lara Adrian

Angels and demons, vampires and lycans, all set against an inventive, intriguing story world that hooked me from the first page. Balancing action and romance, humor and hot sensuality, Sylvia Day's storytelling dazzles. I can't wait to read more about this league of sexy, dangerous guardian angels and the fascinating world they inhabit. A Touch of Crimson is a paranormal romance lover's feast! — Lara Adrian

The broken parts of me recognise the fractures in him, even if he hasn't permitted me close enough to touch them yet. — Lara Adrian

This female was: dangerous, stealthy, utterly lethal Gen One Breed. And hotter than hell itself. — Lara Adrian

Until I say otherwise, we're still on my terms, Miss Gates," he warned her, his voice rough and thick with promise. "Don't think I'm finished with you yet. — Lara Adrian

I'm not a prince. God, never hold me in that light. You'll only be disappointed." His touch gentles, even his gaze goes hard with intensity. "I'm not a good man, Avery. But I am the one who loves you. — Lara Adrian

He was seething, drunk on his own magnificence — Lara Adrian

He wrapped his palm around the back of her neck, possessive but tender as he gazed into his mate's brown eyes. She knows she's got me, anyway she wants me. Forever, if I have anything to say about it. — Lara Adrian

Art is meant to provoke emotions, Avery. Its sole purpose is to arouse our senses, even if it disturbs. Even if it's ugly. Even if it fucking scares the living shit out of you. — Lara Adrian

I love you so much ... I don't want to live a single moment without you at my side. — Lara Adrian

I wasn't prepared for you, Elise. Holy hell ... not even close. — Lara Adrian

I have to go to her, Lucan. For my own sanity, if nothing else. If I stay here, I'm not sure what good I'd be, to tell you the truth. She's the only thing that's held me together in a very long time. I'm a wreck for this woman, my friend. She owns me now. — Lara Adrian

From this moment forward, we play by our own rules. Whatever it takes, whatever the cost. Our new mission begins now. — Lara Adrian

No spark, no boom. — Lara Adrian

It's the other part I'm not so sure about. You got any advice for me on that, Lucan?"
"Sure." The vampire grunted, his smile filled with dark amusement. "Dust off your knees, brother, because you may damn well end up walking on them before the night is through. — Lara Adrian

I'm bonded to her, Lucan. I love her. If you want to keep me out of this, you're going to have to kill me right here and now. — Lara Adrian

Telling me not to worry about you is like telling me to stop breathing. No can do, babe. You knew that when you signed on with me. — Lara Adrian

She glanced from Tavia to Chase, then back again to Tavia in utter amazement. Now, that's what I call making an entrance. — Lara Adrian

I came because as soon as we figured out where you might be, nothing would've kept me from finding you. Nothing. — Lara Adrian

Thank you for bringing me home. — Lara Adrian

Nature doesn't give a damn for convenience, and never has. — Lara Adrian

You're a dark, dangerous storm, Nathan," She tilted her head back, her glacial blue eyes arresting, even in the darkness of the club. "If i'm not carful I'm going to leap off a cliff with you. — Lara Adrian

Fuck you very much, if you think we're gonna let you do this on your own, Reichen. — Lara Adrian

I don't know what I want ... other than more of this. More of you."
Brock lifted her beautiful face on the edge of his hand. "Take all you want. — Lara Adrian

Dust off your knees, brother, because you may damn well end up walking on them before the night is through.
Lucan (in response to Dante's request for advice) - Kiss of Crimson — Lara Adrian

Leaving you was the last thing I ever wanted to do." He scowled, his grip holding her tighter, moving her farther into the heated wall of his body. "It was the hardest goddamn thing I've ever done. Ever, Claire. — Lara Adrian

Wishing can be dangerous business. And dreaming only makes reality harder to accept. — Lara Adrian

There's danger in feeling," Tess murmured. Although she could not begin to imagine what kind of pain Dante carried within him, she felt a kinship growing between them. Both alone, both adrift in their worlds. "I don't want to feel anything for you, Dante."
"God, Tess. I don't want to feel anything for you either. — Lara Adrian

With him, I'm dancing right up next to the flames of everything I'm afraid of and I'm learning that I can actually enjoy the burn.
With him, I'm learning that I crave it. — Lara Adrian

I love you. You are mine. In my heart, I knew that from the beginning. You are my beloved, Tavia, my only one. — Lara Adrian

She tried to tell herself he hadn't made any promises to begin with, but that made her feel like a bigger fool. He had never asked her to put her heart under his boot heels; she'd done that all on her own. — Lara Adrian

I'm honored to assist", Reichen told Lucan and Tegan as the three men loaded the last of the bags and weaponry. "I've often wondered what it might be like to stand among the Order as one of your own."
"Be careful what you wish for", Lucan drawled. "Depending how things go, theres a good chance we could end up knighting you on the field. — Lara Adrian

I shouldn't be your first. Then again, I don't think I've got honor enough to stand aside and let you give yourself to anyone else. Not now." "I want this," she whispered resolutely. "I want you. — Lara Adrian

Do I look like I need a fucking group hug? — Lara Adrian

You lost a brother in Alaska today, but you're always gonna have family in Boston. — Lara Adrian

I never thought it could be like this with someone. I never imagined that I would ever feel this connected to anyone, this whole.
I've never felt this terrified either. — Lara Adrian

You were great tonight, helping with Candice's wound and the funeral ceremony for Chaz ... such as it was."
"I only did what needed doing, and as for your friend's funeral, it was a beautiful good-bye you all gave him," she murmured. "Simple but pure. You honored him well, Kellan."
The phrase she used - one reserved for the solemnest occasions in Breed traditions - touched him in a way he couldn't express. Instead, he tipped her chin up on the edge of his hand and kissed her. Not the hungered kind of kiss that they'd been sharing each time they'd connected since her arrival back in his life a few days ago but a kiss shaped by tender caring and gratitude, by profound respect ... and, yes, love.
He loved this woman.
His woman. — Lara Adrian

He was the ghost you never saw coming, death breathing down your neck before you even realized you were in the crosshairs. — Lara Adrian

Would have gone to him, if Gavin Sloane hadn't double-crossed his and his gang of scarab-tattooed thugs. — Lara Adrian

It kept him alive, he was certain; even more, it kept his darkest of his demons at bay. — Lara Adrian

Be reasonable? Fuck you. How's that for calm and reasonable? — Lara Adrian

No, I'm talking about you, Nathan. What right did you have to storm into my life and mess everything up? — Lara Adrian

For us. Kellan, you have to promise me you'll give me that chance-"
"I can't promise you that, Mira. I can't promise to put you through any more hurt or distress than I already have." He took her face between his palms, tenderly smoothing his thumbs over her cheeks and her trembling mouth. "But I will promise you this: I love you. God, I always have. — Lara Adrian

Jehan snorted. "He's a legend in his own mind. Pay no attention to him."
Sav barked a laugh. "Envy isn't a good look for you, Highness."
"And you may kiss my royal ass, peasant. — Lara Adrian

Too much power is never a good thing. It corrupts even the strongest. — Lara Adrian

His mouth was the only bit of softness on him. Wide and sensual, lips parted slightly in his drugged state, his mouth was profanely beautiful. — Lara Adrian

Persistence is often a detective's greatest ally. — Lara Adrian

Name your price and it's yours. She need never know." Nathan's answering curse was ripe outrage. Dark with fury. "There isn't enough goddamn money in the world. If you really love Jordana as much as I do, you'd know that. — Lara Adrian

What did Mira show your attacker last week? he asked, desperate to turn the attention away from himself now. Yakut shrugged. Only he can know. The girl has no knowledge of what her eyes reflect. Thank God for that. Niko hated to think of the education she might have just gotten otherwise. — Lara Adrian

My brave, beautiful Chiara," he muttered. "God help you if you want me as much as I want you. — Lara Adrian

Would I be healed now if you gave me your blood, Nikolai?"
"Are you asking me for it?"
"If I were, would you give it to me? — Lara Adrian

She lifted her head up and stared at him. Gaped at him. "Exactly how old are you?"
"Three-hundred and seventy-two," he drawled. "Give or take a few months."
"Oh, my God." She dropped her head back down on his chest and laughed. Then laughed again. "I thought Rachel was nuts for lusting after Professor Keaton, and he was only in his forties. I'm falling in love with a total relic."
Gideon stilled. "Falling in love?"
"Yes," she replied quietly, but without hesitation. She glanced up at him. One slender black brow arched wryly. "Don't tell me that's all it takes to scare a three-hundred and seventy-two-year-old vampire. — Lara Adrian

Dante watched Tess eat the thick, caramel-laced brownie, feeling her pleasure radiate across the small space that separated them on the river-walk bench. She'd offered him a bite, and although his kind could not consume crude human food in anything more than a mouthful, he accepted a small taste of the sticky chocolate confection if only to share in Tess's unabashed enjoyment. He swallowed the heavy, pretty much revolting bit of pasty sweetness with a tight smile.
"Good, huh?" Tess licked her chocolate-coated fingers, slipping one after the other into her mouth and sucking them clean.
"Delicious," Dante said, watching her with his own brand of hunger.
"You can have some more if you want it."
"No." He drew back, shaking his head. "No, it's all yours. Please. Enjoy it. — Lara Adrian

Age makes you want to hold everyone you love as close as you can. — Lara Adrian

Apparently it was very lucrative to be a vampire. — Lara Adrian

She wanted to get to know them: Savage and his easy charm and gorgeous smile. Jehan, with his intriguing past and enigmatic personality. — Lara Adrian

I noticed." Lazaro slowly approached her near the bed. "I should be focused on a thousand other things right now. Instead, here I am. Noticing everything about you, Melena. — Lara Adrian

When I look into your eyes, one word leaps to my mind every time: Forever. — Lara Adrian

You would quit the Order for her? Niko asked, the youngest only behind Dante, and a warrior who relished his duty perhaps even more than Dante had himself.
I would quit breathing for her, if she asked it of me. — Lara Adrian

Goddamn you. How can you still make me feel this way after all these years? Damn you for leaving me! And damn you for coming back like this, just when I thought you were gone forever and I might finally be able to forget you. — Lara Adrian

Holy Moses on a pogo stick!! — Lara Adrian

I Should've walked away. Now, it's too late. It's too fucking late for both of us. — Lara Adrian

Do I love you? Yeah, God help you, but I do — Lara Adrian

Pain? He could handle that, no problem; it was the idea that the female he loved was suffering that made him want to either punch something or vomit in the corner. — Lara Adrian

It took several moments before Izzy dared open her eyes. When she did, she saw the beast that might have killed her lying lifeless on the ground. Standing over it in silent contemplation, bloodied sword in hand, was a golden-haired, lanky boy. He glanced over his shoulder as Izzy approached. Striking green-gold eyes met her astonished gaze. 'You saved my life.' Izzy came up beside him, finding it difficult to keep from staring at the felled beast, which was frightful even in death. 'That was the bravest deed I've ever seen,' she whispered. 'You might have been killed in my place.' 'A man must be willing to face danger,' he told her as he cleaned and resheathed his sword. He turned a solemn gaze on her. 'Tis a knight's duty to protect a lady in need, whatever the risk.'
-Izzy and Griffin — Lara Adrian

If you were mine," he murmured low under his breath, "I would walk through the fires of hell itself to keep you away from a man like me. — Lara Adrian

Someone remind me why I didn't want to be an accountant when I grew up," Brock drawled.
Niko chuckled. "Because accountants don't get to make things go boom. — Lara Adrian

The quest for truth by someone who isn't afraid to pursue it, no matter the cost. — Lara Adrian

Everything makes sense when I'm with you, Tess. My life makes sense, after so many years of running scared in the dark. You are the light, the reason I live. I'm bonded to you deep, woman. For me, there will never be another. — Lara Adrian

You are the finest thing I've ever touched. I want to be careful with you.
Hunter, Deeper Than Midnight, Lara Adrian — Lara Adrian

Don't think I'm offering this out of duty or anything half as noble. You know I'm a selfish bastard who demands things go his way. I don't settle for anything less than what I want. And what I want right now, forever, is you." His eyes glowed bright with tender emotion. He held her face in his hands, searching her gaze with an intensity that made her blood heat beneath her skin. "I'm offering my bond because I love you. Because I need you, Jordana, and I don't want to know what life without you will feel like ever again. — Lara Adrian

You were the only one, Andre. It's always been you. — Lara Adrian

Damn, amigo. Just how much Oprah have you been watching since I've been gone? — Lara Adrian