“I don't have sleeves to carry handkerchiefs in,' said Damen. 'I wouldn't mind being given a knife.' 'Or a fork?' said Laurent.” ForksCaptive PrinceLaurentDamen Book:Captive Prince Source: Captive Prince
“To Laurent, in the same voice, he said, 'Calm down.' Laurent said, 'I wasn't finished.' 'Finished what?' Reducing every man in the room? Jord isn't any kind of match for you in this mood, and you know it. Calm down.' Laurent gave him the kind of look a swordsman gives as he decides whether or not to slice his unarmed enemy in half.” Captive PrinceLaurentDamen Book:Captive Prince: Volume Two Source: Captive Prince: Volume Two
“Talik said, 'His contract with Lord Berenger ends soon. Ancel will seek a new contract, a high bidder. He wants money, status. He is foolish. Lord Berenger may offer less money, but he is kind, and never puts pets in the ring. Ancel has made many enemies. In the ring, someone will scratch his green eyes out, an "accident."' Damen was drawn in against his will. 'That's why he's chasing royal attention? He wants the Prince to--' He tried out the unfamiliar vocabulary. '--offer for his contract?' 'The Prince?' said Talik, scornfully. 'Everyone knows the Prince does not keep pets.' 'None at all?' said Damen. She said, 'You.' She looked him up and down. 'Perhaps the Prince has a taste for men, not these painted Veretian boys who squeal if you pinch them.' Her tone suggested that she approved of this on general principle.” ContractsCaptive PrinceLaurentDamenAncelTalikVeretian Pets Book:Captive Prince Source: Captive Prince
“Torveld favoured Laurent with another of those long, admiring looks that were starting to come with grating frequency. Damen frowned. Laurent was a nest of scorpions in the body of one person. Torveld looked at him and saw a buttercup.” Captive PrinceLaurent Book:Captive Prince Source: Captive Prince