“And you would know so much about women, locked up in your castle." "Locked up with eight wives. And sometimes I make house calls for my bargainers. There's many a lovely woman desperate enough to bargain with me." This idea had never occurred to me before. "You touch another woman and I'll cut your hands off," I snapped. He looked delighted. "I thought you were afraid of hurting me.”
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“And he smiled the wild, vicious smile that had made me fall in love.”
“Then he whispered— so softly I barely heard it— “Please stay.”
“He’s a monster,” I said. “Maybe I’m a monster to pity him. But I can’t leave him.”
“But I can’t . . . I can’t leave anyone to the darkness.”
“You will honor my mother or I will break this bottle over your head”
“I’m your wife! I burn for your touch! I thirst for your love!”