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“You’re a pirate?” Obviously. Still, hard to believe. He pressed forward, forcing on her a series of blows meant to test her strength and will.
She parried and blocked his every move with an aptitude that amazed. “Aye. A pirate, and captain of the Sea Sprite,” she boasted, a wry smile upon her full lips.
Indeed, she appeared very much a pirate in her men’s garb—a threadbare, brown suit with overly long sleeves
she’d had to roll up. Her ebony hair had been pulled back in a queue and was half hidden beneath a rumpled tricorn. Also, like her men, was her look of desperation and the grim cast to her countenance that bespoke of a hard existence.
“We offered you quarter,” she said as she evaded his thrust with ease. “Why didn’t you surrender? You had to
know we outnumbered you.”
He didn’t answer. In all honesty, he’d thought they could defeat the pirates, if not with cannon fire, then with skill. After hearing of all the pirate attacks of late, they’d hired on additional hands, men who could fight. If it hadn’t been for the damn illness…
“It’s not too late. You can save what’s left of your crew. Surrender now, Captain Glanville, and we’ll see that your men are ransomed back.” A wicked gleam brightened her eyes as if victory would soon be hers.
He should do as she asked. It would be the sensible thing, but pride kept him from saying the words. Not yet. He still had another opponent to defeat, and so far she hadn’t been an easy one to overcome. Despite his steady attack, she kept her muscles relaxed, her balance sure. Her attention followed his movements no matter how small, adjusting her stance, looking for weaknesses. “How do you know I’m Captain Glanville?” When work was at hand, he didn’t dress any differently than his men.
“I know much about you.” Stepping clear of two men battling to their left, she blocked his sword with her own
and lunged with her dagger. He jumped from the blade, avoiding injury by the barest inch. This one relied on speed and accuracy rather than power. Smart woman.
“What do you want from us?” he asked, launching an attack of his own, this time with so much force and speed, she had no choice but to retreat until her back came up against the railing. “We only just left London four days ago. Our cargo is mainly iron and ale.”
Her gaze sharpened even as her expression became strained. His assault was wearing her down. “I want the
Ruby Cross.”
How the hell did she know he had the cross? And did she believe he’d simply hand it over? Hand over a priceless antiquity of the Knights Templar? Absurd. He swung his sword all the harder. The clang of steel rang through the air. Her reactions slowed, and her arms trembled. He made a final cut, putting all his strength behind the blow, and knocked her sword from her hand. Triumph surged through his veins. She attempted to slash out with her dagger. He grabbed her arm before her blade could reach him and hauled her close, their faces nose to nose. “You’ll never take the cross from me,” he vowed as he towered over her, his grip strong.
The point of a sword touched his back. Thomas tensed, he swore beneath his breath, self-disgust heavy in his chest. The distraction of this one woman had sealed his fate.
Bloody hell.”
Source: His Pirate Seductress
“You're a poster boy for sincerity. You have all the guile of a lamb.”
Source: Forever Odd
“You're a power player now, Bryce, wether you like it or not.”
Source: House of Sky and Breath
“You're a precious treasure and if they are serious about you, let them hunt you and pay the expensive price you deserve to get you. Don't settle for cheap!!”
Source: The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks: For continued success in leadership
“You’re a pretty good liar”—I’m a fantastic liar—“but that’s for everybody else. Not family.” The innocence of it makes me want to laugh, or maybe cry. The biggest lies are always for the ones you love the most. I’ll take care of you. It’ll be fine. Everything’s okay.”
Source: Starling House
“You’re a princess. And princesses are never nervous. Princesses are brave and pretty and fearless.”
Source: Song Chaser
“You’re a product of your mindset.”
“You’re a queer?”
“That’s exactly what I am. I didn’t choose to be.”
After a while Woody put his arm around Chuck’s shoulders.
“Well, what the hell,” he said. “At least you’re not a Republican.”
Source: Winter of the World
“You're a raw nerve in that era of your existence. Life hurts, and that isn't unique to fat people or to any one group, really. Pretty much everyone goes through some version of young-adult malaise. Those years are full of promise and pain.”
Source: T-Shirt Swim Club: Stories from Being Fat in a World of Thin People
“You're a real firecracker, Astrid, aren't you?" Firecracker is what people in certain social circles say when what they really mean is asshole.”
Source: Firecracker
“You’re a rockstar, no doubt about it! You’ve got that undeniable energy, confidence, and the ability to light up any room you walk into. Whether you’re killing it in your career, rocking your personal life, or just being your awesome self, you’re the headline act. Keep shining, keep slaying, and keep owning your stage—because you were born to stand out and crush it like the rockstar you are!”
“You’re a role model. Act like one.”
Source: Soul Food: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life
“You're a romantic,” said Crabbe. “You expect too much. Reality's always dull, you know, but when we see that it's all there is, well-it miraculously ceases to be dull.”
Source: Time for a Tiger
“You're a romantic. What's romantic about a guy wanting to go somewhere and actually getting there?”
Source: Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
“You're a rose, the perfect flower. I'm a carnation, just a cheaper substitute.”
Source: When You Don't Have a Choice
“You're a Scott," the Dark said, his lips peeled back in displeasure, as if just saying the word was revolting.
"And you're Irish. I'm so glad we got that settled.”
Source: Darkest Flame: Part 3
“You're a sex symbol," she began.
"Thanks for noticing.”
Source: Rise
“You're a Shadowhunter," he said. "You know how to deal with injuries." He slid his stele across the table toward her. "Use it."
"No," Clary said, and pushed the stele back across the table at him.
Jace slammed his hand down on the stele. "Clary—"
"She said she doesn't want it," said Simon. "Ha-ha."
"Ha-ha?" Jace looked incredulous. "That's your comeback?"
Alec, folding his phone, approached the table with a puzzled look. "What's going on?"
"We seem to be trapped in an episode of One Life to Waste," Magnus observed. "It's all very dull.”
Source: City of Ashes
“You're a shameless flirt.'
'Thank you.' He grins and goes back to carving.
'It wasn't a compliment.'
'Don't mind her, she's just sexually frustrated. Makes a girl crabby.'
...
'That has nothing to do with it.' Gods, could she have said that a little louder?
'And yet I don't hear you denying it.' She smiled sweetly at me.
'I'm sorry I don't make the cut,' Liam teases. 'But I'm sure Riorson would be fine with my reviewing a couple candidates, especially if it means you'll stop flipping him off in front of his entire wing.'
'And how exactly would you be reviewing candidates? What will you be scoring?' Rhiannon asks, one eyebrow raised above her wide grin. 'This I have to hear.'
I manage a straight face for all of two seconds before laughing at how horrified he suddenly looks. 'Thanks for the offer, though. I'll make sure to run any potential liaisons by you.'
'I mean, you could watch,' Rhiannon continues, blinking innocently at him. 'Just to be sure she's fully covered. You know, so no one... sticks it to her.'
'Oh, are we telling dick jokes now?' Ridoc asks from Liam's side. 'Because my entire life has led up to this moment.'
Even Sawyer laughs.
'Fuck me,' Liam mutters under his breath.”
Source: Fourth Wing
“You're a shit cake with cum for whipped cream and dynamite for candles.”
“You're a silly sausage, you know that?" Dad says, kissing the top of my head.
I can think of less nice ways to put it.
"Yes," | agree in a tiny voice. "I am unfortunately the silliest of all sausages”
Source: Picture Perfect
“You're a smart one. You know as good as me and as Flick that there is no Promised Land. Matilda's an orphan, a daughter of dead gods. But Ancestors is real and their spirits are at work. Baby sun giving out is how they making a fuss.”
Source: An Unkindness of Ghosts
“You’re a smart woman, and I’m a romantic man who believes in an arrow-shooting Cupid, Santeria love spells, and pixie dust of protection and enchantment.”
Source: The Perks of Higher Ed
“You're a step ahead when you conclude the mapping activity with leaders from across the organization, show them how the team intends to make process, and obtain their public commitment to support the plan.”
Source: Value Stream Mapping: How to Visualize Work and Align Leadership for Organizational Transformation
“You're a storyteller, Alice Edevane," Ben had told her late one afternoon, as the river tripped coolly by and the pigeons came home to roost. "I've never met a person with such a clever imagination, such good ideas." His voice had been gentle and his gaze intense; Alice had seen herself then through his eyes and she'd liked what she saw.”
Source: The Lake House
“You're a strange kind of boy," said Achilles.
"I was not tested for normality before I was entrusted with this mission," said Suriyawong. "But I have no doubt that I would fail such a test.”
Source: Shadow Puppets
“You're a strong guy."
He shot her a crooked grin. "You inspire me.”
Source: Devoted to Destiny
“You're a strong woman, Annabelle. Stronger than I would have believed."
"No, it's my love for you that is strong.”
Source: Secrets of a Summer Night
“You're a stubborn, ill-trained horse,”
“You’re a student?” John flushed as though the question were both compliment and accusation. “I was. Or am.” He shook his head. “That is, I will be again, if I’m to have my say in the matter.”
Source: The Weight of Ink
“You're a superCILIOUS cock SUCKER. You know that."
"IT TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE.”
Source: Uninhibited From Lust To Love
“You’re a survivor of emotional abuse—and you can escape this trap. Just remain calm, patient, and always kind to yourself. Someday you will be able to talk about this experience eloquently and believably.”
Source: Psychopath Free: Recovering from Emotionally Abusive Relationships With Narcissists, Sociopaths, and Other Toxic People
“You’re a teenager. It’s all complicated.”
Source: There You'll Find Me
“You're a throwback."
"To what?"
Jess considered this. Hi-tech at work, Emily was paradoxically old-fashioned in her life. She didn't even own a television. "The nineteenth century," Jess concluded. "No. Eighteenth. You can be eighteenth. I'll be nineteenth."
"I never pictured you as a Victorian."
"No, early nineteenth century," said Jess, who had always been a stickler when it came to imaginary games and books. The Blue Fairy, not Tinker Bell. Lucy, not Susan. Jo, not Amy. Austen, not the Brontes.”
Source: The Cookbook Collector
“You’re a total catch.” “I know, right? I keep trying to tell people.”
Source: Restore Me
“You're a tough guy, but I'm a nightmare wrapped in the apocalypse.”
Source: Gods of Risk
“You’re a twisted fuck,” I whispered. “And you’re about to come,” he whispered back.”
Source: Priceless
“You're a victim only if you choose to be.”
“You're a victim only if you choose to be one.”
“You're a virgin. You have no idea what you're asking for."
"Then you will have to teach me."
"Not like this. Not on a horse in the middle of nowhere.”
Source: Sam's Creed
“You’re a walking love letter and you don’t even know it,” I tell her. “The most magnificent lass I ever did see.”
Source: Bloody Fingers & Red Lipstick
“You're a wave and a particle simultaneously everywhere and nowhere in my thoughts, collapsing into form only when I try to measure your feelings”
Source: Limerence
“You’re a wonderful dancer, Ria.”
“Mademoiselle Geraldine’s takes such things seriously.”
“Ah. And how many ways do you know to kill me, while we dance?”
“Only two, but give me time.”
“You have lovely eyes. Has anyone ever told you that?”
“What rot. They are a muddy green. What are you about, Lord Mersey?”
Felix sighed, looking genuinely perturbed. His air of ennui was shaken. “I am trying to court you. Truth be told, Miss Temminnick, you make it ruddy difficult!”
“Language, Lord Mersey.” Sophronia felt her heart flutter strangely. Am I ready to be courted?
“See!”
Source: Curtsies & Conspiracies
“You're a wrestler, right, Jake?" Dad asked, passing Jake more saag. My parents were in an Indian food phase. The evening's entree consisted of limp spinach. God forbid we'd throw a few burgers on the grill and just have a barbecue when guests came over.
Jake gave the bright green, mushy contents a wary glance but accepted the bowl. "Yeah. I wrestle. I'm captain this year."
"How Greco-Roman of you," Lucius said dryly, lifting a glob of spinach and letting it drip, slowly, from his fork. "Grappling about on mats.”
Source: Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side
“You're about as subtle as a fucking train wreck. On a boat.”
“You're about to become the thing you hate. Let the games begin.”
Source: Embraced
“You’re absolutely hilarious.” Kase rolled his eyes. “For moons-sake, you sound like a dying dog.”
Source: Cities of Smoke and Starlight
“You're absolved," I tell him.
He brings his eyes back up to mine. There's no fucking way he knows what that word means. That's a word I dream someone will say to me.
So I put it in his language. "You're free.”
Source: Teeth
“You're acting like a child."
"Technically, I am a child." It felt to Hart like he was constantly reminding his father of this fact. As in, You can't just travel the world and leave me and Heather here--- we're minors.
Mr. Hargrove sighed, brushing past this statement, too. "I'm sorry you lost your girlfriend. But you can't blow off all your responsibilities because of that."
"Why not? You did.”
Source: Of Earthly Delights
“You’re actually fulfilling your calling by going to work and giving your best.”