“Lazarus had never thought of himself as lovable. Therefore it should come as no shock at all that Temperance did not, in fact, love him. No, not a shock... but it would have been nice had she had some small feeling for him. Lazarus pondered his own sickening craving as he guided his black gelding through the London morning throng the day after he'd walked out on Temperance. It appeared that his own nascent emotions had provoked a new desire as well: the urge to be loved. How banal. And yet, banal or not, he could not change the way his heart felt. A corner of his mouth quirked up humorlessly. It seemed he must be like other men after all.” Elizabeth HoytWicked IntensionsLazarussgextraordinaire Book:Wicked Intentions Source: Wicked Intentions
“You've used me to punish yourself, haven't you?" He watched dawning realization spread over her face, a confirmation more positive than anything she could ever say, and that arrow twisted deep in his chest. Yet still he had to ask the last question. "Am I anything to you but a punishment?” Elizabeth HoytWicked IntensionsLazarussgextraordinaire Book:Wicked Intentions Source: Wicked Intentions