“I plotted to take you from everything you knew, and I did, but that's nowhere near the worst of my crimes. I've killed people, Poppy. There is so much blood on my hands that they will never be clean. I will overthrow the Queen who cared for you, and many more will die in the process. I am not a good man.' He swallowed hard. 'But I am trying to be right now.' ... 'I don't want you to be good.' Without even realising it, I had lifted my other hand, fisting the front of his shirt. 'I want you.” Jennifer L ArmentroutPoppyPoppy BalfourFrom Blood And AshWantingHawkeHawke FlynnMorally GreyHonourableTrying To Be Good Book:From Blood and Ash Source: From Blood and Ash