"The two things I loved most in the morning, coffee and the thump of my fist hitting my punching bag. One woke me up, the other made me feel safe."
"Damn, how long had it been since I’d been on a date? My hormones were going crazy on me. Down girl."
"Car accidents were so weird; they took seconds to the observer, but when you were in them they felt really long and drawn out."
"Oh God, why the hell did I have to be a vegetarian? A meat-eater might have taken those deer out no problem."
"Every pack functions smoothly because we all have a place in it."
"‘You’re a werewolf,’ the man’s voice said in my mind."
"I had worked very hard to get my college degree, start my own business, and become an independent woman."
"Two ways. Extreme blood loss or silver poisoning. Our power to heal is in our blood."
"The silver. One more bite and he will probably be poisoned beyond repair."
"The rules say you can forfeit and still walk away with your life."
"A foreign alpha who trespasses on our land, picks a fight with my alpha, and then forfeits, is a coward."
"When an alpha is weakened like I am, a dominant member could take this chance to challenge me for the pack."
"You’re the Matefinder. The most sought after, the most … hunted."
"Wolves need to live in packs to be fully healthy and feel whole, but as far as lovers go, most of us can only hope to be lucky enough to find our mate, to be blessed with children and a life of love."
"Mates mean equals in the wolf world. Dominance aside, you are my other half, my equal."
"She can find mates, although not at will. Only Spirit can guide her visions, but there is dark magic that could force her abilities."
"Your blood smells powerful, but there is a block. I can’t see more. I don’t know which clan you are from. Someone has shrouded you in protection magic."
"It shouldn’t be possible. Old lore states that the Matefinder can take on their mate’s ability."
"It also states that the Matefinder is always female, always born in a set of twins."
"Like I said, Matefinders are born in a set of twins. The female always inherits the gift and the male is her protector."
"The harder I look into it, the more confusing it becomes, like someone has blocked it."
"Weres’ blood makes for some powerful spellcraft."
"You twitch your nose in your sleep. It’s adorable. – Kai"
"I am going. I was in the vision and you are not leaving me here."
"We get there in time. They give her two days left to live and we get there in time."
"Only a high priest or priestess could break my protection spell."
"You smell amazing, but yes, you have smelled faintly of witch since I found you."
"I don’t trust witches. That being said, I have known Sylvia for a long time and she has never given me cause not to trust her."
"I knew you wouldn’t hurt me, but there were some things people never really got over."
"I hadn’t really felt settled about my mate-finding gift until now."
"Cheers!" called Devon, and the others chimed in with agreement.
"If I told you, then I would have no secrets."
"Being such a big pack, fights break out daily."
"It’s okay. My mother, father, sister, and I were all changed in a werewolf attack in Delhi."
"I had spent so many years learning to protect myself, teaching others to protect themselves, that I didn’t realize I had been searching for someone to protect me, to make me feel safe."
"I want the answer. I always want the answers."
"I could see my future with him. I could see what it truly meant to find your mate."
"My whole life has been a lie," I told Emma, finally able to speak.
"I think he struggles between his human side wanting me to have my own pack, and his wolf wanting to challenge me to prove he could have won a fight."
"So you’re telling me that every year you put a bunch of dominant alphas in one room and expect them to sit around politely and talk about issues?"
"Aurora won’t be used as a tool to grow our species."
"Isn’t most of India vegetarian? I thought it was a religious thing?"
"One day he too would die, but he wouldn’t want to be tortured beforehand, would he?"
"We splinted their legs and wings and gave them all names."
"You are the ultimate package: beautiful, smart, strong, and a good person. How did I get so lucky?"
"We will go to the wedding and support Sadie."
"We run a clean pack. No dominance fights. We treasure and protect our females, we help them find their mates."
"Don’t ever do that again," Kai told me with a venomous tone, and ran off beside Jai.
"Is this really happening? You guys will let me see my family? I can see my kids? Every day?"
"An alpha takes care of his pack like family. I will treat you like you are my own sister."
"Every intelligence agency in almost every country knows about the three supernatural races."
"I come in peace, little sister," the shaman said to me with his hand raised.
"Your presence here will change that. As the Matefinder, you will bring together many mated pairings, with Spirit’s help."
"You come to me as two parts in one body, human and wolf. You come as two souls with one purpose—to be mated for life, to start a family if you choose."
"It’s beautiful," I agreed. Wow, they moved fast.
"We will give them more than that. We will give them futures."
"I couldn’t see him anywhere, so I stuck my nose close to the ground and picked up his scent near a cluster of pine trees."
"I loved surprises and this one was epic. Moonlight dinner right after opening a second Safe Haven location … perfect."
"Your passions will become mine and I will support you in whatever you do."
"Tears were streaming down my face as I looked down at his hands, which held a large circle-cut diamond ring."
"My past was gone. I shed it right then and there."
"We tell ourselves we’ll never be happy, we’ll never trust, but in that moment I shattered all that negative self-talk."
"We have felt pulled to you since I first saw you and now I know why."
"Your blood can give all of the vampire women in my command the power of fertility."
"I stood over my body, mouth agape at the shaman’s words."
"This wasn’t happening! Emma would be the first werewolf in our pack to have a child."
"The future you see in your visions can change. The future is always changing."
"I protect what is mine and Emma is MINE! She is yours!"
"I was human for the first twenty-two years of my life."
"We are from a special branch of the international intelligence community."
"Our mission has always been to gather intelligence on your kind."
"Werewolves protect humans. It’s always been this way."
"I will never leave this pack. You are my family."
"The government has been watching the supernatural community for over twenty years."
"I don’t give up! I’ve been through a lot of shit in my life, and I didn’t make it out by giving up."
"It has, and always will be, a werewolf’s duty to protect the humans from vampires."
"We didn’t lose any wolves, but we had our own complications."
"My father has been waiting his entire life to marry off his only daughter. There will be no expense spared tonight."
"It’s our money, not mine. I will add you to all of the accounts when we get home."
"Don’t analyze this money thing. Pay attention. Our wedding will be similar."
"I think we can manage that. We’re here for you."
"Thank you," Trent whispered as I passed, and I smiled.
"I’m okay, Max. Thanks for catching me," I told him, my voice wavering.
"We’re better than this. Our kind—we’re better."
"Because to tell him would make me feel weak. I’m anything but weak, Aurora."
"If there’s one thing I won’t do, it’s live in fear. I’ve spent too much of my life doing that already."
"You are my son’s mate whether you have a mating ceremony or not. You are my daughter-in-law."
"Vampires are like bees. They spend their whole life obsessed with their hive and honey. Money and blood for vampires."