phoenix

I can feel you watching me." Her breathy voice slid over him and felt like her fingers were running over his hard cock. How the fuck was her voice alone able to rule his dick?

The scent of the leather and the feel of the cold steel transported her back in time. __ut Daddy, why can__ I have a sword and a scabbard? Dillon and Tynan have one and look, I can lift it above my head, too._ Kylah chuckled because she hadn__ lifted it above her head; she__ barely lifted the broadsword off the floor. But Cearnach was always supportive. He__ told her, __omeday, little one_ someday you will be a great warrior just like your brothers.

I never seem to have any level of restraint with you, woman.

Aerric took another sip of his whiskey as his manservant left the room. His thoughts had distracted him from the truth of the moment_. His mate, his love, and how she had betrayed him. He wasn__ sure if he could find his way back, no matter how much he loved her. Aerric waved his hand and the fire in the hearth died out. He sat in his pitch-black office, hoping the memories of her and their love would become like the room_ perfect darkness.

He whispered as he kissed down her neck. __ would love nothing more than to take you right here on the counter, Fire Angel, but if I__ late to meet with your grandmothers, they might just decide to throw my ass on a funeral pyre and I wouldn__ be back for three days.

Wild need slipped into his mind as she moaned into his mouth and he fucking loved how greedy she was, but fuck, she was completely wrecking his ability to be easy with her. She was using her power and strength in a way that riled his beast. Mine, she growled into the link as her thighs tightened around his hips.

Her __eath_ was the only way for her to live.

You wanted to ride, my nasty girl, so fucking ride,_ Sander challenged.

Harmony would only come with destruction.

Not everything set on fire will rise.

I hoisted myself onto my elbows. "Yeah, well, if I ever come back as a Grigori, then I'll kick your ass.""You'll come back, and you'll be a Grigori." He spoke with such certainty it made me smile. "I doubt very greatly, however, that you'll kick my ass. But me and my ass will enjoy your efforts.

Rising from the ashes, I am born again,powerful, exultant, majestic through all the pain.

My heart is burning a hole in my chest and every time you speak to me, it keeps sinking, and I'm left with nothing but ashes. I wish she were talking to me, because the more she speaks to me, the more my heart flutters like a rising phoenix.-Karen Quan and Jarod Kintz

Wise is the one who flavors the future with some salt from the past. Becoming dust is no threat to the phoenix born from the ash.