“I never had a snowflake’s chance in hell. What do I know of love? How did I ever suppose that a man like him genuinely wanted a scruffy upstart like me?” — Primula Bond Copy Share Image
“Think of it as a symbol. Here’s the chain, joining us together. I know it’s a symbol of captivity. Slavery, even. But I also… — Primula Bond Copy Share Image
“I’m your patron. You’re my protégée. What a patron does is take the protégée under his wing. And what protégées do is what they’re… — Primula Bond Copy Share Image
“Remember that. ‘And this personal pleasure will come from me?’ ‘I want to be able to call you my own, Serena. For a measurable… — Primula Bond Copy Share Image
“I am an urchin, standing in the cold, elbowed aside by the glossy rich visitors in their fur coats and ostentatious jewellery, being fussed… — Primula Bond Copy Share Image
“But then he combs his fingers through my hair, starting at the base of my neck, and I shiver with uncontrollable, unexpected pleasure.” — Primula Bond Copy Share Image
“His mouth has a story to tell, I’m certain of it. How can it be amused and sardonic, hard and inviting, all at the… — Primula Bond Copy Share Image
“Remember, you’re free to leave whenever you wish. But I guarantee by the end of our time together you’ll wonder how you ever lived… — Primula Bond Copy Share Image
“You’re pleasing me already. Look at you. So lovely perched here in front of me, opening your legs for me. So quiet now. Obedient.… — Primula Bond Copy Share Image
“I never had a snowflake’s chance in hell. What do I know of love? How did I ever suppose that a man like him… — Primula Bond Copy Share Image
“I gasp in pain as the grinding sexual jealousy overwhelms me. I’m the reluctant voyeur in the forbidden room. I shouldn’t be here. I’m… — Primula Bond Copy Share Image
“Gustav Levi is calm for the first time. A ship that’s been hurled by the storm into harbour. He’s where he wants to be.… — Primula Bond Copy Share Image
“Good girl. So. Are you ready to do this? You and me, working and playing together?” — Primula Bond Copy Share Image
