“ When you see a panther opening its jaws you don't get your dick out. ” — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“Did you think,’ said Laurent, ‘I wouldn’t recognise the man who killed my brother?’ Each” — C.S. Pacat Brother Copy Share Image
“After a long moment, Laurent said, “I’m going to need some help standing up.” — C.S. Pacat Drunk Copy Share Image
“Nikandros in the warm summer evening, saying, ‘Take a slave.’ Damen said, ‘No.’ He” — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“There was no Prince Damianos. The self that he had been striving to return to was gone. To” — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“It was like being alone in a pit with a snake: the snake could relax, you could not.” — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“All right what?’ said Damen. ‘All right, you’re not fucking him,’ said Lazar.” — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“You cut his head off. It makes it a little difficult for him to suck your cock.” — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“His hands slid impotently down Laurent’s tight-laced clothing. Beneath him, Laurent’s kisses were all open-mouthed. Desire flamed, painful and bright. It” — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“The constructed arrogance of the display was intentional. It said, exquisitely: Did you exert yourself at Charcy? I have been here examining… — C.S. Pacat Arrogance Copy Share Image
“Charcy is claimed for Akielos.’ As he rose, Damen wrapped his hand around its wooden pole and planted it in the earth.… — C.S. Pacat Nature Copy Share Image
“He touched the starburst pattern at his shoulder. He was dressed in Laurent’s colours, and bearing his insignia. That was a strange… — C.S. Pacat Strange feeling Copy Share Image
“Laurent had delivered all Damen had asked for, tied up neatly in a bow. All within the space of a day. If… — C.S. Pacat Productivity Copy Share Image
“That is the man you face. He has more honour and integrity than any man I have ever met. He is dedicated… — C.S. Pacat Damen Copy Share Image
“Order whatever punishment you like, from the coward's distance of a chain-lenght. You and Govart are two of a kind.” — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“Lord Touars said, ‘You will come with us willingly, or you will come after we have subjugated your men. You have a… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“And if you want a personal message,’ said Laurent, ‘You can tell my uncle boykiller that he can cut the head off… — C.S. Pacat Children Copy Share Image
“Very well. Let us play this out. You’re concerned for the well-being of the other slaves? Why hand me that kind of… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“Damen thought privately that princes needed seasoning not protection. Laurent in particular. He had seen Laurent open his mouth and strip paint… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“He won’t hurt the child,’ said Laurent. ‘Whether it is your son or Kastor’s, it is leverage. It is leverage against you,… — C.S. Pacat Children Copy Share Image
“He didn’t try to hide it. He had discarded his wrist gauntlets. He wore the Akielon breastplate, the short leather skirt, the… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“It’s morning,’ said Laurent. ‘We slept?’ ‘We slept,’ said Damen. They were gazing at one another. He held himself still as Laurent… — C.S. Pacat Kissing Copy Share Image
“It’s not a trick,’ said Laurent. ‘You’d let me go,’ said Damen. This time it was Laurent who was silent, gazing back… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“A fourth son, thought Damen, waiting for someone to notice him. When he wasn’t trying to please, he was baiting authority, as… — C.S. Pacat Last words Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t going to work. Physicality was an obstacle to desire, and he groaned into Laurent’s neck, slid his hands down over… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“Think he’ll kill him?’ another speculated. Damen knew the answer to that question. Laurent was not going to kill him. He was… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“Let me in,’ he said, and Laurent made a new sound, his head dropped between his shoulder blades, his breath ribboning out… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“I couldn’t if I wanted to. A batch of blond Vaskians really would get me disinherited. I’ve never,’ said Laurent, ‘with a… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“I prefer to think my way out of traps,’ said Laurent, ‘rather than use brute force to simply smash through.’ The words… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“Laurent,’ he said, and he was breaking apart. To get what you want, you have to know exactly how much you are… — C.S. Pacat Breaking apart Copy Share Image
“Damen’s palm slid over Laurent’s warm nape; slowly, very slowly, making his height an offering, not a threat, Damen leaned in and… — C.S. Pacat First kiss Copy Share Image
“Tell me,’ said Damen. Kyrina spoke without lifting her head from her prostration. Her long hair, which had escaped from its bindings… — C.S. Pacat Children Copy Share Image
“I would court you, with all the grace and courtesy that you deserve,” — C.S. Pacat Courtesy Copy Share Image
“I miss you,’ said Laurent. ‘I miss our conversations.’ It” — C.S. Pacat Communication Copy Share Image
“You’ve outstayed your welcome,’ said Laurent. ‘Don’t do this. If you ride to meet your uncle unprepared you will lose everything you’ve… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“Strip him,’ said Laurent. ‘Confiscate his horse and his belongings. Turn him out of the keep. There is a village two miles… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“It was her mind, deliberate, calculating, that was the threat, regarding him from behind a pair of cool blue eyes. ‘Hello, Damen,’… — C.S. Pacat Psychology Copy Share Image
“He remembered Jord saying, You ever wonder what it would feel like to find out you’d spread for your brother’s killer? I… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
