Quote by Hugh Howey

“I relinquish control.” Not that she’d ever fully had it. In four swift strides, he was on her, lifting her, and slamming her back…

— Pam Godwin

“He snaked an arm around her waist and pulled her into him with an unyielding strength. She’d been unmistakably seized.”

— Elizabeth SaFleur

“She pulled back of those hammers and went to kick me.”

— Matt Blake

“He felt, rather than saw, her chin lift toward him. But instead of pulling her hand from his grip and turning away, she tightened…

— V.S. Carnes

“She felt like an amputee, reaching out reflexively with an arm she no longer had.”

— Frances Hardinge

“Every time she considered getting up and doing something, her limbs wouldn’t move.”

— Sara Shepard

“It was like he was being pulled in a single direction, but by two diametrically opposed forces—if such a thing could be possible.”

— Michael Bunker

“His arms banded about her so tightly that she felt nothing could break his hold. It calmed something in her that had been trembling…

— meredith duran

“He needed to gather her up, hold on to her, anything to help her stop trembling. Something was going to shake loose if she…

— Tara Janzen

“At what whirling moment had she halted and turned, unbeknownst to herself, the other way?”

— Colum McCann

“The gentle sway of her hips didn’t help his situation, not at all. Finally, he jumped to his feet, needing to get out of…

— Melody Anne

“And there was nothing you could do about a woman like that. She just turned herself into a hammer and you ran right into…

— Terry Pratchett