Don’t you get it Cat? You’re the key. I knew it the day I laid eyes on you.

— Amanda Bouchet

Griffin leans closer, his voice dropping to a low, suggestive rumble only I can hear. "There are things I could boast about, but I'd rather show than tell.

— Amanda Bouchet

Hades, Hera, and Hestia!" Flynn curses, pointing up." What in the Underworld is that?"" A She-Dragon." Everyone turns to me, and as much as I love having four handsome men gape at me in stupefaction, right now, I could do without.

— Amanda Bouchet

Happiness is a strange, frightening, fragile feeling when you're not used to it.

— Amanda Bouchet

Have I cheated death again? Hades must be allergic to me.

— Amanda Bouchet

He’s barely finished himself inside me when my release hits. My thighs tense. The breath stalls in my lungs, and then I kick back my head and let out the loudest, throatiest, and most breathless moan in the history of all history, going boneless in a blissful rush. “Gods, I missed you,” Griffin rasps, holding me as I throb around him. The high-impact tremors fade into sweet, lingering aftershocks. I look up at him with heavy-lidded eyes. My lips part, but no words come out. Even the drag of frosty air over my kiss-swollen lips is almost too sensual to bear. Griffin quirks a dark eyebrow, looking smug. “That was easy.” I grin, falling in love with him all over again. “Then do it again.

— Amanda Bouchet

His gaze hits mine with the force of a battering ram. He looks… appalled. “I-I won’t do this. I can’t… be with you.

— Amanda Bouchet

His tongue swirls against my skin, and I gasp. His voice rough with passion, he rasps, "You're living fire. I burn.

— Amanda Bouchet

I don’t know why it’s not universally acknowledged that looking back is a terrible idea. It only makes going forward that much harder.

— Amanda Bouchet

I dread this power he has over me. It makes me want to tell him all my secrets and see if he still wants me.

— Amanda Bouchet