And I knew that. Male panthers, all of them, were a very Neanderthals lot. They liked their mates at home when they were, around, underfoot, close enough to touch at all times. Levels were twice as possessive, twice as protective, and three times as caveman-inclined.

— Mary Calmes

Don’t do that? This is your sage advice?”“Yeah.” He burped and blew it out the side of his mouth. “Sorry, the burritos we had for lunch are kinda comin’ back on me.

— Mary Calmes

He’ll never let you leave his side again.”“And there is comfort in knowing that, as there will be for Yuri. It is a great thing to be needed by another.

— Mary Calmes

I smiled at Logan, so very pleased with him for seeing that Domain, too, needed a slice of Logan cake, needed his attention, validation, trust, and to be told, once and for all, that he mattered, that he, too, was necessary.

— Mary Calmes

I want you back here now. I want you next to me now. Furthermore, I cannot believe that my family, your brother, all our friends, and an entire police force can't keep tabs on one twenty-six-year-old graphic designer who thinks he's fuckin' B

— Mary Calmes

Lighten up.” I yawned, pointing across the street to the diner. “If I got upset every time someone beat me, or chased me, or tried to rape me, I’d be crying in my cereal every morning. No one likes a whiner.

— Mary Calmes

(Seth) “So,” he said, looking me up and down, “you’re what the fuss was all about. I can’t say I’m impressed.” He sneered at me. “Still riding bulls, cowboy?”(Weber) “Nope.” I smirked at him. “I only ride his cock now.

— Mary Calmes

Silence heals nothing, fixes nothing, and unlocks nothing. Just because you don’t say something doesn’t make it any less true.

— Mary Calmes

Sometimes the choices others make take ours from us. Do you understand?

— Mary Calmes