He is tremendously strong, she thought, and liked the idea, even as she had feared that strength when she first met him

for when women take revenge, it is with all their hearts and souls, not to mention considerable inventiveness and ingenuity

He smiled at her, and she felt uncomfortable as she always did when he showed her affection as opposed to lust. Lust she expected from a man but not affection.…

Desire was only another weapon, like hunger, loneliness, and cold arrayed against him by his tormentors

You see, dream-lover of a lady, what shakes me to the core Is the thought as you caress me, you've done this all before I think about the future with me out an…

Speak, speak, let terror strike slaves mute, Much danger makes great hearts most resolute.

'Well, I see you give more than I can take / Will I only harvest some? / As the days fly past will we lose our grasp / Or fuse it in the sun? / Did she wake yo…