Quotes About Trust

an apology implies that you wouldn't do it again. (Adam)

It is difficult for a chicken to make an alliance with a fox--you never know when you'll be eaten for breakfast.

Her lips twisted. "I don't like you," she told me, but there was a lie in her voice, and she stopped talking, looking almost surprised.

She doesn't need me to make sure she has enough food or a place to live—that is my privilege, but she doesn't need me to do that. She doesn't need me to keep her safe or to make her a whole person. She doesn't need me to do anything except love her. Which I do.

Dear God...Please don't let me end up in a wheelchair again. No broken bones would be a happy bonus, but I'm not expecting you to make up for my stupidity quite so completely...Whatever happens, you don't let that vampire make it out of here still moving. If he wins, it will be bad news. Any help you can give us will be appreciated. Amen.

See that's the thing about secrets. All you have to do is tell one person—and suddenly everyone knows.

Mercy might be mated to Adam, but to his wolf she would always belong to Bran. Would always be his little coyote, who was tough and defiant, raised by a good friend because Bran couldn't trust his mate with someone he cared about who was more fragile than his grown sons.

get you. You get me. No take-backs.

I'm not dating Adam.

He looked down at Anna. "I want you to take Walter and drive to Kennewick, Washington, where my brother is." She folded her arms and gave him her stubborn look. "No. And don't try that again. I felt that push.

This coyote is all better right now. Are you and I going to be friends, wolf?

Love means leaving yourself vulnerable, knowing that there is someone to catch you when you fall.

bit my tongue. I liked being safe. Being in Adam's arms was safe. Talking to Coyote was anything but—and where was I? I supposed he had a point.

I bit my tongue. I liked being safe. Being in Adam's arms was safe. Talking to Coyote was anything but—and where was I? I supposed he had a point.

want to. Adam wasn't angry. He wouldn't hurt me. I let him pull the power of his pack over me like a warm

When he was home, he acted as if he'd never kissed me, never told me that he was still interested. I didn't know if that was reassuring or frightening. Samuel was a very patient hunter.

She would have to learn to accept that he was a man of his word. In the meantime he would give her something to think about.

The Marrok knows," he whispered. "He always does. Everyone else believed I was the same, just like always. My father knew something was wrong, that I wasn't right. I was going to leave—but then you came.

The day you take that advice is the day I listen to it from you.

He could have told her that he had no intention of bedding her, but he tried not to lie. Not even to himself. So he stayed silent.

Samuel had the same gift of never being out of place, always fitting in, while at the same time he conveyed the sense that here was someone special, someone important. People liked him instinctively, and trusted him. It served him well as a doctor, but I was inclined to think it served him a little too well as a man. He was too used to getting his way. When charm didn't cut it, he used a tactical brain that would have done credit to Rommel.

Bonarata was charming, but I couldn't forget or forgive him for

The bones meant that I had broken faith with the vampires and was no longer under their protection—and anyone offering me aid of any kind was likely to find themselves on the wrong side of the vampires as well.

He didn't want to scare her any more than she already was. He could have told her that he had no intention of bedding her, but he tried not to lie. Not even to himself. So he stayed silent.