Quotes About Loyalty

We're a family business. All we have is our name and our reputation. We follow only three rules. First, once bought, we stay loyal to the client. Second, we try not to do anything illegal. And third, at the end of the day we have to be able to look our reflection in the eye.

If he ever told me that my wife is a 'potential threat' again, I would become a real and immediate threat.

No strong ties to other Houses, no patrons of great influence. It wasn't unusual. Many smaller Houses preferred to operate independently, unattached to a larger family. Powerful Houses had powerful enemies, and when you allied yourself to one, you inherited their friends and their rivals.

Human women, like vampire women, come in all varieties. For example, I don't like violence, but I will kill to protect my family and my guests.

Just staying sharp. Keeping you safe keeps me in shape.

The first generation of the sahanu is dead. The second generation of the sahanu is dead. The Order of Sahanu is dead. Everybody is dead." Javier paused. "Praise be to In-Shinar, the Merciful.

She remembered his voice, so calm it chilled her. "Lady Maud, if I die, say the Liturgy of the Fallen for me." Saying the Liturgy of the Fallen fell to the one you treasured most. Your spouse. Your lover. Your one who was everything. She couldn't dishonor that confession and she answered him in the language of vampires. "Go with the Goddess, my Lord. You won't be forgotten.

It's okay," I told him. "I know." His voice was quiet. "I will always be there. I will walk across the whole planet if I have to. I closed my eyes and whispered, I'll meet you halfway.

My lady," he said quietly. "Never do that again," she whispered. "Stay with me," he asked. "Where would I go?" He smiled then. She rolled her eyes and went back to the rites.

loving someone and being with him were two different things.

We are a family of monsters and he's our child. People will always try to kill him and we will always protect him. He better get used to it

Oh no, you don't. Over my dead body. Better yet, over his.

People, especially unhappy people, want a cause. They want something to belong to, to be a part of something great and bigger, and to be led.

Are you out of your mind?" It's not polite to lie to your best friend. "It's a possibility.

I wanted to cut Hugh into pieces. I owed him for Mauro, my broken sword, and seven days in the hole. But Curran owed him for seeing me disappear, for finding out where I went, for running after me across half the country not knowing if I was still alive, and then for fighting his way to Mishmar only to find me half-dead. Curran had a much bigger score to settle.

Quick, Derek, it's your chance to shine," Ascanio said. Derek gave him a withering look. "Desandra is a mother, Robert is married, Kate's affianced, and I'm an old soul. You're the closest thing to a virgin we've got. Get on with growing some flowing locks.

You're more like a crazy aunt who only gets called when somebody needs bailing out of jail," Derek said.

If you like him, I like him. If you hate him, I hate him. But I think he loves you and that's all any mother could hope for.

Of course, I'll still love you, you stupid jerk. The Beast Lord is an arrogant jerk. I never wanted him. I only wanted Curran.

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What happens to Orro if the Vein Ripper goes nuts and his humanizer fails?" "I'll be carrying the humanizer, and if Qoros steps out of line, I'll neutralize him and Orro will help me carry him to the car." Sean glanced at Orro. "Isn't that right, battle buddy?" Orro rose to his full height, all quills erect, claws spread for the kill. "I will assist, combat friend.

The gate was open, and Ponytail sprawled on the ground. A hoof-sized hole gaped in his skull, and black flies crawled on his bloody hair. Next to him Tulip waited with a docile expression, looking like th

Fate, that bloody, vicious, fickle bitch. Sometimes she loved him, and he could do nothing wrong. And sometimes she stuck a knife in his back.

Derek leaned forward, menace rolling off him in a heavy wave. "You let her think you were dead. She saved you.