“You’ve bewitched my senses, taken over my thoughts. Every time I blink, all I see is you, like you’ve seared yourself into my eyes and I’ll never close them again without envisioning you. And you know what?” My voice is as breathless as my thoughts. “What?” He leans away to look me in the eye again. “I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

« How did I mistake an owner for a lover? »

« Bad men. The world was run by bad men. »

“Where you go, I go, Born-in-Fire. Even if it’s to the gates of Valhalla.”

“You are mine, Born-in-Fire. Even if only the two of us know it.”

« It is hard to keep one’s wits when faced with a woman as beautiful as the sight of shore to a man who has been lost at sea. »

« But I would not run. I was Freya Born-in-Fire, and I would do whatever it took to protect my family. So instead I squared my shoulders. »

“You’re going to ruin me, too, Inmate,” he says softly, making me realize I just said at least part of that out loud. “Lucky for you, we’ll go down in the blaze together.”

« That bitch took my soap. »

“Sometimes, truth is difficult. Even when you know it’s right, it gets stuck inside you and claws away at you. Sometimes, it can be the hardest thing to reveal.”