Book: Purity in Death
Quotes of Book: Purity in Death
He held up a hand. "You've come perilously close to being written up for insubordination, Lieutenant. I expect better control from you, and have rarely had the need to remind you of it.""Yes, sir.""Moreover, I find myself insulted both on a personal and professional level that you assumed I had or would approve an asinine schedule that pulls you off a priority.""I apologize, Commander, and can only offer the weak excuse that any and all contact with Lee Chang results in my temporary insanity.""Understood." Whitney turned the disc over in his hand. "It surprises me, Dallas, that you didn't shove this down his throat.""Actually, sir, I had another orifice in mind."His lips quirked, just slightly. Then he snapped the disc in two, just as she had."Thank you, Commander.""Let's get this damn circus over with, so we can both get back to work. book-quoteShe'd barely stepped in, taken that first breath of cool, clean air, when Summerset, Roarke's majordomo, appeared in the foyer like an unwelcome vision."Yes, I missed the dinner," she said before he could open his mouth. "Yes, I'm a miserable failure as a wife and a poor example of a human being. I have no class, no courtesy, and no sense of decorum. I should be dragged naked into the streets and stoned for my sins."Summerset raised one steel gray eyebrow. "Well, that seems to cover it.""Good, saves time." She started up the stairs. "Is he back?""Just."A little annoyed she'd given him no opportunity to criticize, he frowned after her. He'd have to be quicker next time. book-quoteAbracadabra," Roarke stated, and opened it."Now that's more like it." Hunkered down beside him, Eve studied the neat stacks of cash. "This is how he stayed out of a cage so long. No credit, no e-transfers. Cash on the line. And a file box, loaded with discs and vids.""Best of all." Roarke reached in, took out a PPC. "His personal palm, very likely uninfected and chock-full of interesting data.""Let's load it up, get it in." She pulled out her memo book."What're you doing?""Logging the entry. I better not see any of that green stuff or those baubles go into your pockets, Ace.""Now I'm offended." He straightened, brushed at his shirt. "If I nipped anything, you can bet your ass you wouldn't see me do it. book-quoteShe could see the tempest in his eyes, swarming in the blue of them with a kind of primal violence that made the breath catch in her throat and her pulse pound in response."I need you." His fingers dived into her hair, dragging it back from her face, fisting again. "You can't know what kind of need is in me for you. There are times, do you understand me, I don't want it. I don't want this raging inside me. It won't stop."His mouth crushed down on hers, and she tasted that need, the fierce and focused intensity of it. And the greed, the desperation of it.She gave herself over to it without hesitation. Because he was wrong, as he was very rarely wrong. She understood the need, and she understood the frustration of knowing it wouldn't be controlled.The same war waged in her. book-quoteShe pushed back from the table. "I've got some stuff I need to do.""The Walking Dead said there was chocolate cake.""Jamie," Roarke said mildly."Sorry," Jamie said reluctantly. "Mister Walking Dead, also known as Summerset, said there was chocolate cake.""And if you eat it all, I'll kill you in your sleep. Then you can join The Walking Dead. Roarke, I need to talk to you."As they started out, she heard Jamie ask: "Think they're gonna go do it?" And heard the quick slap of Feeney's hand on the teenaged skull."Are we going to go do it?" Roarke grabbed her hand."Want me to have Feeney knock you, too?""I'm a bit quicker than Jamie yet. But I take that to mean we're not going back upstairs for a fast tumble.""How many times a day do you think about sex?"He gave her a considering look. "Would that be actively thinking of it, or just having the concept of it lurking there, like Jamie's invisible document? book-quote
