22 Quotes by Kat Falls

Remember what I said when I led to Omar and the queen?" I bobbed my head, unable to look away from his jewel-like eyed, shining in the darkness...so much like Chorda's. "That was the lie. Good-bye, Lane," he said and then crept into the darkness.

Before I could turn to look up, a voice boomed from the heavens: "What the heck is going on down there?

The king who stepped into the ballroom wearing a green velvet robe and bejeweled crown was none other that the tiger-man who'd prowled through my nightmares and nearly every waking moment for the past two days. Chorda.

Promise me, Lane,” Rafe pleaded, letting me hear the depth of his anguish.“Okay. I will,” I said, hating the promise even as I made it. “But only if I hear about a feral infected tiger, which I won't because I'll be on the other side of the wall.”A smile touched Rafe's lips, genuine this time. “You'll be back. A fierce girl like you belongs on the wild side.

Just promise me something . . . .” He looked down at my hand fisted in his and pushed his fingers into it, compelling me to entwine my fingers with his, a move that was perfectly him. He'd pushed himself into my heart much the same way. “Promise,” he went on, “that if you hear about a grupped-up tiger gone feral, you'll hire a hunter to put me down.”“No,” I gasped. “You'll have years before that happens and by then, Dr. Solis will have found a cure.

I won't go,” I whispered against his shoulder. “I'm not leaving you when you're sick.”“You're not leaving me.” He peeled out of my embrace and faced the edge of the canopy. “I'm leaving you.”“Wait,” I gasped, reaching for him. I wasn't ready to lose him to the night and the chaos of the zoo. But when Rafe glanced back at me, my hand froze. His eyes were now as luminous as a predator's.

That demented animal didn't deserve a name.

You know, for all your talk, you're kind of a good guy yourself.”“Wrong. I'm the guy that stays alive. (...) and the one you leave behind if you get the chance to escape. You understand?

As Rafe watched the hovercopter circle back, I saw that his aqua eyes had a golden sheen, like sunlight reflecting off the surface of a lake, I couldn't move, couldn't breathe. “Your eyes . . .