265 Quotes by Melanie Dickerson

Sophie lay down next to him, the crossbow beside her. “Planning to use that?” “Only if we’re threatened.” She had a plucky, defiant look on her face that made respect well up inside him. “Do you know how?” he goaded her. “Yes, I do.

Her heart stuttered. She swallowed and pushed back the longing to throw her arms around him. “I do want to marry Jorgen Hartman” – she wrenched her gaze from Jorgen and turned to the margrave – “with all my heart, but I do not accept him to escape punishment or to escape marrying someone I do not love. I accept him because he is the best man I have ever known. He is good and kind and honest. He is exactly the kind of man I would wish to marry. I may not be worthy of him, but I love him.” She.

Men were such strange creatures. Perhaps getting shot at and defending a woman against wild animals and evil archers truly was his idea of enjoyment.

Are you threatening me?” “Yes.

You deserve to love and be loved.

Instead of letting her go, he lifted her hand to his lips, his eyelids closing, and slowly kissed the backs of her fingers. She held her breath at the rush of pleasure his lips created as they brushed softly over her skin. A tiny sigh escaped her. I shouldn’t let him do this.

I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.

She cried so hard she thought her heart would burst – until Sir Gerek put his arms around her.

We can depend on the assurance that God cares about us and is always with us.