Our first time will be what you want, what you fantasize about. I’m going to take you, right here, right now.

Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving. – James E. Faust.

I think it was a game to both of you, a real life chess game. Every move you made he countered. In order to get his king, you sacrificed your queen, a bold move. One I believe will work. But at what cost?

Do you need a safeword, in case things get too normal for you, and you need me to stop being vanilla for a moment and I don’t know, kneel or something?

Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it. – Mark Twain.

It made Claire feel so much better knowing that even though she’d almost died, appearances were maintained.

I’m not throwing you away! I’m setting you free.

Suddenly, the ice became liquid and her veins filled with the cold, condensing fluid. Her heartbeat intensified as the poor muscle attempted to pump the viscous solution.

Our first time,” he said, “because there will be more than one time, won’t be what you deserve.

Unfortunately, the story wasn’t a novel, and it wasn’t fiction.