V.S. Carnes, Sand For Dreams Quotes
Kas was right: a woman could destroy a man. This one could do so, simply by knowing his name. She could do so, simply with her eyes.
He smelled the salt on his own lips and the orange blossoms in her hair. Real ones, he could see now, tucked into the curls with cheap, native combs. The sight of them gave him hope.
Looking back at him was a man who was battered and broken.And alive, for the first time in his life.
He wanted to die. He prayed for it. Through the roar in his ears, he begged for it.
Caine was a murderer. A liar. A cad. A skulker in shadows and a heartless wretch. What sort of woman or God would love someone like him?
He heard the voice that had called to him in dreams, had saved him from the sands and from following his brother into the river.
Kent had begun sleeping with his good eye open, for he knew the mark of sedition when he saw it. Even partway blinded, who could see it better?