New BDB cover!!! I cannot freaking wait for this book!!
Aaaaand it’s out and it’s really happening. Though WE wish Blay was in the cover too, we could not be happier. The name is PERFECTION!!!!
Clearing issue about Blay, Qhuinn and Layla…
JR Ward clearing the issue about Blay, Qhuinn and Layla…
Questions we want answered in LR:
QHUINN AND BLAY!!!!!! Please and fucking thank you…
I personally want to know what the crap is going to happen with Layla…I mean, I know that we know that Blay and Qhuinn are going to be together but it’s all still so stressful!
Speculations? ;)
Bella was right in front of him. As he caught her scent up close, his heart went jackrabbit on him, doing some kind of flutter thing that got him light-headed.
“Is it true you cleaned up my house?” she said.
Oh, man… The only answer he had to that was too revealing.
“Is it?”
“Yeah, I did that.”
“I’m going to hug you now.”
Z stiffened, but before he could get himself out of the way, her arms wrapped around his waist and her head came up against his bare chest.
He stood in her embrace without moving, without breathing, without returning it… All he could do was feel her body. She was a tall female, but he had a good six inches on her. And even though he was thin for a warrior, he carried at least seventy pounds more on his bones than she did. And still she overwhelmed him.
Steeling herself, she walked into the other space and halted. As she saw everything so neat and unbroken, she remembered the violence that had taken place.
“Someone’s cleaned it up,” she whispered.
“Zsadist.” Butch stepped by her, gun up at chest level, eyes scanning around.
“He… did all this?” She motioned her hand in a sweep.
“The night after you were taken. He spent hours here. Downstairs is neat as a pin, too.”
She tried to imagine Zsadist with a mop and bucket, getting rid of the bloodstains and the glass shards.
Why? she wondered.
Butch shrugged. “He said it was personal.”
Had she spoken out loud? “Did he explain… why that was?”
As the human shook his head, she was aware of Phury pointedly taking interest in the outdoors.
Their eyes met. She was so pretty, she made him dizzy.
“Do you want to kiss me?” she whispered.
John’s eyes cracked open. Like a balloon had popped behind his head.
“Because I’d like you to.” She licked her lips a little. “I really would.”
Whoa… Chance of a lifetime, right here, right now, he thought.
Do not pass out. Passing out would be a total buzz kill.
“Do you want to kiss me?” she whispered.
John’s eyes cracked open. Like a balloon had popped behind his head.
“Because I’d like you to.” She licked her lips a little. “I really would.”
Whoa… Chance of a lifetime, right here, right now, he thought.
Do not pass out. Passing out would be a total buzz kill.
“
| — | Lover Awakened, J.R. Ward |
Fear and gratitude and something altogether warm squeezed her chest. On impulse, she leaned in and kissed him on the lips.
He jerked back with a hiss, eyes wider than if she’d slapped him.
Oh, hell. Why had she done that? “I’m sorry. I’m sorry, I—”
“No, it’s cool. We’re cool.” He rolled onto his back and lifted his hand to his mouth. His fingers rubbed back and forth across his lips, like he was wiping her off him.
When she sighed good and hard, he said, “What’s the matter?”
“Am I so distasteful?”
He dropped his arm. “No.”
What a lie. “Maybe I’ll get you a washcloth, how about that?”
When she would have shot out of bed, his hand clamped on her arm. “That was my first kiss, okay? I just didn’t expect it.
He jerked back with a hiss, eyes wider than if she’d slapped him.
Oh, hell. Why had she done that? “I’m sorry. I’m sorry, I—”
“No, it’s cool. We’re cool.” He rolled onto his back and lifted his hand to his mouth. His fingers rubbed back and forth across his lips, like he was wiping her off him.
When she sighed good and hard, he said, “What’s the matter?”
“Am I so distasteful?”
He dropped his arm. “No.”
What a lie. “Maybe I’ll get you a washcloth, how about that?”
When she would have shot out of bed, his hand clamped on her arm. “That was my first kiss, okay? I just didn’t expect it.
“
| — | Lover Awakened, J.R. Ward |
Bella: Zsadist?
Zsadist: Yeah?
Bella: When I was… When I was in that hole in the ground, I thought of you. I wanted you to come for me. I knew you could get me out.
Zsadist: I thought of you, too.
Bella: You did? Really?
Zsadist: Yeah. Some days… you were all I could think of.
Bella: Seriously? Why?
Zsadist: Wanted to get you back. That's all.
Bella: Well… thank you for coming for me.
Zsadist: I hated the idea that you were frightened and alone. That someone had hurt you. I couldn't… let it go.
I didn't sleep for those six weeks. All I could see when I shut my eyes was you, calling out for help.
