The Temptation of Magic Quotes

“And she wondered: if he were a painting, could she read him better?”
― Megan Scott, The Temptation of Magic

“Kyan knew why he had given her his word, why he was breaking his allegiance to the Wake.
He had a new allegiance, and she felt like home.”
― Megan Scott, The temptation of magic

“Now he understood why the Wake encouraged them away from memories and family … from partners. If you had family, love, you had fear.
And fear for Nicole felt like the only thing that could kill him.”
― Megan Scott, The temptation of magic

“Are you still angry with me?’ he asked.
Nicole sighed. ‘No, I,’ … I got angry because you’re right, but I can’t tell you the truth and it’s wearing me down. I got angry because I’m damn well confused as to why I have to feel all this for you … ‘No.’
‘Good,’ he said softly, and tears filled her eyes quickly as he offered his hand. ‘Let me take you home.”
― Megan Scott, The temptation of magic

“He was so fucking relieved that she was safe; alive. Something had cracked inside him watching her get beaten.”
― Megan Scott, The temptation of magic

“He stared back to the lake house with her in his arms, the night whispering a thousand stern words, his oath burning in his chest.
He thought of her smile as he walked: not the one she’d given Callum the day they’d met, but the one she’d had on her face when she met Vera. (…) Her eyes had brightened, her nose had wrinkled with a grin. He wanted her to smile at him like that, just once. The need almost choked him. He’d make damn well sure she’d get through this so he had the chance.”
― Megan Scott, The temptation of magic

“I’m not taking her anywhere,’ Kyan said.
‘And why the hell would we believe that?’ Dylan asked.
‘The oath compels you,’ Ronan added. ‘If you think I’m letting you out of this house given what you know…’
‘I wouldn’t-‘ Kyan begged.
‘Oh, please,’ said Dylan. ‘You’re loyal to the Wake, you can’t resist the oath.’
‘She’s my mate,’ Kyan growled, a dangerous anger snarling in his chest. ‘She’s not going anywhere.”
― Megan Scott, The temptation of magic

“Will she feel trapped?’
‘I’ve seen the way she looks at you, Kyan, if anything this will be a shock, but I don’t think it comes out of nowhere. It was brewing before, and it doesn’t mean the pair of you have snapped into love. If it’s like other creatures, it means there’s the potential here for a love unlike anything either of you have experienced before, so it’s not a prison sentence.”
― Megan Scott, The temptation of magic

“We've been lied to, Kyan. I don't mind a lie - hell, I quite like them - but I don't like people lying to me and I definitely don't like not knowing why.”
― Megan Scott, The temptation of magic

“How...' she croaked. 'How do I stop the pain? How do I go back to being normal?'
Kyan held her close as warm tears soaked into his shirt. 'Hold on to me. I'll take the pain away. I promise, the pain will go away.' He fought the aching of his oath, hating how the sweet perfume of her was now riddled with a scent that drove him to the deepest recesses of his dedication. But he could help heal her, so for now, it was all he would focus on.”
― Megan Scott, The temptation of magic

“He wanted her - fuck, did he want her - but not like this. He hadn't craved like this before. The sexual urges he could deal with. With Nicole, however, it was the quickening in his chest at the thought of kissing her mouth that stalled him.”
― Megan Scott, The temptation of magic

“And he knew he was a goner. (...)
Three words nearly came out of his mouth as she blinked up at him in the darkness.
So, he stayed, allowing her to stroke patterns into his palm with an idle finger. (...)
He had a feeling he'd stay forever.”
― Megan Scott, The temptation of magic

“I want to make something clear,' Kyan said, tipping her chin up slightly with a warm finger, making her look him in the eyes. 'That before you transformed and this ... this connection solidified, I wanted you. I was fascinated by you. I wanted to know you. Not just your secrets, not for the mission, but you.' His lips curved into a gorgeous smile.”
― Megan Scott, The temptation of magic

“Your scent drew her here. It makes other creatures want to be around you, it's ... addictive, but it's fading now. (...)'
'Is it addictive to you?'
'Yes.'
She was suddenly more aware of how close they'd drifted. 'Like how your scent is addictive to me?'
Kyan's brows raised. 'You're addicted to my scent?'
She cursed her heated cheeks. 'Not addicted.'
Another smile pulled at his mouth.”
― Megan Scott, The temptation of magic

“Trust me when I tell you, I want you. The amount I want you ... would make you blush.”
― Megan Scott, The temptation of magic

“He wanted her more than he'd wanted anything. And he knew that if - when? - he had her - gods, he couldn't think about being inside her without his body lurching to attention - he'd unleash the hunger that had slumbered in him for so long. She awoke all of it with an insistent ferocity that thrilled him with the anticipation of how he could please her. How he could tell her with his body everything he couldn't say out loud without making this impossible situation harder. She was the person he'd never expected to find. Not after centuries. Not after losing family so long ago that any kind of closeness with another had grown near impossible.
'Mo ghrá,' he murmured against her temple as she fell asleep.”
― Megan Scott, The temptation of magic

“And she wondered: if he were a painting, could she read him better?”
― Megan Scott, The temptation of magic

“We need to get it back.’
‘There is no we. This is my hunt.’
‘And it’s my research. (…)”
― Megan Scott, The temptation of magic

“Are you telling me to bend the rules?’
Callum grinned. ‘I’m always telling you to bend the rules. Maybe you should actually listen.”
― Megan Scott, The temptation of magic

“Kyan found himself running to where Nicole was, the sound of Lynch’s bloody laugh echoing in his ears and his side a bright, agonised burn. Just thinking of the Spectre near her dug deeper into the predator that had been seething beneath his skin for days.”
― Megan Scott, The temptation of magic

“Why don’t I stay?’ Callum said, ‘I can play lord of the manor while you kill the Spectre. Let’s just call her back, have a little chat. No harm, maybe a little Influence. We all get the answers we want, and everyone has unburdened themselves.’
‘No Influencing her,’ Kyan growled.”
― Megan Scott, The temptation of magic

“Whatever this feeling was, she wanted - no, needed - more of it. She could fight her Empyreal, or she could fight this.
She couldn’t fight both.
This kiss wasn’t like the other. The first had been born of a distraction, but this was slow, and purposeful and filled her with the kind of rising heat that could incinerate, that made her want to crawl on to his lap and stay there, that made her want to move with him in ways that curled her hips.”
― Megan Scott, The temptation of magic

“Kyan’s fingers grazed her neck softly, as if to soothe, as his eyes swirled back to their normal colour.
‘I’ll kill him before he kills anyone.’ His voice was a warm, intimate murmur. But there was a lethal promise in that deep, subtle gravel, and for a moment, his Irish lilt was back.”
― Megan Scott, The temptation of magic

“Hunting usually requires you to understand your target. Their way of thinking, their way of killing, but Lynch is-‘
‘A sadistic piece of shit?’
A smile flashed over Kyan’s face, and then he laughed.”
― Megan Scott, The temptation of magic

“Kyan was cooking. (…) It was weird watching him cook - such a human thing to do.
And she wasn’t going to lie, he looked good doing it.”
― Megan Scott, The temptation of magic

“Kyan wasn’t sure he should move. He stared, shirtless, at the dark doorway Nicole had gone through, and he had to force himself not to follow, not to haul her back towards him and continue feeling every curve, every toned inch.”
― Megan Scott, The temptation of magic

“Go to bed, Nicole,’ Kyan said roughly against her mouth.”
― Megan Scott, The temptation of magic

“She needed a distraction. Something… anything. If she ran, he’d only follow.
The thought had barely formed before Nicole grabbed Kyan’s shirt with her uninjured hand and dragged him to her mouth.
(…)
Kyan stilled completely.
For a moment, so did she.
(…)
But as her lips moved to pull away, he snapped into motion with a low sound of desire and her body answered it with a shocking lurch of its own.”
― Megan Scott, The temptation of magic

“Kyan turned and there she was, coming out of the luxurious dark of the house into the kitchen, wearing only her pyjamas, her hair loose around her shoulders - all that metamorphic colour gleaming in the dim. He suddenly wanted to sink his hands into it. He gripped the countertop instead.”
― Megan Scott, The temptation of magic

“The last catch-up led to you seducing one of the Fae princes and nearly burning down their gardens,’ Kyan said instead.
‘I regret nothing. They needed it relandscaping anyway - that really was a terrible place for a lantern.”
― Megan Scott, The temptation of magic