Quotes from No Rest for the Wicked

“I had just heard tales that the Valkyrie were large warriors, akin to Amazons.”

“If you’re the sole survivor of an army attacked by us, are you going to say we had our asses handed to us by petite, nubile females, or by she-monsters who can bench Buicks?”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked

“They desecrate Riora’s sacred temple! She will be enraged.”
“Oh, gods, look at the marble. We are all beyond doomed.”
“Somebody put a plant in front of it!”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked

“I do so wish my breasts would stop staring at your eyes.”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked

“I'd wear his corsage to an orgy, any day!”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked

“Don't stop kissing me, vampire, or I will kill you.”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked

“You had two prerequisites.” Regin plopped down on a snowbank. “And I do believe I have Russian ex-mil contacts, and I speak the language-“
“Oh, come on! I’ve since learned that you do not by any stretch. You think Dostoyevsky is Russian for ‘How ‘s it hanging?’”
She blinked up at Kaderin as she paced by. “Then how do you say it?”
“I-don’t-know.”
“Then how do you know it’s not Dostoyevsky? No. Really.” She blew a bubble with her gum – possibly the first to do so at this location – but it flash-froze, and she had to crunch it back to gum consistency with her molars. “Obi-Wan, I was your only hope.”
(Kaderin and Regin)”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked

“Call her Betty Fucking Crocker, because the cake was so going to be worth the bake.”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked

“Did he ask what she'd done in her room? Hell, no. At that point, and after that bewitching smile, if she'd murmured, "I'm leading you into the fiery depths of hell," he'd have followed dumbly.”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked

“Kaderin didn't believe, as a whole, the nymphs were more beautiful than the Valkyrie, but everything about them screamed, "Easy lay! When you don't want to work for it!" And curiously, many males found that more appealing than the Valkyrie's "Do it and die, simian".”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked

“The mind was capable of unimaginable feats if one were strong enough to believe
them possible.”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked

“—Cuéntate a ti misma eso, valkiria. —Se inclinó para capturar sus jadeos con sus labios—. Tanto como quieras.”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked

“If you feel lust"—he pressed a
kiss against her collarbone—"I want you automatically to seek me to ease it.”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked

“He grinned down at her, that half-grin that made her heart twist, then slowly rocked forward to fill her. “Tell yourself that, Valkyrie.” He leaned down to catch her gasp with his lips. “As much as you like.”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked

“Do you have any idea how high you reach for one such as her?”
In fact, he was well acquainted with that idea. Though Kaderin abhorred what he was, he couldn’t be more pleased with her. When she’d hopped up onto this altar next to Riora, he’d seen that the goddess had nothing over his Bride.
Still, he raised his chin. “I have wealth to spoil her and strength to protect her. She could do worse for a husband.”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked

“Why do you keep coming back just to sit beside my bed?”
Seeming surprised by the question, he'd answered in a gravelly voice, "This is . . . satisfying. To me. I find it deeply so.”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked

“And now, for the first time in three hundred hellish years, Sebastian desperately wanted to live.”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked

“Kaderin hesitated, then told Emma, “He could possibly still be trapped behind a pit of boiling lava, guarded by a fire serpent.”
Emma cried, “For two weeks? Can you please go get him? He’s my husband’s cousin and best friend!”
“Are we using your tranq gun or ours?” Kaderin asked. “Emma, he’ll be in a killing rage after losing his mate—again.”
“I know, but I’m just worried he might . . . he might take the opportunity to . . . you know.”
“Okay, okay,” Kaderin said, then turned to Sebastian. “Can we go get Bowen sometime tonight? She’s worried he’ll dive in after the loss.”
“Which would be tragic.” When Emma heard him and screeched, he grudgingly said, “No, he won’t do that. He’ll need to kill me first. Trust me, I know this.”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked

“I love you, Bastian.”
“I’ll never tire of hearing that.” He nuzzled her ear and rasped against it, “Maybe one day you’ll come to love me as much as I do you.”
She frowned and pushed up on his shoulders so they were facing each other. “I happen to adore you, vampire.” Her hands laced around his neck, and she twined her fingers in his hair. “No, I’m absolutely certain I love you more.”
He grinned down at her, that half-grin that made her heart twist, then slowly rocked forward to fill her. “Tell yourself that, Valkyrie.” He leaned down to catch her gasp with his lips. “As much as you like.”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked

“Maybe one day you’ll come to love me as much as I do you.” She frowned and pushed up on his shoulders so they were facing each other. “I happen to adore you, vampire.” Her hands laced around his neck, and she twined her fingers in his hair. “No, I’m absolutely certain I love you more.”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked

“He cleared his throat. When she jerked her gaze to his face, he raised his eyebrows.
Caught ogling the prey! The indignity! What is wrong with me?”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked

“What about Sebastian?” Myst said. “Tell us anything.”
“Anything? Well, what do I know?” Nix frowned. “What do I know? Oh! I know what I know!”
Nikolai paced impatiently, gesturing with his free hand for her to continue.
She shrugged. “Right now, your brother Sebastian is bellowing at someone outside a castle, demanding that they return to him, wishing it with everything that he is.” She smiled, as if pleased with herself for seeing so much, then gave a quick clap. “Oh! And his skin just caught fire!”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked

“When Myst had been in a Horde prison, the Forbearer rebels took the castle, and one of their generals had freed her to make love to her. Before the Valkyrie could rescue her, things had gotten out of hand in a dank cell.”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked

“He studied the boulders, then pushed against one until it began to move.
When she gasped, he stopped. “Seems I could free you, after all.”
She gave him a tentative touch on his chest. “What would it take to get you to finish moving those?”
“What are you offering?” he asked, his voice rougher.
“Money? Would you take money to push these free?”
“I’ve plenty of my own. More than enough for both of us.”
She scowled at that. “What do you want, then?”
“I want”—he ran his hand over his face—“to . . . touch you. Not here, but tonight . . .”
“Not going to happen.” She crossed her arms over her chest, and his gaze landed on her damp cleavage. As he had that night on the coast, he looked like he was considering throwing her over his shoulder and tracing her back to his bed. “I do so wish my breasts would stop staring at your eyes.”
His head jerked up, and he had to clear his throat to rasp, “Kiss me. Kiss me, and I’ll free you.”
“The last time that happened you bit me, and you could do it again.” Kissing Sebastian always seemed to lead to more. Last time, it had led to his taking her blood.
And possibly her memories.
“I never bit you. I grazed your skin. Accidently.”
“Then tell me you haven’t contemplated doing it again.”
“I” –he exhaled heavily—“cannot. The pleasure was too intense to ignore.”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked

“And I have no preference for where we would live. I’d go wherever you would be happy. Killing vampires? Fine. The Hie? Also acceptable—if I’m there with you.”
“Acceptable.” Is he joking? “The more I get to know you, the more I realize your being a vampire is only part of why I’m indifferent to you.”

Acceptable? As soon as he’d said it, even before her eyes flashed, he’d known that perhaps that wasn’t the best word to use with a daughter of gods. A fifth of any of his brothers’ charm.”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked

“Hours later Kaderin paced in the main cabin of the jet, furious over more things than she could process.
The first: because of the Lykae’s stunt, she was being forced into this situation with Sebastian. And she’d left the diamonds. Silly Valkyrie.
The second: two of her half-sisters, her coven mates, had been wed, and she’d heard of it after the fact. They are so not getting gifts from me. Were her sisters that averse to her presence at weddings? Am I that dismal?”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked

“Any reason you didn’t tell me Myst married a general in the Forbearer army, more specifically a vampire?”
“Lookit, I didn’t want to distract you from your job,” Regin said. “This Hie is your Big Thing. And I know when I first found out, I was seriously, fucking, shrieking, distracted. I mean, I knew you would never get freaked out—well, at least, you wouldn’t used to—but I thought it would be prudent to just hold off a few days. It was my idea, not Myst’s.”
“This connection might have been nice to know in certain situations, Regin. For instance, that vampire in Antarctica that you almost killed is now our brother-in-law!”
“No way! Nikolai Wroth’s brother?” A pause. “But does that matter? Can’t we still kill him? I wouldn’t have told anyone if you wouldn’t have. What happens in the South Pole, stays in the—”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked

“The way she’d dressed left no doubt about how she planned to acquire the stone from the Columbian. No wonder Myst had been so willing to talk.
When he could drag his gaze away from Kaderin, he saw that all around her, men stared at her face or leered at her body. Sebastian’s fists clenched. Who to kill first . . .
“Might as well sit,” said a voice behind him. He whirled around and found the two nymphs. “Kaderin’s going to be busy a while.”
He turned back in time to see a man slide in next to her and drape his arm around her shoulders. His hand almost brushed over her breast, and for the first time in his life, Sebastian needed to kill.”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked

“He secretly thought this a fool’s errand. Nïx, or Nucking Futs Nïx as the coven called her, was rarely lucid and had a diabolical sense of humor. And Myst had been warned that Nïx was “in a pissy mood” this evening.”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked

“Aren’t Valkyries . . . bigger?” She gave him a look of disgust. “The vampire is turning his nose up?” “No, I didn’t mean it like that. It’s merely difficult to believe, since you’re so small.” “Small? I’m almost five and a half feet tall, a very good size for a Valkyrie.” Then her expression became one of realization as she said, “I hate being called small.”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked

“Isn’t she small for a Valkyrie?” she asked. He realized Kaderin could hear them as well when she sat up straighter. The corners of his lips curled. He loved how small she was compared to him, how fine she was, and yet he’d been unable to express that to her. She was so elegantly built but stronger than he’d ever imagined a female could be. “They’re all small and fey. It’s a biological advantage,” the woman explained. “You never quite believe what they can bring to a fight. Until it’s quite too late.”
― Kresley Cole, quote from No Rest for the Wicked

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