Laken Cane Quotes

Her fangs cut into her lips, and with a nearly orgasmic release, she sent out her claws.

Shiv Crew lived for the fight. Maybe they were all freak, but that kept them alive

But lingering in her mind was an image of the cowboy and the berserker, and she felt something tighten inside her. Something hot and dangerous. Something fucking delicious.

You don't have to be afraid." His breath was warm and moist in her ear. "I've got you.

Shiv Crew, Rune muttered, is becoming a freak show.
She and Ellis smiled at each other, as proud as new parents.
Damn right.

You will always be my Z. But you can't be my Z that way. I would crush you. I would hurt you. And most of all, I would change who you are." He ran his hand over his face, then sighed. "I don't get it." "No, baby. You don't.

And monsters didn't have rules. Not really. So someone was going to get hurt. And it wasn't going to be her.

Dude," Rune said. "You're injured. We're taking you to the hospital. Would you like one of us to kick you in the head? We can get you there before you wake up." She thought her offer was pretty damn reasonable, but Jack raised his eyebrows and sighed. "What?" she asked. He grinned and winked at her. "I've got this.

Blood continued to color the air as the crew sliced through monster necks.
And they roared their glee.
They were Shiv Crew.
And that, right there--the fighting,the killing--that was what they fucking did.

They slid closer to the berserker, their guns up and ready. "Alexander," the one on the left said. "Where's your monster?" He didn't say it in a contemptuous way-merely a curious one.
"I am my monster, baby." she told him. "And my monster is me." She grinned and winked at him. "So you're looking at it.

His grin faltered, but then he curled his lip, and his voice was filled with contempt, "When you get out of that cage, you'll be dead and I'll be dragging your headless carcass to a hole in the ground."
But there was fear in his eyes.
There should have been.

There will always be monsters. Pretty monsters, sad monsters, bad monsters.
And Rune.

I realize Shiv Crew is monsters and blades. At Rune's look of surprise he added, I read the business card.

Sometimes the voices of the past refuse to be silenced. Then all one can do is sit and listen.

-Lex - Shiv Crew, Book One

She needed her anger and her hatred. She needed her monster.

He lowered his lips to hers, snatching the breath from her lungs, the thoughts from her head. There was only the feeling of his kiss, his mouth, his body.

Cane, Laken (2013-08-26). Shiv Crew (Rune Alexander) (p. 274). Laken Cane. Kindle Edition.

Wormwood Echoed.
She Had Only To Listen.
And She Was Not Fucking Ready.
Because in her heart,
she knew she might
never come back.

She didn't give a f*ck. She had to meet the threat head on. She had to chase it, catch it, and beat it to a bloody pulp.
Because she was scared, so scared, and she'd be damned if she'd let that fear control her.