Lyla had survived predators, captivity, and the violence of Nikolai’s world, but nothing prepared her for the moment desire stripped away every defense she had left—and he still had no idea what she was giving him.
He, a man who took what he wanted, had no way of knowing that he held a woman who had never been taken. He had no idea I was still a virgin, that I’d never done any of this before.
I’d kept it to myself, thinking I would know when the right time would be for my first lover.
And now, somehow, the right time looked a hell of a lot like being pinned against a wall and fucked by a man who’d stalked me for weeks.
~Lyla Oakley, Eyes on You
About this Lyla Oakley quote
This Lyla Oakley quote comes from Eyes on You by Evie James, the first book in the Sin Syndicate series. In this emotionally charged moment, Lyla confronts the terrifying intimacy of wanting Nikolai Volkov despite everything he represents—danger, control, obsession, and the loss of the safe, ordinary first time she once imagined. Their story blends dark mafia romance, forced proximity, stalker romance, dangerous attraction, morally gray protection, and the kind of surrender that leaves both characters shattered.
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