“But there's nothing you like better than when it hurts a little, is there?" Lucien asked.

Gavriel's bloody mouth lifted in a voluptuous smile. "Sure there is. I like it when it hurts a lot.”

—  Holly Black, book The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

Source: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

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