“Ethan was loyal and funny and protective. When we were little, he was the brother most likely to make me cryand mostly likely to wipe away my tears.”

“You think he left a big flashing arrow pointing to a filing cabinet labeled 'Evidence Here!'? He's a Stray, Ethan, not Wile E. Coyote!”

“Im saying that I can wait. For now. But when things get back to normalassuming that ever happensI want my shot. We can make each other happy, Faythe. I know it. And Im done walking away from things...”

“I still loved Marc desperately and couldnt imagine life without him. Jace wassomething else. Something I could feel but couldnt articulate. Something I wanted, and hadnt been able to resist in my g...”

“I squeezed my eyes shut and took several deep breaths, trying not to smell Jace in front of me, not to taste him on my lips. But it was useless. In that moment, Jace was everywhere. He was in my mi...”

“Faythe…?" The tremor in his voice broke my heart. Then understanding surfaced, and his tear-filled eyes searched mine desperately. "No. No," he whispered through clenched teeth. "This was not wrong...”

“The heart was made to be broken.”

“He does something to me, that boy. Every time. Its his only detriment. He steps on my heart. He makes me cry.”

“Was it hard?" I ask.Letting go?"Not as hard as holding on to something that wasn't real.”

“I want to kiss you. Jaces whisper pulled me from my thoughts and I glanced up to find his eyes blazing with raw need. Just because Marc wont touch you doesnt mean I shouldnt. Right? I dont have tha...”

“Im saying that I can wait. For now. But when things get back to normalassuming that ever happensI want my shot. We can make each other happy, Faythe. I know it. And Im done walking away from things...”

“I want to kiss you.” Jace’s whisper pulled me from my thoughts and I glanced up to find his eyes blazing with raw need. “Just because Marc won’t touch you doesn’t mean I shouldn’t. Right? I don’t h...”

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that youve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you sa...”

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there i...”