“I want you. I want you so badly I cant stand it. When you left, it felt like the world got darker. Like I couldnt truly see anything. Couldnt feel anything.”

“Some things are private. Some things needed to be said, even when the person who needed to hear them couldnt hear anything. Ever again.”

“Sorry doesnt mean anything! Not when youre still with him. Its not just that you cheatedits that hes still here, and youre still with him. It just goes on and on, and it hurts every single time I s...”

“So instead of ignoring the pain, I called out to it, reaching for more. Pain is part of who I am. Its the defining characteristic of a Shifters transformation. Pain is what I suffer from my enemies...”

“When I was a child, all problems had ended with a single word from my father. A smile from him was sunshine, his scowl a bolt of thunder. He was smart, and generous, and honorable without fail. He ...”

“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...”

“Wars fought over a face like this, he murmured like he was talking to himself, my heart stopped beating and his thumbs moved lightly across my cheeks. A man would work himself into the ground for i...”

“Okay, first of all, I didnt sleep with you to make amends. I slept with you because I wanted to.He still didnt say anything, and she pointed at him again. And you know what? It was your own damn fa...”

“And I wake up happy, baby, because I possess beauty and I own that beauty in all the forms it can take and the least important of those are physical.”

“I want you. I want you so badly I cant stand it. When you left, it felt like the world got darker. Like I couldnt truly see anything. Couldnt feel anything.”

“Why is this so hard? I whispered.His pulse leaped crazily at my admission. Everything worth fighting for is hard.”

“I want you. I want you so badly I can’t stand it. When you left, it felt like the world got darker. Like I couldn’t truly see anything. Couldn’t feel anything.”