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“Why wont you look at me? she murmurs.He doesnt speak, seemingly at a loss for words.Its my scars. It comes out as barely a whisper.Horror spasms across his face. What? No, he says, a bit breathless...”
“Why arent you smiling? Cameron asks. She picks up the Astropad and stops the video.Because this is the beginning, not the end.”
“She waits for his reprimand or words of disapproval.He kisses her instead. Hard. Lips demanding, fingers tightening on her chin. He consumes her with this single act.”
“Time keeps ticking away, unaware of the suffering each second generates. Time doesnt care, because if it did, it wouldve reversed.”
“Struggling transforms her captor into a Chinese finger trap. Shes suffocating. Sucking in air without relief. Her lungs expand. Contract. Expand. They fill with lies and broken promises. With despa...”
“Landon drops the bloody knife and stares at Summer like he doesnt even know her anymore. The truth is, shell never be the girl she was seven months ago. Too much has happened. Too much has changed....”
“He holds her for an eternity. Time cascades into the void of the past. She inhales his scent. Full of man and strength and yearning. And she wonders why she ever doubted their relationship. Why she...”
“Death and his scythe do not come. No sweeping black capes or ethereal escapes. Theres no pearly gate, no prisms of colors as his soul slips away. The stillness is cold steel. The silence is empty w...”
“She feels him scoot closer, the heat of him radiating off his chest and absorbing into her skin. His legs straddle her from behind, and he places delicate kisses along her shoulder, her back, the v...”
“Her gaze travels back to the lie twisted in a tempest of mud and blood. She witnesses the culmination of her recklessness through a curved lens. Absorbed in life uncoiling, unaware of the world bey...”
“Im sorry, he says. No two words were ever truer.Still, she says nothing. Once a shield, now her taciturnity is brandished like a blade, carving away his sanity. Shes the flaw in the paragon of life...”
“Dreams deny her the freedom she truly seeks. Darkness consumes. Leg muscles burn. She runs away, even while lost in the paradise of sleep. Gravity is a crushing force bearing down on her chest, sha...”
“You shouldve told me, she repeats. Because heres a news flash: You mightve wanted to shelter me, but theres nowhere you can hide me thatll keep me safe from whats inside my head.”
“A glacial chill rushes through Gage. He whips around just in time to see arms clutch Summer around the middle and drag her into the dark. Panic seizes him, and he takes off after her, regardless of...”
“You didnt tell Summer about it, did you?What? Gage scoffs. Yeah, telling your girlfriend the Angel of Death might visit her if some switch is flipped is normal pillow talk.”
“Maybe the Society was right all along. From the very beginning, thats what they called her. A time bomb.Tick, tick, tick.”
“I thought it was just him, she says, ignoring him. But then I found out I had the same effect, which means the Society did something to my head too.Gages eyes close, horror washing over him. You re...”
“Just in case youre wondering, Gage says, breaking the silence, this alliance of ours doesnt mean I like you.Feelings mutual. Julian tosses him a disdainful look.”
“I cantwont do that to him, Summer says sharply. Or to myself. Besides, your feelings for me arent real. The Society did this to you. And if they did it to you, they probably scrambled my brain too....”
“Seconds ebb and wane. Shes not afraid of her voice anymore, but shes not entirely sure she trusts it. Shes seen the damage caused with a single word. Right now, each one is a weapon, a conduit of w...”
