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“He'd only been gone two seconds, but the room got brighter when they were together, as if they were two elements that became brilliant in proximity. At Sam's clumsy efforts to carry the vacuum, Gra...”
“My love, you are playing with a fire that you do not fully understand. His voice was deep and controlled. There are times I may not be able to control myself. I am injured, and I need to feed this...”
“We all have scars, Mia; they are supposed to make you stronger, not paralyze you. ~Cole”
“You are my light in the darkness.”
“I listen to silence. And you have a lot to say. Although I haven't quite figured out what it is yet....I promise not to delve into what makes your silence so loud, if you promise not to walk out on...”
“So he earns your undying love by reading a book under a tree?" Cole said dryly. "Why didn't I ever try that approach? I like books and trees.”
“Cole sat back up, slowly, and I opened my eyes. His expression, as ever, was blank, the face he wore when something mattered. He said, "That's how I would kiss you, if I loved you.”
“Cole steps forward, his fingers reaching around my shoulders, and kisses me. It is sudden and smooth and soft as air against my lips. The wind whips around us, tugging at the fabric of our clothes,...”
“In the moment I faced dying, I finally knew my reason for living.”
“I tell him there'll be an army waiting for him, and your friend is only concerned with the color of their uniforms. What's this really about?"Max shrugged. "A girl."I glared at Max. "Dude. Shut up.”
“He paused and let out a little sigh. Then Im saying it wrong, because it has everything to do with you. I want what Hades and Persephone had, and I cant do it without you. The only time the queen o...”
“What was the point of finding something worth living for if my life was no longer in my own hands?”
“How are you still sane?""Who says I am? I only stopped asking myself the escape question when the walls started to answer me."Shit.”
“Well," I ask, leaning over him, "do you wish to stay?""I do.""And why is that, Cole?" I say, tipping toward him so that our noses nearly brush."Well," he says with a smile, "the weather's quite nice.”
“Cole envisioned the next few weeks passing as a sort of painless montage: there'd be music, and different moments of the townspeople hard at work building a defensive wall around the perimeter of t...”
“If the eye really was a muscle, I had pulled it long ago.”
“Are those chocolate chip?'' Cole reaches her first and claims one.''Oh, my godness.'' Nana sets the tray aside and coos the guy. ''Cole, dear, you have a boulder-size knot on your jaw.''''River did...”
“I dont know what circumstances occurred in your life for you to build such a strong brick wall around your heart, but I do intend to tear it down." ~Cole”
“My love, you are playing with a fire that you do not fully understand.” His voice was deep and controlled. “There are times I may not be able to control myself. I am injured, and I need to feed – t...”
