Jennifer L. Armentrout

But I wasn't done. Staring into eyes that were as bright and beautiful than any tawny jewel, I said what I had never said before. And I said it with every ounce in my being behind it. "I love you, Roth." My voice shook with emotion."I'm in love with you.

It had always been Roth; from the moment he swaggered into that d- alley, where I'd been unsuccessfully fighting off a demon, it had been him for me. Maybe I'd been too blind to see that after he returned from the pits. Maybe I had been too angry with him after the way he initially acted.

A.Coward," he repeated, and I briefly considered picking up the vase in the center of the island and throwing it at him."Not making a choice is the coward's way out. You love both of them. I get that. But you don't feel the same kind of love for both of them, and the sooner you accept that the better.

I don__ want to...be like this,_ I whispered as I looked away, and once I said it, I didn__ even want to take the words back. A weird sensation hit me, almost like...like relief. That didn__ make sense. Or did it? __ don__ like who I am.__y gaze returned to his, and the concern was still there, filling his hazel eyes and thinning out his mouth. Tears crawled up the back of my throat. Humiliating actually, to admit something so intimate like that, but now I wasn__ the only one who knew this about myself. It wasn__ my secret.__t__ okay. You__e not going to feel that way forever._ Rider smoothed his thumb along my jaw. I closed my eyes, wanting to believe him. Needing to. He kept his voice low as he spoke. __othing lasts forever, Mouse.

Goodness, I was already a dork most of the times. I didn't need to be a drunk or high dork.

There's always tomorrow." I followed him. "Tomorrow's not going to change anything.""We'll see.""There's nothing to see. You're wasting your time.""When it concerns you, it's never a waste of my time," he replied.

I'll accept your apology on one condition." He folded his arms across his chest."Anything?""You trust me."I cocked my head to the side. "I trust you, Cam.""No, you don't." He walked over to my small table and pulled out a chair. "Have a seat."Sitting down, I tugged the hem of his shirt down as he headed back to the stove, putting the tiny skillet over the burner."If you trusted me, you wouldn't have reacted the way you did," he simply said, cracking an egg. "And that's not me judging you or any of that kind of shit. You got to trust me that I'm not going to be an ass or freak out over that kind of stuff. You have to trust that I care enough about you.

At least I don't look like a Christmas tree.""You look like the star atop the tree.

Look at the time." I tipped my chin toward the clock. "It's past midnight. It's January second. You lost."For several moments he stared at the clock like it was an Arum he was about to blast into the next county and then his eyes found mine. Daemon smiled. "No. I didn't lose. I still won.

I've always found that the most beautiful people, truly beautiful inside and out, are the ones who are quietly unaware of their effect." His eyes searched mine intently, and for a moment we stood there toe to toe. "The ones who throw their beauty around, waste what they have? Their beauty is only passing. It's just a shell hiding nothing but shadows and emptiness.

Ember, he__ not going to__ I pushed off the car. __lease. Hayden, please don__ tell him. I__ all Olivia really has. Please._ My voice cracked, and I looked away, embarrassed. __he__ all I have._ Hayden made a soft noise deep in his throat. Then he clasped my elbows and pulled me right up against him. His arms carefully snaked around my waist, trapping me in a hug. It could have been the bunny. Hell, it could__e been the last two years that suddenly made me want to stay in Hayden__ embrace. Surely_ surely not the way his heat thawed the ice encasing my entire body. Or how hard his chest felt under the sweater_ or how perfectly I fit against him. And he was a chivalrous type of guy. Right? He wanted to help me control my gift, as ridiculous as that sounded. Comfort_ he offered comfort, and I needed to remember that. His arms around my waist made it hard, really hard to keep that in mind, though. __kay._ Hayden__ breath stirred the hair around my ear. __ven though I think I should tell him, I won__. But I will figure out who did this.

Listen to me, Ember. I couldn__ hurt you. I can__._ Hayden settled his eyes on me. They were softer than I__ ever seen. __ love you_ I__e loved you since the first time I saw you.

Em, you have a soul.___ow can you be so sure of that, Hayden? How many people die and come back?___o one dies and comes back. You did because of your sister, and you have a gift. Maybe that played a role in your coming back, but you have a soul. You aren__ evil. There__ nothing you can say that will make me think that._ I looked up and our gazes locked. __nd there__ nothing you can say to make me feel differently._ He lowered his eyes. Thick lashes fanned his cheeks. __ know you do, because I wouldn__ want to_ to kiss you if you didn__ have a soul._ I froze.__ou_ you want to kiss me?

Don__ ever touch her again,_ Hayden growled.Kurt looked up, eyes wide. __re you threatening me_ over her? I__ like your brother, Hayden!_ __ot anymore.

Think about what I said, Kat. You have nothing to prove.___ don__?___o,_ I said, and I__ say it a thousand times.But I knew screaming it from the top of Seneca Rocks wasn__ going to change how she felt.

I__ like a cat. I swear I havenine lives

I love you because you have this fire in you that you don't even recognise, but I do. You're strong and you're a survivor.

If you don__ answer this door, I will do something drastic.__ frowned.__ can use the fire element, which means I can melt the insides of this lock,_ he explained. __nd I__ not that great at controlling fire. I__l probably end up catching the door on fire.___hoa,_ I muttered, swinging my legs off the bed.__nd then the fire will spread to the walls and the next thing you know, the whole dorm is burning down. Roof on fire kind of shit and Marcus will get really pissed_