romance

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.

The two men's eyes widened when they saw me charging toward them. One of them dropped his hold on Grey, letting him sway dangerously over the edge. Both men reached for their guns, but it was too late. I was nearly on them. Fortiter.I slammed into Grey, my momentum carrying us over the low edge. I briefly heard Karl shout, before the wind filled my ears. We were falling fast, and the pavement rushed up at us at an alarming speed.

Dear Diary: I have a confession to make: I__e become a total idiot over French pastries. They__e my new favorite food. My new-found edible souvenir. My new favorite sin. Dunkin Donuts is so yesterday.

He held out his hand to Sophie, just like Mrs. Pentstemmon, but a little less royally. Sophie levered herself up, wondering if she was meant to kiss this hand or not. But since she felt more like raising her stick and beating the King over the head with it, she shook the King's hand and gave a creaking little curtsy.

He smiles at her before ever opening his eyes. The innocence in his face ensnares. Wraps her heart in a cocoon.They did this to him. The Society. Constructed that smile with malicious expectations. Now she must rip it off his face. Because she doesn__ deserve his love. Or Gage__. This madness coils around her throat, darkening every inch of her soul.

Now when you say staring, are you including yourself in this assessment? I recall you taking in the view on several occasions.""For the last time, I was not staring at you." I was a terrible liar. "Now, if you're done, I'd like to finish asking my question.

His lips press into mine in a kiss meant to make the world fade away.And it delivers.

Why aren__ you smiling?_ Cameron asks. She picks up the Astropad and stops the video.__ecause this is the beginning, not the end.

It's funny how one life-changing event could make you forget what happiness felt like.

I__ skipped the crush kiddie pool and jumped right into the deep, shark-infested ocean of emotions. And, if you__l forgive the dramatic metaphor, I was a lousy swimmer.

I never realised how powerful desire could be. It consumes every part of you, enhancing your senses by a million.

Death and his scythe do not come. No sweeping black capes or ethereal escapes. There__ no pearly gate, no prisms of colors as his soul slips away. The stillness is cold steel. The silence is empty with no memory to mend it.

All of the things that were shown in early studies to be good for longevity__appy marriages, healthy bodies__re ours to have. We live long,good lives. We die on our eightieth birthdays, surrounded by our families, before dementia sets in. Cancer, heart disease, and most debilitatingillnesses are almost entirely eradicated. This is as close to perfect as any society has ever managed to get.

Time keeps ticking away, unaware of the suffering each second generates. Time doesn__ care, because if it did, it would__e reversed.

Seconds ebb and wane. She__ not afraid of her voice anymore, but she__ not entirely sure she trusts it. She__ seen the damage caused with a single word. Right now, each one is a weapon, a conduit of war, and she won__ just throw them out there all willy-nilly.

There were two people_things at the cave entrance,_ I whispered, shuffling as close to him as possible, my eyes trained on where the strangers had stood only seconds ago. At my words, Patrick seemed to jolt awake.__ometimes the fire makes shadows when it__ dying,_ he said, sitting up, his arm brushing against my side. ____e slept here many times and it happens,_ he added.__o. They were real._ My thudding heart was like thunder in my ears. __hey were really tall and pale, and blond, really, really blond.___aybe, as you were falling asleep tonight, you were thinking about the shadows at your window, which caused you to dream about two blond men?_ His warm breath tickled my hair. __nd maybe, deep down, you have a thing for blonds. I__ a little offended, actually.

The night surrounds, breathes across her skin. They__e lost in the shadows of the moon.

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 let Julian__ soothing touch coax her into loving him too. Gage is everything. Gage is hers.