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Nothing was better than good sex.Chubby Chaser, 11/21/14. Available for preorder on Amazon.

You know what the secret to a happy life is?""No regrets. Just live in the moment.

I hadn't yet come to terms with the man my father was, or the lives he'd destroyed. But I accepted that he was part of me, and that he'd loved me once.

I liked to count my blessings in a world where they were so few, and he was one of mine.

Do I look that bad?_ I said, my voice quavering with the rejection that I was ashamed for even caring about. __s that what this is all about? How ugly I look?__atrick kept his eyes on the back wall of the cave.__f you really have to know, it__ the opposite of that,_ he said, his voice taking on a tender tone. __ think you are the most beautiful girl I__e ever seen.

Everything around her was in a fog; the intense light that always shone in his aqua blue eyes was the only thing in focus, but it was suddenly unknown... different... almost embarrassing.

He smirked and sat up "Simmer down, Jelly Bean.

Horeb bent over me and ran his hand down my neck, not stopping when his fingers reached my chest. I jerked backward. "What are you doing?"His eyes were black and intense. "A little taste before the wedding, Jayden?

The walls loom, grey as the rain outside. LIke the sky of England itself. Everything seems colourless and humbled, despite the layers of velvets and tapestries, the peacock plumage of courtiers and ladies. Greenwich Palace feels like my father's disappointment made tangible.

Uh, got into a fight with the kitchen or something?_ he asked, smirking. I ran my hands through my hair and felt remains of the fruit as I did and cringed. Well, this must be attractive. I motioned for him to come into the living room and shut the door behind him.__omething like that,_ I replied coolly. He walked past me and went to the kitchen, probably to get a better look. __ell, I see you won. The fruit won__ be going anywhere anytime soon. Maybe the apples. Those look like they need some more killing.

I gotta say, I was really feeling the robe, but there's something about a girl in cartoon pajamas that does it for me.

I will no longer be judged by the standards of others. I will judge myself. I will not live by someone else's rules. I will make my own.

You could've at least let me know you weren't dead by the way. I was actually kind of sad about that." "That's a pretty incredible sentiment, coming from you.

You didn__ tell Summer about it, did you?___hat?_ Gage scoffs. __eah, telling your girlfriend the Angel of Death might visit her if some switch is flipped is normal pillow talk.

Blood might be thicker than water, but love was the most powerful magic of all.

We could adopt. there are lots of kids out there who could grow up to hate us as much as any kid we could make

© Carlyle Labuschagne 2014" As I watched her run down the path and melt with the shadows, I wasn't sure how to feel about her, or the fact that I may just have aided in her escape and doomed us all. I wanted to believe that anyone given a second chance would use it wisely. But wisdom I guess is hard to obtain when destiny stands in its way.

It doesn't matter if it's the real world or fictional," I insisted. "Crushes are the best part of liking someone, and they are completely safe. You get all the benefits of fantasising about someone, but none of the he-loves-me-he-loves-me-not drama. It's all the good parts with none of the parts that make you lie awake at night all angsty.