Pigpen saunters up beside me. He's in his midtwenties and a wall of solid muscle. Most men wet themselves when he looks in their direction. Eli wants him in.
If you're scared, tell me. If you need to cry and scream, then do it. And you sure as hell don't walk away from us because you think it would be better for me. Here's the reality, Echo: I want to be y...
Is it weird that I feel so close to you even though you're hundreds of miles away and we've only met once? I hope not. I'm glad that you're in my life. ~Lila
The little girl I used to be, the one with blond hair, died years ago and I hate thinking about her. She was nice. She was happy. She was … not someone I want to remember.
To my horror, tears pricked my eyes and my throat swelled shut. No, you 're not pulling this sacrificial bullshit on me. I love you and you love me and we 're supposed to be together.
My father was a strange combination of drill instructor and Alice’s white rabbit: he always had someplace important to go and enjoyed bossing everyone else around.
Noah's fingers lightly touched the long thick ridge below my left shoulder blade. His voice pitched low. I'm sorry, baby. No one else knows, Noah. Not even Lila. He kissed my back as he slid his hand...
I’ll tell you what … if you want wild – if you want a kiss that breaks the rules, I’ll give you one, but not here, not now.I think my heart exploded. Razor of the Reign of Terror – the guy all the gir...
I’m searching for magic – not the Christmas morning type, but the type of magic that can be found by being courageous, being the girl who takes chances, being the girl who will dance. I want to be the...
I’m sorry I’m slow. He brushes my hair over my shoulder. You’re not slow. I raise an eyebrow. I’m serious. When he sees I’m unconvinced, he rubs at his stubble and starts again. I don’t want you to gi...
This family does not accept ‘above average.’ My daughter will excel. My father spoke with the air of a deity. He might as well have added the phrase so let it be written, so let it be done.
Will you go outside on the 28th and watch the meteor shower? I know what you're thinking: 3:00am? But I think it will be beautiful. Besides, it will be cool to know that you're watching the sky at the...
Though she wouldn’t admit it, I think she also wanted another few minutes to rock Alexander.
When Beth struggles for words it means she's on the verge of saying something worth hearing. Her emotions confuse her. Maybe tonight, she'll finally find the courage to say the words I'm longing to he...
Leaving her would be like tearing off my own arm. I've never been in love before. I thought I had been, but I wasn't. This overwhelming, encompassing feeling is love. It's not perfect and it's messy a...
Liar, she spat. Because the only way anyone will ever be okay with me is if they love me. Really love me enought to not care that I'm damaged. You don't love people. You have sex with them. So how cou...
They spread rumors. Some true. Some not true. Unfortunately, the truth doesn’t matter once people start talking.
Like you know anything about living. You never take a risk!I’m here, aren’t I?But not fully engaged. When the hell are you going to step outside of yourself and experience what’s going on around you?...
Lila sat in the passenger seat and I sat in the driver’s side of Aires’ 1965 Corvette. She’d come home with me to act as my barrier for Family Friday—or as I liked to refer to it, Dinner for the Damne...
Maybe I’d died two years ago and unknowingly entered hell. Doomed to spend the rest of eternity living with my father and stepmother and retaking the ACT over and over again.
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