My god, they're everywhere.
All night, I thought about that walk. The touch of the forest tickled my skin long after, while the scent lingered in my nostrils. It was unlike anything back home. There was a feeling in the atmosphe...
He kissed my palm, lingering his lips on my skin. Then he inhaled. "Mmmm," he moaned. " Like gin to an alcoholic. Sweet as fresh molasses and deadly as snake venom.
I knew it all along," he murmured in my ear."What did you know?"His cool breath blew in my ear as he exhaled. "You are my redemption." --Caleb Raines; Redemption
The dark held new meaning for me now. There was a whole other world out there that I was just beginning to discover... A world that had once been only farce was now very real". -Abby Sullivan; Redempt...
Secretly," he mumbled in a quieter tone, "I've always wanted to know what it would feel like to lust, to hunger for something different. But I've never been able to imagine ever experiencing that kind...
Think of me that way," he continued. A slight shimmer glinted acrosse his eyes. "In a sense, I'm giving my life for those...I care about. A sacrifice you might say.
Often I've wondered what it would feel like to be him," he whispered softly. "To feel the warmth of your skin under my cold hand or your hot breath on my lips. These last few days have been torment on...
You can't let your light die out. Yours is the only light on my dark path. Without it, I will be forever lost.
We had given in to our vulnerability and cast down any pretenses that we were too strong to be weak.
We've peered into the deepest parts to see beyond what lies on the surface.
I'm going to tell you something I probably shouldn't.
You would have only seen a skittish young deer jumping through the forest, having no idea it was a little girl.
I felt empowered by him, as if his very existence manipulated the balance of my nature from a shy little girl to wonder woman.
Is it possible to love someone so completely, so intensely, they could never die? To give them more than just your heart or your soul? What if you could give then the miracle of immortality?
