There are things in this world, she said steadily, still holding Zane's eyes, that defy easy words. There are things in this world worth protecting, fragile things, secret things. Things that would do...
Eleanore, he whispered again, tilting his head to mine, his lips skimming past my cheek, his breath in my ear. I'd wait forever for you, you know. If it mattered. If you'd care.I do care, I whispered...
The shelf number for the book would be inked in beside it, but each shelf contained about fifty books, so you had to hang there on the ladder and read every spine of every one until you came across yo...
Sun's down, muttered one of the guardsmen by the windows.Then it's time. Grady made to push away from the table, and the rest began to follow.No, said Kit.Grady paused with his palm pressed flat again...
There are certain moments in life when hard, hot truth shines at you like a spotlight from heaven, like the focused beam from a lighthouse on the shore of yourself, and you find yourself stripped nake...
Bundled in my shawl and uniform, I might have been partaking in any one of Mrs. Westcliffe’s permitted after-supper al fresco activities, like:Strolling to the edge of the rose garden to admire the su...
But Holms had proven stalwart and valiant. When Miss Jones had shown up to discover them in the castle hallway, because she’d heard a suspicious noise and had feared for her schoolchums’ safety, they’...
You speak. It came out as an accusation.When there's someone around worth speaking to.
There were seven of them. They smiled seven identical smiles, and the message behind each was identical, as well. It read:
No. He caught her back to him, spreading his fingers over her uninjured cheek. Listen. When you were twelve years old I saw you for the first time. Truly saw you. And from then on, I took note wheneve...
You deserve someone who loves you without conditions. Who would never look at another woman for the rest of his life with anything but indifference, because you are the sum of his dreams. The one girl...
I love you. At your best and your worst, I love you. Paris or Darkfrith. Here, there, and everywhere, I love you.
He straightened. Are you ready?Yes. He nodded, his gaze traveling the length of her body, deliberately, slowly, as if to memorize her as she stood.Then may I have a kiss? he asked, unmoving. For luck?...
Tender creatures, these aristocrats. Who would have guessed?
We pretended to be of mud instead of stars. We pretended not to fly.
The duke’s son and the pauper girl. I suppose as a couple we were the most interesting thing in view.I took the champagne glass from Armand and finished what he hadn’t. As Sophia had said, it wasn’t s...
I confess, as much as I enjoy you in breeches, you hold up that gown rather well.She studied him through the eyeholes. You truly stopped trying to be charming.You're the most ravishing creature in th...
I didn’t think students were allowed below the main floor. I knew the kitchens were there, as were most of the servants’ quarters; the professors and Mrs. Westcliffe had their own aboveground wing on...
Stop, Jesse said.I stared up at him, almost panting with fear.Stop, beloved, he said more gently, and took up my clenched fist with both hands. I’ve upset you, and I shouldn’t have. I don’t want you t...
I hate it here. I hate everyone here. I hate that I am so different. I love it here and I want to belong and I know that I never will.
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