Abbi Glines

“-Esto es nuevo para mí. Estoy aprendiendo cómo tener una relación con alguien que no sea Ashton. Cometí un error horrible. Era como una recaída. Pero tú... —La alcancé y puse su pelo humedecido por las lágrimas que habían hecho su camino con libertad, detrás de su oreja—. Tú tocas un lugar dentro de mí que Ashton nunca tocó. Siento cosas por ti que nunca sentí por ella. La amé por un tiempo muy largo. No puedo evitar el hecho de que todavía quiero estar allí cuando me necesite. La próxima vez que haya que tomar una decisión te elegiré primero. Te puedo prometer eso.”

“—Una vez, hace no mucho tiempo, tú eras el hermano bueno. Eras cuidadoso con los sentimientos de los demás. Era jodidamente ridículo lo atento y amable que eras. Has cambiado, hombre. No puedo creer que esté diciendo esto pero extraño a ese chico. Él era alguien a quien siempre admiré. No podría estar más orgulloso de mis decisiones, pero siempre estuve tan condenadamente orgulloso de las tuyas.”

“Justo cuando pensaba que las cosas se estaban poniendo mejor con cómo me sentía acerca de Ashton, siempre pasaba algo que me enviaba en espirales de vuelta al dolor. Por supuesto, se estaba poniendo más fácil y no era ni de cerca todo lo que había sido al principio, pero no se había ido del todo. Temía que jamás lo hiciera. Ashton siempre sería mi más grande error. No porque la hubiera amado, sino porque la había perdido.”

“Girl, there ain't a boy in this town who can hold a candle to Beau Vincent with his shirt off.”

“Goodbyes weren't all they were cracked up to be”

“No. Don't you do this to us.”

“You don't have to love me. Just don't leave me," he said against my leg”

“She was the rock in a world that was crumbling”

“Wyatt had planned a romantic evening and he'd been teasing her with little notes for weeks that left hints about what they would be doing. I walked into Miranda's bedroom and she'd taken all those notes off her mirror and had them on her bed in a circle around her. The bear he'd given her last year was sitting in her lap and the necklaced she'd saved so long for was in her hand. She was rubbing the smooth diamond as she stared at the notes in front of her.”

“It's called Valentine's Day, you moron. If you're going to date a human, Dankmar, you need to remember their holidays.”

“Would you tell Dank that I will alway love him? That I'm sorry that I can't leave here. I'm protecting those I love. But I will think of him every day and I will hum his song to myself every night as I go to sleep.”

“Maybe not this year or the next but one day they'd end up married. In this lifetime and every one after it. Just knowing that I'd get to watch them find each other and fall in love in every life made me smile.”

“What if she never remembers?""Then you better make her fall in love with you, again.""How did I do it the first time?""You let her in.”

“You're mine, Pagan Moore. You will always be mine.”

“I realised you owned me one night in this room. I was singing to you and you were sleeping. You made a little noise in your sleep like you were distressed and I panicked and ran to your side. You grabbed my arm in your sleep and pulled it up against your face and went back to sleep. I didn't want to ever move.”

“Don't walk out of here. I can't lose you.”

“You do realize that I never thought you had a stellarreputation.” Her teasing tone made me smile.“What? You didn’t think I was next in line for Pope? Damn, I thought I had you fooled.”

“This may be invading her privacy but I was Death, dammit. I should get some privileges”

“You’re going to fuck everything up if you act like some crazed guy with an infatuation. This is not the guy she fell in love with. She fell in love with dark mysterious Dank Walker. She fell in love with Death. Be that guy. Stop being this broken, pitiful, obsessed stalker dude.”

“My heart may be black but it was still capable of heart failure.”

“I need you. Right now. Let me love you right here, please.”

“You naked in my bed is even more unbelievably beautiful than I thought it would be... and trust me I've thought about it. A lot.”

“Blaire, even if all we do is kiss or just lay there and talk, I'm okay with that. I just wanted you up here. Close to me.”

“Please. Forgive me. One more chance, Blaire. I want this. I want you.”

“I had fallen too far. I was in love with Rush Finlay.”

“I got to get back to work. I’ll be looking for you to come entertain me soon, Becca Lynn,” Cage said in a low whisper then stepped aroundher and headed out the door without a backward glance.The second the door closed behind him Becca pulled out a kitchen chair and sank down into it with a loud thump. “OHMYGOD!” shesquealed. “I swear I think I just creamed my damn panties.”

“All I had to do was make this guy happy. I’d take care of his cows and do manual laborfor two and a half months then my coach wouldn’t kick my ass off the baseball team. The DUI, he’d had to bail me out of jail for, would be forgottenand my baseball scholarship would remain intact. I only had three problems with this plan:1. No girls.2. I hated manual labor3. No girls.”

“If I’d known Ashton wanted my attention at any point I would have pushed Nicole aside andgiven her my undivided attention. But most of the time she was wrapped in Sawyer’s arms and I neededthe distraction Nicole provided.”

“This was why I loved my Grana. Being with her always made me laugh. She accepted life forwhat it was. She didn’t pretend or put on airs. She was just Grana.”

“The one thing I’d learned was that having someone with you all the time did not take away the loneliness. You could be surrounded by people and be lonely. Something was missing. I could almost pinpoint it, but right when it was within my grasp I forgot; it just slipped away.”

“Pagan lifted one shoulder and I prayed by all that was holy that she’d take off that pink bra. This may be invading her privacy but I was Death, dammit. I should get some privileges.”

“Things happen in life and you can’t control them. It sucks and you have to move on.”

“Talk. We are going to talk first. I want to see you smile and laugh. I want to know what your favorite show was when you were a kid and who made you cry at school and what boy band you hung posters of on your wall. Then I want you naked in my bed again.”

“I don’t want you under those damn stairs. I hate it. But I can’t move you up here. I’ll never be able to stay away from you. I need you safely tucked away.”

“The love she left behind will be the reason dreams are reached. She was the rock in a world that was crumbling. Her strength will remain. It’s in our hearts.”

“Because I’ve had a taste and I’m not sharing. This isn’t just for fun. I may be slightly addicted.”

“What Death protects can't be harmed and baby, you're the only thing I protect- Dank, Predestined”

“I know this because I understand now what love really feels like. The kind that consumes you. Love holds the power to break you. It holds the power to complete you.”

“Mi estúpido primo notenía idea de lo que me estaba pidiendo, me estaba encaminando al infierno,quizás disfrutara el camino.”

“Como se que estoy haciendo algo mal y me siento culpable, pero ninguna deestas cosas importa lo suficiente como para hacer que me detenga.”

“He pressed a kiss to my ear. “Do you feel stretched? Can you tell I’ve been inside you?”I nodded, feeling my knees go a little weak from the tone in his voice.“Good. I like knowing you can feel where I’ve been.”

“Everyone always says that love was enough. It wasn't. Not when your soul has been shattered.”

“He wasn't what sent me running. He was what had made me want to stay.”

“This is the most precious gift anyone has ever received. You gave me back a memory that I will cherish forever. You gave me something from my grandma I didn't know I had. And you kept it and it lef you back to mme. It gave me you''I felt a wetness in my eyes and I blinked confused from the strange sensation. A small trickle of water rand down my cheek. I stared into the darkness as I held Pagan in my arms in amazement Death had just shed a tear.”

“I knew then that I had never understood what humans called love. But if that was anything close to the power you held over me, then no wonder they searched for it so passionately."I reached out and pulled him into bed with me. "You're going to be late.""Why ?""Because after hearing that I can't let you leave until I've had my fill. Get naked, Dankmar.”

“I was already headed for Hell, I might as well enjoy the ride.”

“The whole town’s talking about the way Jax Stone sat in your hospital room and snag to you until you came out of your coma. Then he apparently wouldn’t leave you alone for a minute. The boy sounds hooked.”

“Marcus sat down beside me against the wall and pulled me into his arms. I went like a child and curled up in his lap and cried. He didn’t speak. He just held me, and his silence and acceptance soothed the pain. When my crying eventually mellowed, I stared up at him and touched his face. He was real, and he was here. Even after I had been the reason he lost his job, he had come to me in the darkness. “Saddie,” he whispered, as if his words might be too much for me. “I need you to eat for me.”

“Dylan, this is my friend, Sadie, I told you about.” He looked at me and gave me a slow smile. “Amanda said you were at school last year. How did I miss you?” he asked, his smile turning into a cocky grin. Before I could think of anything to say, Amanda cleared her throat, again and said, “And this is her date tonight, Jax Stone.”

“I’m trying to make myself let you go before Ms. Mary comes to get you, but you go and shiver at my touch and weaken my resolve to stop holding you.”