“Only her death could prove her innocence; a circle of impossible, deathly judgement. ”
“They say that rape is the only crime in which the victim has to prove her innocence. And I want you to know, I believe in your innocence. You don’t have to prove anything to me.”
“Soul of a victim tends to prove her innocence.”
“You're beautiful this morning," Archer said, stopping before her, kissing her nose. "You're impossibly sweet in my shirt."That might be but she felt like death. She would gladly make the trade; how blissful it would be to feel impossibly sweet and look like death.”
“I could see her will leaving and death seeping through her skin to skewer her soul.”
“He bit the inside of his cheek, Death purring wildy. The pleasure of her touch, even one so innocent, rocked him to the core.”