“He was the heat of a fire and the sweetness of the moon I'd only just met.”

“There are shades of warmth from the sweet ember of possibility to the roaring fire that fills your soul.”

“I couldn't help what I'd done before I learned it was wrong. I could only do better in the future.”

“I swept down the stairs to find Fade waiting for me at the bottom. His dark eyes widened, and for the first time since I'd known him, he was speechless. He stared up at me like I was everything he ever wanted.”

“I never belonged anywhere until I met you.”

“Edmund cleared his throat. "Pretty as a picture, isn't she?"Fade only nodded. His hungry stare brought color to my cheeks, and I was conscious of the warmth of his fingers when he touched me. Just on the arm, but my skin was bare, and it felt shocking, intimate, too darking in front of my foster parents.”

“I never knew I had the power to hurt him, only that he possessed the power to hurt me.”