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Hurt Comfort
The tone of the book starts out all angsty but as it progresses there is hope.
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Have you noticed how the boy looks at you?” Russell asked.
Charles chortled. “For the love of God, how should he look at me?”
“I’m serious. I’ve been noticing it for a while now. Don’t tell me you haven’t noticed.”
Silence.
Dorian held his breath, ears divided between the sounds in the undergrowth and the words that would follow.
“What are you talking about?” Charles’s voice sounded lower and more sullen than before, as if the marquess were struggling to contain some type of uneasiness.
Russell’
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― Rise of a Nobleman
― Rise of a Nobleman
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You’re a river, Bones,” he said, squeezing my hands hard to get my attention. “You don’t break, you bend. If someone tries to control you, you find a new way around. People might think you’re just water, might think they have you contained, but you’re strong enough to cut a path through mountain rock and wild enough to wash everythin’ away when you rage.
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