Adeline Reilly Quotes

“What are you feeling right now?" he asks softly.
My breathing escalates. "Confined."
"Trapped?" he volleys back. My mouth tightens because while a part of me wants to say yes, the truth is that I don't.
I feel... safe.
Protected.
Treasured.
"One day, you will realize that you are not trapped in a prison," he murmurs roughly. "You are in my church where I am your God, and you are my equal. I'm not a jail, little mouse, I am your sanctuary.”
― H.D. Carlton, Haunting Adeline

“You don't need him to survive, Addie.
No, I don't. I've proven that to be true during the months where I was forced to do nothing but survive. I can live without Zade.
But that doesn't mean it won't fucking hurt. That doesn't mean I won't Live without a large piece of myself missing. Like losing a limb, I'd always feel him even when he's no longer a part of me. Does that make me weak?
Dependent?
or just someone madly in love.
Shit.”
― H.D. Carlton, Hunting Adeline