Rina Ryel
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Rowan terrified me every bit as much as Mortana did. Mortana had been a sadist with my life in her hands. Rowan, on the other hand, has my heart in her hands.
“What God? Tonight, you only scream and cry for me. No God will bear witness to what I make of you.”
― Leave Me Behind
― Leave Me Behind
“From the very start, you had all the power. From the very start, I was in the palm of your hand.”
― Deep End
― Deep End
“Because there’s one thing my toy doesn’t realize yet. Or maybe it’s buried too deep for her to recognize it. She’s mine. Body and fucking soul. And it all started the day she got off on having me chase her in the woods. Or maybe it started the first time I saw her three years ago when she smiled while she was crying.”
― Red Thorns
― Red Thorns
“Do the right thing.” Nate’s gaze flits between his parents. “For once in your self-indulgent lives, do something for someone other than yourselves.”
― Black Thorns
― Black Thorns
“Stupidity is accepting that she was gone. Besides, getting back what was originally mine isn’t impulsive, Uncle.” “It certainly is if you lose control of your head for it.” “You’re only saying that because you’ve never loved someone so much that being apart from them feels like drowning and burning alive at the same time. You’ve never stayed up all night, staring at the fucking sky with the minuscule hope that she’s also staring at it from a different nook in the world. You’ve never loved, period, Uncle. You’re nearing your forties and still are a cold-blooded bachelor with no settling down in sight.”
― Black Thorns
― Black Thorns
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