Karissa
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Orange Mask rises to his impressive height that nearly eats up the horizon, then slowly, too slowly, his head tilts in my direction. The neon stitches glow in the near darkness as eerie silence stakes its claim. My spine jerks when his
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“I needed to be what made him smile, breathe, wake up in the mornings. And for a while, I was. He loved me more than he loved anything or anyone. I was his sole reason for living. Until he discovered the one thing that meant more to him than I did.”
― Verity
― Verity
“I kiss her like I’ve never kissed before, because I have never kissed before, never considered the act of any value—not until this wrecking ball bulldozed through my life. My lips feast on hers with the energy of an unsatiated beast until she’s gasping, until her body molds against mine. Until I can no longer decipher where she starts and I end. The rain beats down on us like a witness of this moment. The moment I decide that Annika Volkov won’t be able to escape me. Not even if she wants to.”
― God of Pain
― God of Pain
“It’s the beautiful moments like these that make up for the ugly love.”
― Ugly Love
― Ugly Love
“The world thinks I’m a god…but I’m in hell.”
― The Words
― The Words
“Phoenix’s are supposed to rise from the ashes… But this one wants to burn.”
― The Words
― The Words
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