“She remembered thinking falling for him would be like falling in love with darkness, but now she imagined he was more like a starry night: the constellations were always there, constant, magnificent guides against the ever-present black.”
― Caraval
― Caraval
“She remembered her first impression of him, tall, roughly handsome, and dangerous, like poison dressed up in an attractive bottle.”
― Caraval
― Caraval
“He kissed her once more, gently and deliberately, reassuring her without words that he had no intentions of letting her go.”
― Caraval
― Caraval
“The boy who’d saved her from drowning in more ways than one.”
― Caraval
― Caraval
“I think this cut might need stiches,” Scarlett said, yet as her cloth wiped away the blood it revealed a smooth line of unmarked, unbroken flesh. “Wait, I don’t see a wound.”
“There’s not one. But that feels really good.” Julian moaned and arched his back.
“You scoundrel!”
― Caraval
“There’s not one. But that feels really good.” Julian moaned and arched his back.
“You scoundrel!”
― Caraval
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