“Nothing has been safe since the moment I laid eyes on you. And yet I don't want to look away.”
― The Ballad of Never After
― The Ballad of Never After
“Where were you?” she asked.
“I was killing innocent maidens and kicking puppies.”
“Jacks, that’s not funny.”
― The Ballad of Never After
“I was killing innocent maidens and kicking puppies.”
“Jacks, that’s not funny.”
― The Ballad of Never After
“It smelled of him; of apples and magic and cold,moonlit nights.”
― The Ballad of Never After
― The Ballad of Never After
“He held her with the type of intensity that only happens when a person wants something that isn't quite theirs.”
― The Ballad of Never After
― The Ballad of Never After
“Maybe it would be better to forget him. She hadn’t wanted the forgetting before, but she wanted it now.
She wanted the pain to end. She wanted to forget his dimpled smile, his brilliant blue eyes, the way he called her Little Fox. And suddenly, her chest was tight at the thought she might never hear that nickname again. And she didn’t want to forget. She didn’t want to forget at all.
She didn’t want the memories erased or rewritten; she wanted more of them.”
― The Ballad of Never After
She wanted the pain to end. She wanted to forget his dimpled smile, his brilliant blue eyes, the way he called her Little Fox. And suddenly, her chest was tight at the thought she might never hear that nickname again. And she didn’t want to forget. She didn’t want to forget at all.
She didn’t want the memories erased or rewritten; she wanted more of them.”
― The Ballad of Never After
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