“In the morning, you can forget it. You can go back to pretending you don't like me, and I can pretend that I don't care. But for tonight, let me pretend you're mine.”
― The Ballad of Never After
― The Ballad of Never After
“Why would you keep something that makes you think of me?” I feel him shrug. “Because I think of you anyway, Mallory.”
― Check & Mate
― Check & Mate
“I look at him looking at me, and overflow with something I cannot put a name to. “Because when I’m with you, Mallory, everything is different. When I’m with you, I want to play more than I want to win.”
― Check & Mate
― Check & Mate
“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
“It smelled of him; of apples and magic and cold,moonlit nights.”
― The Ballad of Never After
― The Ballad of Never After
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