Ruby

“Just count the stars, Dena.”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerful

“Thanks for picking the closest star, Dena.’ I take a shaky breath. Forty, forty-one, forty-two… ‘Looks like you’ll be around to keep me company.”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerful

“She is an intoxicating sort of exhausting, like running until you’ve lost your breath but enjoying the feeling all the while. And I feel as though I’ve been sprinting for days. Even worse, I fear that I am, in fact, beginning to enjoy her. What a terrifying realization, to admit one’s admiration for another.”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerful

“Like the beginning of the end.”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerful