If only my parents would stop comparing us. We were different people, after all. I knew they didn’t mean it. They didn’t mean to say Brody this and Brody that whenever they reminisced about those glory days. But it still cut deep.
“Sloane,” he says, his eyes soldered to my lips. My name is a whisper of salvation and suffering as he says it again. A thick swallow catches in Rowan’s throat. “I can’t lose you.” “Then you’d better kiss me,” I whisper back. Rowan meets my eyes. His hands warm my cheeks. We’re just a breath of space away from one another, and I know everything will change once his lips touch mine. And it’s true. Everything transforms with a kiss.”
― Butcher & Blackbird
― Butcher & Blackbird
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