“You lay so much as a fingertip on me, and you’ll be carrying two severed balls into the emergency room.” After another glance back at the water, I nod toward his groin. “Okay, shriveled balls.”
“Knowing the truth is not always a kindness.”
― Cruel Beauty
― Cruel Beauty
“But I can’t . . . I can’t leave anyone to the darkness.”
― Cruel Beauty
― Cruel Beauty
“Don’t look at the shadows too long or a demon might look back.”
― Cruel Beauty
― Cruel Beauty
“You deserve all that and more. It made me happy to see you suffer. I would do it all over again if I could." I realized I was shaking as the words tumbled out of me. "I would do it again and again. Every night I would torment you and laugh. Do you understand? You are never safe with me." I drew a shuddering breath, trying to will away the sting of tears.
He opened his eyes and stared up at me as if I were the door out of Arcadia and back to the true sky. "That's what makes you my favorite." He reached up and wiped a tear off my cheek with his thumb. "Every wicked bit of you.”
― Cruel Beauty
He opened his eyes and stared up at me as if I were the door out of Arcadia and back to the true sky. "That's what makes you my favorite." He reached up and wiped a tear off my cheek with his thumb. "Every wicked bit of you.”
― Cruel Beauty
“Ignifex knew me. And loved me And he had never asked me for anything. Even Shade wanted me to die for him.”
― Cruel Beauty
― Cruel Beauty
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