Torrents

“My heart wrench a little. They were in my room but I felt like the intruder.”
― Megan Shepherd, The Madman's Daughter

“You look beautiful. Like one of the angels Milton wrote about.’
‘A fallen one,maybe,’ I said.”
― Megan Shepherd, The Madman's Daughter

“What you hate is what you are. An animal, just like me. Don’t pretend like you’ve never imagined it—the thrill of the hunt. No chaperones, no silk stockings, nothing holding you back. Tearing through the city like we were back on that island, feeling your blood boil, your pulse race. You’re jealous of my freedom. You said it yourself once.”
― Megan Shepherd, Her Dark Curiosity

“The hope on his face feels like a different kind of wound.
I don't know if I can trust him, but I do know he won't hurt me.
And I'm starting to think he might kill for me.
That's scarier.”
― Margie Fuston, Cruel Illusions