Rachel

“It was a first that he almost wanted to dig a hole in the sand to bury, hiding Hugo’s words like they were treasure—hoard them to unearth when his time here was all over.”
― Con Riley, Charles

“You're not a slut. You're an extremely generous person with perilously low standards.”
― Con Riley, Charles

“I’ve only ever loved one girl, Tru – and that’s you. It’s always been you. I loved you from the moment I knew how to love.”
― Samantha Towle, The Mighty Storm

“Abruptly, Blay's blue stare found his.
And what Qhuinn saw in it caused him to falter: Love shone out of that face, unadulterated love untempered by the shyness that was very much part of his reserve.
Blay didn't look away.
And for the first time ... neither did Qhuinn.
He didn't know whether the emotion was for his cousin—it probably was-but he'd take it: He stared right back at Blaylock and let everything he had in his heart show in his face.
He just let that shit fly.
Because there was a lesson in this Fade ceremony tonight: You could lose the ones you loved in the blink of an eye-and he was willing to bet when it happened, you weren't thinking about all the reasons that could have kept you apart.
You thought of all the reasons that kept you together.”
― J.R. Ward, Lover Reborn