His smile fades into something sadder. “She has beautiful eyes,” he says softly, like he’s lost to memory. “They’re brown and green and amber,
“My viciousness made Rui’s eyes glaze and his chest still. He bit his lip as if trying his best to tamp down something dangerously carnal rising up inside him. Then he smiled. “That’s my girl. . . .”
― The Queen's Spade: A Gothic YA Thriller—A Kidnapped African Princess Plots Twisted Revenge in Victorian England
― The Queen's Spade: A Gothic YA Thriller—A Kidnapped African Princess Plots Twisted Revenge in Victorian England
“Their “love” for you is conditional, Ina. Never forget that.”
― The Queen's Spade: A Gothic YA Thriller—A Kidnapped African Princess Plots Twisted Revenge in Victorian England
― The Queen's Spade: A Gothic YA Thriller—A Kidnapped African Princess Plots Twisted Revenge in Victorian England
“As if from far away, I hear his voice—deep, like honey, trickling over my skin.”
― You Between the Lines
― You Between the Lines
“Look at you. Look at how perfect you are under me.”
― The Never List
― The Never List
“But in my haze, I feel like somehow this is where we were both meant to be, what we were both meant to do. Some inevitable conclusion. I want to memorize five senses’ worth of data to inject into every poem I write for the rest of my life.”
― You Between the Lines
― You Between the Lines
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