“We've a bit of a problem, Kat. Have you someone to watch the wee lass?"
His second use of the word "lass" finally penetrated a brain of concrete. Kat blinked, as slow comprehension dawned. "Christian?" she exploded softly. "Is that YOU?"
His lips drew back in a silent snarl. Then "Och, Christ, tell you didn't think I was Cruce! Do I look that bad?"
She nodded vehemently, "Yes."
"Bloody hell," he growled.”
― High Voltage
His second use of the word "lass" finally penetrated a brain of concrete. Kat blinked, as slow comprehension dawned. "Christian?" she exploded softly. "Is that YOU?"
His lips drew back in a silent snarl. Then "Och, Christ, tell you didn't think I was Cruce! Do I look that bad?"
She nodded vehemently, "Yes."
"Bloody hell," he growled.”
― High Voltage
“Reflecting on something that hurts you only prolongs your pain, and when death is involved, the pain is often compounded by a relentless sense of guilt that attacks the moment you start to heal, as if duration of grief somehow proves the depth of your love for the person you lost.”
― High Voltage
― High Voltage
“When you treated things badly, things behaved badly.”
― High Voltage
― High Voltage
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