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In tandem, we both burst into action. He guns for the window while I run to the edge of the house. When he sees the knife I choose, his eyes widen comically. I laugh. I watch as the skin breaks beneath the sharp blade, and I just smile. I finally get him to the attic. Ryan’s body lifts until the tips of his toes touch the ground. He’s here in front of me, helpless, hurt, theres no stopping me.-pg294 REVENGE TIME

She’s incredibly street smart, even when she’s high. I’ve wondered if Barbie is much wiser than she lets on. “Have fun with your Billy 2.0 at home.”-pg232 nice hearing more about her mum
“What I’ve made perfectly clear is I’m not going anywhere until I know she’s safe. And if you look at exhibit A”-he points to my bruised fave-“that hasn’t happened yet.”-p238 to be looked after by Mako

No, no. Not my cat. “I’ll fucking kill him,” he screams, shaking my baby. “Just so you know, I’ve been spiking your drinks with antibiotics. You should be pregnant by now.” He’s lying. He has to be. God, please tell me he’s fucking lying. “And if you ever leave, especially with my baby, I will find you. And when I do, I will kill you.”-pg226 poor lil bilby being attacked😣🐈‍⬛

A sound so fucking musical, it nearly makes me moan. My name. “Mako,” she pants. Fuck it. I want to fucking take her. “I hate that I want you,” she whispers. “Really? I happen to love it.” I love that I scare her. “But that doesn’t mean I can’t watch you touch yourself,” I wait. She’s battling with herself. “Do I get to watch you too, or are you a selfish lover?” She’ll be back.-pg209😍

This case feels personal because it is personal. “We both know he killed your real father, Mako.” I came home to my father dead, in a pool of blood with ‘Ghost’ carved into his chest. This was before the Ghost Killer became the serial killer he is today. And now, sixteen years later, I’m being haunted by the man that turned my father into a ghost.-pg202 I have a feeling the killer is someone Mako knows🤔

In one quick motion, he snaps my finger backwards. I hear the break. I feel it. He grabs me by the hair and swings me into the wall, before he slams my head into the wall.
He promised. He shrugs and gives me a smirk. “You’re my girlfriend River. I own you. I can fuck you whenever I want. Your pussy was available and it turned me on seeing you so vulnerable to me.” “You hurt me.”-pg192 he makes me feel SICK

All I can feel, hear and see is numbness. Wrapping around my organs until it feels like I’m a hollow body bag, nothing left but emptiness. I need out.-pg163
I would’ve prepared for the slide of his dick against the crack of my ass. I scream at the top of my lungs. A punch to the back of my head nearly knocks me unconscious. All I can contemplate is the tool I’ll shove into his ass.-pg177 RIVER LEAVE HIM NOW PLS

The man pushing Brian whips out a gun and aims it at Brian’s head. Pop. Pop. Amar and I both freeze, absolutely stunned from how quickly everything just went to shit. “Did some asshole seriously just kill our biggest lead yet?” I ask. “Fuck. That’s exactly what just happened.” I’m getting closer. But the ghost killer still feels out of reach, taunting me.-pg160 wish we got to read more of Mako’s job

But I never realised that being familiar doesn’t mean being safe. Billy’s hands are familiar. This was a mistake. “I know another man fucked you. I’m willing to still be with you. But I want an apology.” I’m sorry for being raped Ryan.-pg144 THE AUDACITY
Ryan does love me. Love is something otherworldly. Makes you do crazy things. Like, hit them. And stay when you’re hit.-pg150 the reality for couples

“What did he do?” Gently he picks me up, but the searing pain in my ribs is breathtaking. “I’m sorry baby,” he says. “I got you,” he whispers in my ear.-pg125 the way Mako looks after her!!🥰
God, Alison. She was just a woman trying to help another woman. “She was right,” I whisper aloud. “And I’m a fucking idiot.”-pg133 so glad she has finally seen Ryan’s true colours.