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She shook her head again. He was long-limbed—he would be tall if he were standing. Taller than most people, taller than any faerie she had ever seen—still, she had no doubt that was what he was, if for no other reason than the pointed tops of his ears knifing through his wet hair—and that he was beautiful in a way that made her breath catch.
She pulled off her coat and hung it on one of the branches of the tree. Her shirt was ripped already, she reminded herself as she took it off. She tore it into long strips and began winding them around Roiben’s chest and arms. He opened his eyes when she touched him. His eyes narrowed, then widened. Their color was mesmerizing.
A cigarette is the perfect type of perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want? —OSCAR WILDE, THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
Crippled things are always more beautiful. It’s the flaw that brings out beauty.”
He didn’t want to be here tonight. His chest still ached, and he wanted nothing more than to lie down and close his eyes. But when he did close them, all he saw was the human girl’s face, full of shock and horror as he threw her down on the dirty floor of a diner.
After all, if curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back. “I don’t know if I should believe you,” she said. “Give me a kiss.”
You can break a thing, but you cannot always guide it afterward into the shape you want.
twilight holds as many truths as the dawn, perhaps more, since they are less easily perceived.
“If you wish me to endure your touch, you must order me to do so.” Then he dropped her hand so quickly it might have been made of iron. She was shaking, too scared to cry, too miserable to speak.
“There is something of yours I would like to return to you.” Roiben’s voice made her jump. How had he managed to get so close without her hearing? Still, she couldn’t help hoping any more than she could help scolding herself for doing so. “What?” He leaned across the distance between them and caught her mouth with his own. Her eyes fluttered closed and her lips parted easily as she felt the kiss sizzling through her nerves, rendering her thoughts to smoke.
