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“Listen, Alana, we both know if it’s to save Aquarius Social, you’ll marry whichever of the Sokolov brothers your father puts in front of you at the altar. So don’t you think you should have some fun first? Take Nico for a spin. Heck, even take all three of the Sokolov brothers for a spin. Maybe the killer one gets conjugal visits. Once you’re married, I know you. You won’t break that vow, no matter what.”
don’t move an inch. His strength petrifies me. “But the good news is that learning to live with disappointment builds character. So with more disappointments like this, you should be a decent guy in about a millennium. I’m grateful to have started you on this journey.”
“It’s a rare form of synesthesia where people’s voices trigger certain tastes in my mouth. You’re all honey, baby.”
“One of my rules,” he says quietly. “Number one, actually. There will be no lies between us. Ever.”
“What other rule did I break?” I have to believe there will be a chance to escape if he lets me live long enough to do so.
“We’re traveling at a hundred miles an hour, and you tried to jump out of the vehicle. Rule number two is to stay out of danger. Period.” “You’re all danger,” I say without thinking. His grin is quick and so fleeting I’d wonder if I saw it if my chest didn’t heat quickly. “Smart girl.”
“Are you going to kill me?” “No.” I narrow my gaze, trying to read him, but it’s like staring at a wall of slate. “I’m going to fight you.” “Good.”
“How many people have you killed tonight?” I ask, my voice hoarse. “Tonight? Just five.”
“Call yourself whatever you want.” He takes my arm, his touch electric and firm. “I’m calling you mine.”
“So you’re just a superficial bastard who likes what he sees.”
“You’re my reason for breathing, and you were meant to be mine.”
Soon my lips are as red as the shoes and my hair teased wildly into what appears to be sex hair. Well, so I’ve been told.
“With the emotional blackmail. I did something you didn’t like, and you’re going to put this poor man’s death on my head so I don’t do it again. That’s not only pathetic, it’s fucking evil.”
“Act as to treat humanity . . . in every case as an end withal, never as means only,”
“Hate and love are but two sides of the same coin, forged in the same mixing of metals. Like pain and pleasure.”
“Your virginity is mine, but you will give it freely. Lie to yourself if you want and say you’re making a brief choice before marrying that moron. But it’s a lie, and deep down, you know it. I’m going to fuck you so hard nobody else will ever get deep enough again. It’s only you and me. But take your time, because the yes is coming from you.”
Anybody named Tarantula deserves to be dead.
