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To all the good girls with fire in their bones, who drift into fantasies of being a queen by day and a slut by night. This one’s for you. Burn, girl. Burn.
You will hear thunder and remember me, And think: she wanted storms. The rim Of the sky will be the colour of hard crimson, And your heart, as it was then, will be on fire. —Anna Akhmatova, You Will Hear Thunder
Some say time is our most valuable commodity, the only thing we can never get back. For me, time is a storm in which I am forever lost.
Peopling isn’t something I’m in the mood for, nor is it a skill I’m especially natural at.
Same girl. Same.
Regardless, she makes unhinged sexy as hell.
I’m not one to settle. If I can’t have the blaze I desire, I’d rather celebrate a life of ashes than fool myself into believing the warmth of an ember is enough.
stories are … home. Characters, family.”
“You’re the one I need, Ivy.” Holy mother of Moses.
I sensed the gangsters-in-suits, Mafia vibe on that very first day. And it excited me.
She’s the storm. I need her to clear the path for us.
A trained killer seeking refuge from a petite five-foot-three … vixen. Proud moment.
“I have no intention of ever getting rid of you, Ivanna. That’s what you should be concerning yourself with.”
Truest words I’ve said to her yet. You’re mine now, Little Storm.
And the storm retreats as briskly as it brewed. A force melting into a puddle of innocence before my eyes. She falls into the chair across from me.
“I need you, Little Storm. Not your money.”
“Look at that. You talk like a brat, but you jumped right up to do as
I ordered. Good girl, Ivy. You’ll do just fine.”
this path may be off, but I’ve always loved twisted fairy tales.
Mine to find. Mine to protect. Mine to shatter. Mine.
My enchanting wreck.
“Anyone can be the light when the sun is shining. It takes a goddamn force to strike with a crash so bright that even the outlines of the raging clouds are illuminated.”
“Liam, I love you like a brother, but if you value your life, you’d be wise to keep your fucking hands off my wife.”
“Yes, Little Storm. I want you in every imaginable way.”
You’re mine now. Every part of you. You’ve been mine from the start, but now, you know it too.
“Don’t test me. Someone touches you, they don’t disappear or lose a finger; they lose their life.”
Wells has a poetic side to him,
“You changed everything, Ivanna. Turned it all upside down. The moment I saw you, I knew I was lost to whatever path you carved for me.”
‘’Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary.’ ”
A hero sacrifices for the greater good, saving the world before the girl. But the villain? That woman he craves, who lights up the sinful, blood-lusting, Hell-damned embers of his fractured soul—he’ll sprinkle the forests and mountains and fields with gasoline, strike a thousand matches, and dance with her amid the flames.
