Fragile Sanctuary (Sparrow Falls #1)
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She’d demanded that I be placed with her,
Helene Svendsen
Love her
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Happiness was the greatest torture of all because it could all be taken away—and it was so much worse than if you’d never experienced it at all.
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“I’ll have a word with him about making noise when he walks.”
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“Maybe I could get him a bell. You know, the ones they put on cats’ collars so they can’t surprise birds.”
Helene Svendsen
HA
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Everything about her twisted my insides. Too beautiful. Too bright. Too kind. She even took in damn dogs.
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“There’s no greater gift than peace.”
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His words were simple, but they carried weight. Because they were spoken by a man who clearly hadn’t found it yet—not for any length of time anyway.
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I crossed to her on instinct. Not a damned thing could’ve kept me away.
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“But good can come, even out of those darkest depths. It doesn’t mean we’re glad we went through it. It just means we won’t let it change us for the worse.”
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“Because I’m holding on to my last shred of humanity, and if you stand here in those goddamn shorts for another ten seconds, it’s going to snap.”
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“I fuck you so hard you’ll feel me for weeks. I’ll ruin you, Reckless. You think I can’t taint you with my pain and the darkness that lives inside me, but you’re wrong.”
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“One.” She licked her lips. “Two.”
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“What the hell are yo...
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“Counting down to the snap,” Rho challe...
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“Eyes on me.”
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“Want to see everything when you shatter. Don’t want to miss a fucking thing.”
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“You matter, Anson. You’re a good man.”
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“Sleep, Reckless. I’ll keep the demons away.”
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“Been dying for this. Now, grab the headboard and ride my face.”
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Because the moments I was with Rho, when I heard her laugh, drowned in the feel of her, they were the only times since Greta died when I felt true peace.
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He pulled me into his arms, the move heartbreakingly gentle and forceful all at once.
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“Can’t handle being away from you,”
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“You didn’t sneak past my defenses, you bulldozed them. Reckless to the bone. And maybe you made me brave enough to be reckless, too.”
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“Your beauty scalds, Reckless. Anyone who’s ever had the pleasure of looking at you will never be the same.”
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“I’d go to hell and back for you.”
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“You’re with me. If I leave, if I stay, wherever the hell the path leads, you’re with me.”
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Lolli brought over a kit so I could make my very own diamond art dick flower.
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“What. Did. You. Just. Call. Her?” Anson growled.
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Hihi
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“So, leave,” Anson ordered. “And don’t come back. If you see Rho in town, you’ll keep right on walking. She does not exist for you. Crawl back into your pathetic hole, and don’t come out. Because if you do, I will rip apart your life, piece by piece.”
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“I knew you wouldn’t be able to resist my Rho for long. Now, I hear you were a Fed. Please tell me you aren’t one of those anti-marijuana sticks-in-the-mud who thinks missionary position is the only way anyone should ever have sex.”
Helene Svendsen
Hhaaah
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“I’m not going to let my granddaughter be stuck in missionary position for the rest of her life.”
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“That was the station. We got a call about a dead body.”
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“I’m sorry, Rho. It was Davis.”
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The fuck
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“Felix. The first boy I ever kissed.”
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The fuck
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SHE WAS ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO BE MINE ANYWAY.
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Yeah he knows her - who is itttttt
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That voice, something about it so achingly familiar but not exact.
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“Silas?”
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Noooooo
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I keep trying to find a woman who isn’t a dirty liar, but they all are.
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Fuck him
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“Making me burn things to keep us together.”
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Fucking hell
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“And you needed to pay. To be punished,” he snarled. “I thought the flames would get you, too. Take you down so I could finally be free of your lies. But you made it out.”
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“I’m the only one who gets to hurt you, Little Phoenix. Your pain is mine alone.”
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Pshyco
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Every woman that reminded me of you. Every bitch who lied with her kind eyes. I made them scream before I slit their throats. The sweetest sound.”
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“I don’t regret loving you for a single second. Scared the hell out of me, but it brought me back to life.”
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“Home is wherever you are,” he whispered. “You’re my sanctuary. Where I feel peace. Where I feel seen. Don’t want anything more.”
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The End is only a chance for another beginning.
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“You gave me air when I thought I’d never breathe again. You gave me color when my world had gone black. You see every part of me. I don’t want to spend another moment without you. Marry me.”