Her Way (Kids of The District, #3)

by Nicci Harris

“loss is a lonely place. —For it is so personal, as no one is like you. Like me. Like us. No one will fill the emptiness that seems to occupy so much space inside me.”

“Where are you taking me so I can talk to you like that? And I’m not a cheap date. I want romance, baby. Or I’m not putting out.”

So she slapped me, kissed me, and saved my life, and that was all before I even knew her name. What can I say? I like that in a girl.

You two...” She shakes her through a sigh. “You move like magnets. When you are together, it’s like—" Her eyes dart around, searching for words. “Like, no one else in the world exists to you. It’s dangerous and unnatural.” I bite my bottom lip, eyeing her with a smirk. “I’m dangerous and unnatural.”

“Xander used to get these wicked migraines when he was younger. So I would massage his head sometimes. He said that the feeling took over the pain inside. Like, adding a pleasurable sensation right over the pain somehow dulled it. Is it working? I’ll do this all day if you need.”