Dear Reader (Devil's Backbone, #1)
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Fuck me. His voice was going to haunt my dreams later, I just knew it. I had a thing for deep voices, which played into my audiobook obsession.
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“Huh. I’m a little surprised, to be honest. Should I be offended?”
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“Tell your mom that I’m happy for her and Max. I really am. She deserves the absolute world, and he’s the guy who can give it to her.”
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“I’m irritated, Jade, that’s how I am. Get the fuck out of here and stop picking fights with my little Spark.”
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Why were the pretty ones always so personality-defective?
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“She fucking started it, and who the hell made you hall monitor?”
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“You’ve got a bad attitude for a girl who just got her golden ticket to a brighter future, you know that?”
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“I’m so flattered, Royce, but I’d rather jump into a pond of starving piranhas while wearing a suit entirely made of bananas. Oh look, there’s my friend.”
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Ashley: Your conscience, dickwad.
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“Yep. Congratulations, Heathcliff, you just became my boyfriend.” Because not only would it infuriate Nate, it would possibly offer me some insight into the Devil’s Backbone Society. Heath’s eyes widened. “Um…” “In name only, of course, I’m not actually interested in dating you.” Liar, liar, pants on fire. His lips curled into a grin. “Fake dating? I love that trope. Count me in.”
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“Anyone who needs to announce they’re good in bed…is not. But it’s cute that someone clearly cared enough to lie to you.”
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“I don’t want to join the party,” I informed him, even as I sat where he’d directed. “I also didn’t want to be dragged out of bed by a masked fuckwit, tied up, scared half to death and then kicked off a cliff. And yet, here we are.”
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“Technically I’m related to Nate, but I’d happily watch him burn in an oil fire.” “Mutual feeling,” the devil in question snapped from behind me.
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“You’re not scared, are you Spark? You’re curious. That’s why I picked you as my date for tonight. You should ask your boyfriend who his date is.”
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“I don’t believe in secrets, Spark. They only serve as ammunition for those who want to hurt you. Better to lay everything out there and give them nothing to work with.
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“You’re off the hook for homicide today, babe.
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politely informed him to go fuck himself and that he wasn’t any more your family than a pregnant porcupine was.”
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“You look…you know. Stabby.”
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“Because I already told him to go sit on a cactus and spin, so I really didn’t want to have to apologize if you were happy to see him.”
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“You can hold on to those big feelings until she’s finished, or you can whisper them into your hand to hold for later. But right now, Ashley is talking. Got it, got it?”
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“Black, like your soul.”
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“She purrs so nicely when her engine gets revved,”