Killer Instinct (The Naturals, #2)

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

“If you can’t keep them from hitting you,” Michael said, “you make them hit you. At least that way, you’re ready. At least that way, it’s not a surprise.”

“It’s not the bad memories that tear a person apart like that, Cassie. It’s the good ones.”

Some people said that broken bones grew back stronger. On the good days, I told myself that was true, that each time the world tried to break me, I became a little less breakable. On the bad days, I suspected that I would always be broken, that parts of me would never be quite right—