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Love is not supposed to be beautiful. It’s supposed to be a raw, gritty struggle that forces you to face the most vulnerable parts of yourself, so that when the good times come, you can savor and enjoy them, fully appreciate what they’re worth. Otherwise, you take it all for granted. —Lana Myers
Every smile before me was probably rare. Every smile with me was given freely with genuineness. Every touch was hungry and full of emotion she struggles to show. She trusted me.
He almost smiles, but stops himself. He’s been advocating for her from the sidelines, and I’ve been on the verge of removing him from this case.
I walked out when she simply cried. The cold-hearted killer who tortured and slaughtered the monsters from her past… I made her cry. She never even got angry.
:(((
“Looks like your legs work just fine,” I quip, eyeing the man who has played the world. He taps his legs. “They work better than your mind.”
BYE 🤣🤣🤣
“Then we talked face-to-face, and she fucking smiled when she said your name. She smiled like there was hope.”
And you treat her like a monster. Why? Because she kills? Do you treat your military like monsters? Do you stare at your own reflection with such disdain? Because I’ve seen your file. You’ve shot and killed thirteen serial killers since your career began. Those were real monsters, just like all the men Lana has dispatched.”
“Real love? The kind Lana gave you? It’s the kind of love that looks beyond one’s offenses against others and only calls to the soul.
“That’s no longer your concern,” he says dismissively. “I only came here to make sure her words were spoken, since you did the worst thing you could possibly do. You silenced her. You refused to listen. Now I have to pray I’m enough of a reason for her to want to live.”
my heart :(
I’m back in survival mode, shutting off everything to keep from drowning in the pain. If I allow myself to feel right now, I’ll never stop crying.
“He doesn’t love me like I love him,” I say hoarsely. “I love him enough to burn the world to the ground in his name.”
“We swore we’d never do this to each other, Lana. Never push the other away no matter how intense the world around us got. You don’t get to fucking send me away because you’re hurting. Got that? You don’t get to use Marcus against me ever again. Understood?”
To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it. —Confucius
Einstein believed that the definition of insanity was doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
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Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today’s events. —Albert Einstein
It’s not because he’s hurting me, it’s because it hurts just to see him.
“You’ve been the huntress for so long that I’m sure you’ve forgotten what it felt like to be the hunted. But I’ve been looking everywhere for you, Lana. And I’m a lot better than you give me credit for.”
I knew what was happening. I just loved you enough to take your anger, knowing I deserved it.”
my heart 🥺
“Part of the reason you’re so fierce today is because of that girl. Pretending as though you were never her is one step closer to detachment from reality. It’s a dangerous slope.”
“You see something for so long, and you take it for granted. In our minds, Marcus and I believed a love like that was common, easy to find, and effortless. In our minds, falling in love with someone had to be the simplest thing in the world.”
Her eyes harden again, and I decide not speaking would be a good idea.
literally laughing while sobbing lolll
And we dance. We dance for several songs.
STOOPP🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
The screen goes blank again, then lights up with images of different people as they watch their TV. Screams and panic erupt. It’s like the jumbo-tron at ballgames flicking to different people, and them noticing it on a delay. Only instead of excitement, there’s pure horror when they see their faces.
??????????i would actually panic
I hope she fucking kills every last person with a badge who didn’t come to save her when she was left to bleed out.
I KNEW I LIKED HIM🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹
One person cannot change the world. But one person can strike terror into multitudes. —Robert Evans
Any demon is capable of cruelty, but only an angel is majestic enough to rain down vengeance for the innocent. —Marcus Evans
A wise man knows when the war is lost, and will understand retreat is the only way to save lives. A foolish man will condemn all his followers to death because of his pride. —Robert Evans
If hatred didn’t exist, love wouldn’t either, for one is formed by the other.
Never mock or harm the passionate, for they are the fiercest with their wrath. —Victoria Evans
“Makes you question everything we’ve ever stood for, doesn’t it?” I ask, exhausted as I lean back against someone’s deserted desk. “No. We’ve always fought to save the innocent from the sick and depraved. Lana had no one to fight for her or her family. She was tasked with the worst case scenario on her own.”
Don’t impose on others what you yourself do not desire.
Because my father said she was a kid. And he could never be mean to a child, for fear that one day someone might do the same to us.”
and im crying again
“I’m having a moment,” Jake says, biting down on his knuckle as I finish loading the last of the weapons into their designated spots on my body harness. “What?” I ask, arching an eyebrow. “Times like these remind me why I can’t give up women. Something about a girl with a gun, and right now, you’re every nerd’s comic-book-sexy fantasy girl.”
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“You showed me what living was like again. I’d forgotten,”
Logan’s face is the last thing to cross my mind before I see the blaze of the fire nearing.
STOP IT RN:(((((((((
Wherever you go, go with all your heart. —Confucius
“How’d you find me?” “You said if you could be anywhere, you’d be in Greece with me. I hoped that meant you came to wait,” he says softly, thumbing my chin.
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“But your job—” “I left it,” he says, studying my eyes. “And your life—” “Is wherever you are. Guess you shouldn’t have been so perfect if you didn’t want me to love you this much.”
“So this is real. You and me. We’re actually going to get to be together?” “Not possible for you to get rid of me,” he says, kissing my lips.
“I decided if I could choose anywhere in the world to be, it’d be wherever you were,” he says
Life is pretty damn good when you take the time to live it.
Most importantly, we dance every night.
Which is why I love Lana so much. She still continues to surprise me, and I’m fairly positive I’d be the one burning the world down if anyone ever tried to take her from me.
“How crazy life can be, and how good it can turn out,”
Because now I see the world the way it really is, and I know my only place is right by her side.
