Fallen (Fallen, #1)

by Lauren Kate

Even after all the time they’d spent together these past few weeks, she had not yet begun to glimpse the truth that lay behind their attraction.

He felt her touch as though it were burning through his shirt, her hand laid gently on his shoulder, causing him to gasp. They had not yet touched in this life, and the first contact always left him breathless.

If he didn’t stop her, she would never learn, and the past would only repeat itself, torturing them both again and again.

Then there was nothing, nothing at all.

But she would have remembered meeting someone like him. She would have remembered feeling as absolutely shaken up as she did right now. She realized they were still locking eyes when Daniel flashed her a smile. A jet of warmth shot through her and she had to grip the bench for support. She felt her lips pull up in a smile back at him, but then he raised his hand in the air. And flipped her off. Luce gasped and dropped her eyes.

The blooms were fragrant and soothing, but the message they offered was unclear.

“If you come to a place more than once with the same person,” Daniel said, almost to himself, “I guess it isn’t yours alone anymore.”

The only way to survive eternity is to be able to appreciate each moment.

Fight for the only thing she knew that was good enough, noble enough, powerful enough to be worth risking everything. Love.