Promises and Pomegranates (Monsters & Muses, #1)
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like a waterfall rushing between my ears, drowning out every other noise around me.
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if given the chance. How I’d drag her to the depths of hell but convince her she’d gone to heaven, using my tongue to write wordless poetry on her sensitive, swollen flesh. All the ways I’d treat her right, if I could.
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didn’t quite know what he was getting himself into when he stepped in as my knight in not-so-shiny armor?
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If Elena is even half as divine as the fruit in the Garden of Eden, I absolutely understand Eve’s surrender.
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“You’re going nowhere, my little Persephone. I didn’t bring you back to my island just so you could leave, and I’m certainly not relieving you of your sentence. You’ll serve it at my goddamn side as the queen of my little Underworld, and all your family will ever be able to do is watch.”
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Maybe Hades was lonely too, and he brought Persephone to his realm because he knew she’d bring the light with her.
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legitimizing our marriage and solidifying my obsession once and for all.
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maybe she’s skipped a few important steps of recovery.
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Even the strongest glass cracks under enough pressure.
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Anyone glances in your direction, and I’m tempted to rip their fucking heart out.
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It begins before he’s even done speaking, erupting like a volcano as the corners of my eyes darken.
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“If you’re jealous, I’m a goddamn psychopath.”
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I should’ve been a goddamn kid. But when that’s all you know, when someone manipulates you during your formative years, it’s a tough cycle to break away from.
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used me, preyed on my innocence, and tossed me aside.
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You cannot love a person fully without knowing the darkness etched into their soul.
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the way you coped with what life dealt you,”
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Because that’s what happiness is. The people you find along the way who make life a little more bearable. And once you find them, you don’t let them go.