Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)

by H.D. Carlton

“I swear to everything that is holy, I will destroy you if you touched my girl.”

Dickhead skipped leg day so often that he can’t even see them anymore because they’re so skinny.

Her descriptions kill me

it’s not the type of silence deriving from vacancy, but the kind when someone is holding their breath, praying for the footsteps to keep on walking by.

No one fucks with my girl, and that includes her friends and family.

“I love you, Zade. Sometimes I can’t fucking stand it,” I say, my voice raspy and uneven. “But it was the only thing that kept me alive. You saved me. Even when we were apart, you saved me. And I hope to God you never stop hunting me.”

“You will never be able to live without me, Zade,” I breathe. “If you’re my death, then I’m your fucking lifeline.”

“I dare you, Adeline. Deny that my name isn’t carved into every star you see when I make you come, and I will show you that a God can create them just as easily as he can destroy them.”

“Look at me while I ruin you, Adeline.”