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“You’re fucking wrong if you think that. You’re not ruined. You’re strong as hell. You’re a queen, with four men who would all get on our knees for you. We wouldn’t want you so damn bad if you weren’t steel all the way through, baby girl. You’re not. Fucking. Ruined.”
“Please come back to me, baby,” I whisper roughly. “Don’t do this. Don’t let the darkness take you. You’re stronger than this, I know it. Please. Come back to us. We fucking need you.”
Like we’re just two people trying to bind ourselves together closer than our physical bodies will let us get.
“You’re not broken. You’re a fucking warrior, through and through. You hear me, goddammit? You’re strong enough to survive this.”
“The way you’re taking him. How open you are. You’re so fucking good for letting him in like this. There’s never been anyone as perfect for us as you.”
I want to be lost in this, in both of them. I want them to have me and take me and make me feel good.
There’s a word written there, the raised, swollen cuts stark against the rest of my skin. Ours.
Whatever Gage sees now, it must be enough. He nods, dragging his fingertips down the line of my jaw. “I told you, baby girl. We can’t let you go.”
He’s so gruff and controlling and dominant because he loves so fucking fiercely.
I want to take more motherfuckers out. Burn the whole damn world down if it would make River feel better. Hunting down leads and shit is all well and good, but I want some action. I want to do something, bring her some heads on a platter if it’ll help.
you have to hold on to those good memories just as hard as the bad ones. They exist too. Right alongside the bad. They’re yours as much as all the awful, shitty ones are.”
“Wow. That’s very Zen of you,” I tease. “You’re like a psychotic, murderous Winnie the Pooh.” Knox grins wider, and his eyes flash with heat. “So what I’m hearing is that you want me to walk around with no pants on. That can be arranged.”
I thought that part of me was broken beyond what anything or anyone could fix. And maybe it still is, but there’s a whole new part of myself that I’ve found because of you.”
“Maybe it’s fucked up, but I like the pain you give me. Because you give me something else too. Something that balances out the pain. Something that makes me feel whole.” Pleasure and pain. Light and dark. He helps me find both sides of myself.
“Since River came into our lives, you’ve been... I dunno. More alive. More present than you were before. I’m glad to see you coming to life again.”
She’s so deep under my skin that I couldn’t get her out if I tried. And I like it, although a part of me fears it too. Because if something ever happened to her, it would wreck me beyond repair.
Someone willing to sacrifice themself for someone they love is always an amazing person.”
“People always think bravery has to be punching fuckers in the face and staring down guns and shit, but there’s more to it than that.
You did what you knew you had to do, to keep what you loved safe. That’s fucking beautiful.”
Kill for you. Live for you. Die for you.” In unison, the guys echo it back like a prayer. A benediction.
Let the whole fucking world know. River is ours. Ours to protect. Ours to worship. Our fucking queen.
He’s not all smarmy and smug now, and he looks like he’s a step away from tearing out his hair in frustration. I grin savagely. Karma’s a bitch, and her name is River.
right. I’m sure people with standards would say they’re bad men, but they’re good for me. And they’re good to me.” “That’s what matters,” Hannah agrees. “You’ve never given a shit what anyone else thinks, and ‘standards’ are stupid.”
