Ocean's Echo (The Resolution Universe)

by Everina Maxwell

there were very few things you couldn’t do if you didn’t care about fucking up.

“Who cares about awkward?” Tennal said. “Awkward’s temporary.”

“Just because someone else is okay doesn’t mean you had to be.” There was silence.

sometimes the universe gave you a responsibility you could not evade.

If you’d asked him what made normal people clean up their act, he wouldn’t have said spite, but if it worked, he’d take it.