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She was my mother, and all I ever wanted was for her to love me.
She’s made me feel unlovable
and for that… I don’t hate her. I...
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If more people with compassion chose to see the ugly and not turn a blind eye, maybe this world would be a better place.
“Miss Ambrose?” I freeze. I never told her my full name. “Don’t be frightened. He’s been expecting you.”
“I’ll thank you kindly to keep your hands off of my conformist,” he says, his rugged voice quieting the panic in the room like a theater. “You wouldn’t want me to lose my temper.”
“I can’t let you walk out of here with her,”
“You can watch me leave with her, or you can watch her drop dead at your feet.”
Dessin reaches his head around to the side of my face and kisses my cheek softly, leaving a warmth like a static shock in his wake, a tingle of energy where his flesh met mine. “Shall we?” he whispers into my ear.
“Why did you come back? You stopped Martin from striking me.”
“I don’t know.”
“You’re playing a dangerous game, Skylenna.”
The way he says my name. My whole name.
Hottttttt
“You’re going to drink this. We’re going to fight through it together. And you’re going to leave this room without a scratch. They’ll think you’re an untouchable demon from hell.”
I just wanted that feeling to go away… Forever.”
“The love that is born between the two cannot be mistaken for anything else.
It’s
not something you can choose or resist. It’s beyon...
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“How do you know if you found t...
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“Because, once you find them, there is no lif...
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“He put his hands on you?!”
“And your precious friend did nothing?”
“So help me God…”
“I am never to escape the violent hands of a man, am I?”
“Look at me,” he orders, “if he ever strikes you… You tell me immediately. I will cut off every piece of him that he believes makes him a man and shove it into his mouth until he asphyxiates.”
Yesssss bitch
“Does he know about your scars?”
“No,”
“Say your goodbyes,” he says, murder dancing in his chocolate eyes. “I’m going to kill them all.”
Oooft
“Oh.”
“I was going to let you out when the screams stopped…”
“I see ...
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Do you have any idea what I went through in there? Who I saw? Does it mean anything that this will cause me nightmares for years to come?
“My condolences for seeing your departed sister in there. Though it does give me hope for the experiences of our patients. And I hope our little initiation didn’t deter you too much.”
BITCH
“Everyone laughs.”
“Not you,”
“Not genuinely, at least. You force it or don’t have the urge to...
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Laughing is hard when you’re always fighting the urge to keep from crying.
Your greatest fear is losing me. I know this because my greatest fear is losing you.”
