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Her face, since they came in the door, has the expressionless cast of the condemned.
Attending to your safety” is code for not wearing short skirts, or drinking in bars, or having any kind of life.
“I’d very much like a Long Island Iced Tea.” “I don’t think they serve tea at the bar,” Bell says, distracted by what Carter is doing. Emma and Kristin exchange glances.
she should be thinking about the victims, not about how Bell looks good in a suit.
“Are you insane?” Bell rounds on her, furious. “Do you think there’s any possible way that I would let you do this alone?”
But what really matters is that you’re surviving now, in spite of everything. That survival is all down to your strength of character and will. That survival makes you a fucking force of nature.”
the irony that she has to claim connection with one man to avoid another.
Travis wants to burn down the world.
He doesn’t know why they weren’t doing this sooner. All this time he’s wasted, when he could have been hugging Emma.
“Hey, any day I get to hold a gun to Simon Gutmunsson’s head is a good day.”
“Monsters don’t always look like something from a horror movie. Mostly, they just look like… normal guys.”
Monsters are people, and they’re living among us.
Why, Travis thinks, why why why would anyone find any pleasure in seeing women hurt, when it’s a billion times more pleasurable to see them happy?
“Travis, you’re as close to me as anyone.
The one bright spark for him in this whole mess has always been Emma.
Maybe it shifted a while ago, and she’s only just realized he’s more than simply her partner.
“You can come, if you want.
Emma, I would choose you over an FBI order every time.”
She leans into him. Kisses his neck, where his skin smells hot and good. When she steps back, everything feels better.
“And we’re talking about that kiss when I get back.”
She doesn’t deserve to be forsaken. She deserves compassion, and respect, and gentleness, and care.
She can be happy if she wants to be. She can live. She can be free.
“So long as you’re safe, it doesn’t matter.”
And my god, what he feels for this girl.
