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As I watched her now, I wondered, not for the first time, if she was in fact my hope and my guide. Because wherever she went, I helplessly followed.
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That’s when the devil took me. It happened from time to time. Vi said I had a demon inside me that liked to come out and play on occasion. I lifted a cupcake out of the box and took another step closer, holding it out to him. “It’s sweet and creamy, Henry. I promise. Don’t you want to lick my cupcake?”
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You’ve been obsessed with him for like a year, and I think he’s been stalking you for way longer than that.” “It’s not stalking if it’s mutual, Vi.”
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“I’m wet from the rain. I’m sorry,” I protested weakly. “I don’t care. Please hold me.” For fuck’s sake. Hold her? I’d burn the world for her.
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“I’m no Prince Charming.” He clamped his jaw as if trying not to say something, but he did anyway, his face dropping an inch closer to mine. “But if your Prince Charming ever did come, Clara, I’d have to fucking kill him.”
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“I want to eat you alive.” “Be my guest.”
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“Everyone deserves another soul who matches them, to walk beside them through this world, to be their best friend and true lover.” His pulse throbbed faster against my palm where I had it pressed to the side of his neck. He heaved a shaky sigh. “Do you mean soulmates?” “Yes.” Hesitantly, cautiously, he then asked, “Are you my soulmate, Clara?” “Of course I am, silly.” I sat up, meeting an astonished dark-eyed gaze. “I’ve just been waiting for you to catch up and realize it.”
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had a hot boyfriend who loved books and cooking and butterflies. Someone kill me now.
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“Henry, I’ve imagined sucking your cock over a hundred times. Probably a thousand.” I pulled my hands gently from his, working on the buckle. “Let me find out what it’s really like.”
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“You want to swallow me whole, don’t you, angel?”
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“You can take my whole fucking soul if you want.” His voice was that otherworldly eerie, prickling with pleasure along my skin. “You’ve wanted this dick in your pretty mouth for a while?” I nodded, sucking the crown like a lollipop. “Keep those eyes on me and take me deep again.”
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Some believed a person with the raven spirit animal preferred quiet to noise, stillness to constant movement. They also preferred one person to many. That felt truer to me than me being some sort of angel.
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“It’s always been you, Clara. Before I even knew you, the universe was preparing me for you. You soothe my soul in so many ways.”
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“Do y’all know he has a giant library with shelves that reach the ceiling?” “Of course, he does,” snarked Violet. “Bitches love libraries.
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