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August 6 - August 11, 2024
He’d never understood why someone would watch another person sleep … until her.
in the past, she wouldn’t have had to see him. She would have known his voice or sensed his presence even before he spoke, and he’d have seen her body react. Her cheeks would have gone red or she might have shivered and then pretended that there was a draft. That it wasn’t him.
She was only a key. A human. She wasn’t an obsession.
“I didn’t know you were afraid of apples.”
“You can call me Archer.”
Jacks the Dreaded Soon to Be Deaded.
he feverishly outlined and shaded and did whatever it was that artists did.
Then Apollo took his knife and stabbed the boy in the heart.
He’d never heard her curse properly before. She wasn’t very good at it, but she was trying furiously.
“Yes, I am a murderer. I enjoy hurting people. I like blood. I like pain. I am a monster, but whether you remember it or not, I’m your monster, Evangeline.”
Evangeline’s face was the only one he saw whenever he closed his eyes, that he would go with her anywhere … if he could.
He would have set the world on fire and then let it all burn just to keep holding her like this.
But she hadn’t even bitten him, nor was she going to. There could be no biting. She didn’t even know why she was thinking about biting.
“So, this is your best day?”
every rock and acorn looked like something worth taking a bite of.
One Bed.
“I don’t believe you, Jacks. I might not remember everything about you. But I know you. I know that I know you, and I don’t believe there is anything you can’t do.”
“This is a very bad idea,” Jacks murmured. “I would have thought you liked bad ideas.” “Only when they’re mine.”
“He taught me a few things … but mostly it was a lot of his arms around me.”
I really do love lost causes and terrible ideas.
I am Jacks’s true love. I believe it with the same confidence that I believe that water fills the oceans and morning follows the night. I believe it with all my heart and soul. And there has to be some sort of magic in that.”
I’d rather go up in flames with him than watch while he burns.”
“What is the point of having friends if they’re not there to support your bad decisions?”
“It’s hard enough being female. I don’t wish to be a young female forever.”
“I already told you. You are the love of my life. You are mine, Jacks of the Hollow. And you’re not going to be the end of me.” “But you were dying.” “No,” she said, a little embarrassed. “I just forgot to breathe.”
“Stop all of this nonsense, right now!”
“I’ll kill them later.”
“Splendid!” Her mouth turned up into a sweet smile. “Tell me about the apples.” “Next question.”
“I don’t need them anymore.”
