A Light in the Dark (Banish the Dark Book 1)
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I am…gagged.”
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But when he saw her smiling he hesitantly smiled back, looking flustered. It was a sweet victory.
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would be able to coax him into blushing like that more. It made something inside her…purr.
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and at the sight of her it had felt like something inside of him had clicked into place.
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“A difficult thing is no less difficult just because something else might have been more difficult, once.”
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He yearned to find someone who would prove that they cared for him and wanted to take care of him and would treat his heart like the fragile thing that it was.
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He thought maybe he wanted another of her warm smiles more than he wanted his next breath.
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just standing there in the hall as if she weren’t the stuff of dreams.
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I want to know everything.
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“I believe in you, Claire.”
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I’d be happy to fight him for you.”
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“I’m only dangerous to people who are cruel to those I care about,”
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She would sooner pull every fingernail off her own hands than betray her sweet, gentle new friend.
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he found himself feeling like he was the one who had come home.
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As if he would refuse her anything.
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She was so precious, his Claire.
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“That’s my friend you’re slandering. Please be nicer to her,”
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That just the idea of never seeing her again made him feel like he was dying.
˚ ༘♡ ⋆。˚ ❀ kaleyah ˚ ༘♡ ⋆。˚ ❀
He's so down bad for her i love it
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“I’m here to protect you and keep you safe, sweet man.”
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He wondered when he’d stop falling in love with Claire. When would he find the limit of how much love could fit inside himself?
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Claire was the blood in his veins, the air in his lungs, the light in his dark, and he hoped that someday he could be worthy of her.
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this friendship, was a treasure beyond anything.
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You will address her with respect or I will make you bleed.”
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If it were up to me these walls would be painted with your guts.”
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the feeling so right and perfect he almost started crying himself.
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seeing his bright beautiful sun clogged with shadow and rain.
˚ ༘♡ ⋆。˚ ❀ kaleyah ˚ ༘♡ ⋆。˚ ❀
HIS SUN ????? im sobbing
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“His actions are not your responsibility.
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I-I’ll do anything for you.”
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to slip him into her skin and absorb him into her very bones,
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For better or worse, she was still with him.
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“You missed me?” He asked quietly, lowering himself into his chair.
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She may have played up her shivering, just a little, to try and coax him close.
˚ ༘♡ ⋆。˚ ❀ kaleyah ˚ ༘♡ ⋆。˚ ❀
she's so real for that tho
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He loved her.
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leaving his heart a raw and bleeding gift for her, if only she’d take it.
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Like using his mouth on her.
˚ ༘♡ ⋆。˚ ❀ kaleyah ˚ ༘♡ ⋆。˚ ❀
OH
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“I have no words, Claire. To say you’re beautiful just…isn’t enough.”
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“I am always going to come back to you. Always. Do you hear me?”
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“You are my everything Claire,” he murmured, “you are the light of my life. Of course I want to marry you.”
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Do you not want to stay with me?”
˚ ༘♡ ⋆。˚ ❀ kaleyah ˚ ༘♡ ⋆。˚ ❀
oh she's one of those...
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“If I want to carry my mate,” he blushed, grinning wide and looking starry-eyed, “then I will.”
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that she deserved to get what she needed from her partner, and that the right partner would be thrilled to give it to her.
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“The Beauty and the Beast!”