Hush, Hush (Hush, Hush, #1)

by Becca Fitzpatrick

“I figure out what she’s thinking and feeling. She’s not going to come right out and tell me, which is why I have to pay attention. Does she turn her body toward mine? Does she hold my eyes, then look away? Does she bite her lip and play with her hair, the way Nora is doing right now?”

“I’m not going to kill you, Nora. I don’t kill people who are important to me. And you top the list.”

I remembered him telling me he’d give up everything for me. He already had. He’d given up a human body of his own so I could live.

“I’m your guardian angel,” he said. “I get my very own guardian angel? What, exactly, is your job description?” “Guard your body.” His smile tipped higher. “I take my job seriously, which means I’m going to need to get acquainted with the subject matter on a personal level.”