EllaRose

“Pretend for a moment,” Lia told her, “that we’re all very, very slow.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, All In

“Michael and Lia were experts in masking their emotions and forcing themselves not to care. Dean had lived through horrors at the age of twelve that had convinced him that he was a ticking time bomb, that if he really felt things, he might turn into a monster like his father. And though Sloane wore her heart on her sleeve, she would always see patterns first and people second. But I felt the loss of every victim. I felt my own lack every time an UNSUB killed, because every time that I didn’t stop it, every time I didn’t see it coming, every time I got there too late—”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, All In

“It’s not about overpowering people,” I said out loud, my eyes locking onto Dean’s. “It’s about outsmarting them.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, All In

“I’d like a moment with Sloane alone,” he said. “And I’d like a dress made of rainbows and a bed full of puppies who never grow old,” Lia shot back.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, All In