“It’s a nightmare, Abe,” he says in his low, rich voice. “You’re alright.” I try to breathe, my lungs aching and he runs his palm up and down my arm, soothing me.
“Where you go, I shall go; where you die, I shall die, and there will I be buried.”
― Cruel Beauty
― Cruel Beauty
“Don’t look at the shadows too long or a demon might look back.”
― Cruel Beauty
― Cruel Beauty
“You deserve all that and more. It made me happy to see you suffer. I would do it all over again if I could." I realized I was shaking as the words tumbled out of me. "I would do it again and again. Every night I would torment you and laugh. Do you understand? You are never safe with me." I drew a shuddering breath, trying to will away the sting of tears.
He opened his eyes and stared up at me as if I were the door out of Arcadia and back to the true sky. "That's what makes you my favorite." He reached up and wiped a tear off my cheek with his thumb. "Every wicked bit of you.”
― Cruel Beauty
He opened his eyes and stared up at me as if I were the door out of Arcadia and back to the true sky. "That's what makes you my favorite." He reached up and wiped a tear off my cheek with his thumb. "Every wicked bit of you.”
― Cruel Beauty
“Ignifex knew me. And loved me And he had never asked me for anything. Even Shade wanted me to die for him.”
― Cruel Beauty
― Cruel Beauty
“But you know what you are, and what you deserve. You lie to me but not to yourself. That's why I love you.”
― Cruel Beauty
― Cruel Beauty
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