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“Sometimes, I feel that I was born into the wrong life. And by “sometimes”, I mean all the time.”

I’ve met Tamlin…

I hate her sisters already. Actually, her whole family atp.

“faeries hated iron. But it was the ash wood that made their immortal, healing magic falter long enough for a human to make a killing blow. Or so legend and rumor claimed.”

“That was all I could do, all I’d been able to do for years: focus on surviving the week, the day, the hour ahead.”

So I was right about that painting!

“So, does this oh-so-precious piece have a name?”
“It’s called Magda.”

“We weren’t eighteen anymore, but we were still us. Even if one of us lived on a different continent now, and we didn’t see each other as much as we used to at school, our friendship was a steady rock. It was comforting to know that no matter how much some things changed, others will always stay the same.”

“In case it’s not clear, I fucking love you, Jules Ambrose, even when you drive me crazy. Especially when you drive me crazy.”

“Because you’re it for me. Whether it’s today, tomorrow, a year, or decades from now, that’ll never change.” “I’m human, Red. I’ve made mistakes in the past, and I’ll make many more in the future. But one mistake I’ll never make is letting you go, not when there’s even a sliver of a chance left for us. Because the possibility of you is better than the reality of anyone else.”

“I don’t know what you did to me, Red. But somehow, I went from wanting to kill you…to willing to kill for you.”

“If you’d asked for the painting, I would’ve given it to you.” My voice cracked. “I would’ve given you anything you wanted.”

“Remember when I said I forgive you?” “I lied.”

“I wasn’t a bad person. Sometimes, I made bad decisions, but that didn’t make me a bad person. Right?”

WAIT! The painting!! The freaken painting that Josh just casually has hanging in his bedroom, the painting that Jules thinks is ugly, is that THE PAINTING everyone’s been talking about!? 🫣😳😳😳

“I had closure, but no one told me closure was such a bitch. It clawed at my bones and ripped a bloody gash through my heart until every breath became a battle. But instead of trying to assuage it, I embraced it. Because even though pain hurt like a motherfucker, it proved you were still alive, and it was only after it faded that you could finally heal.”

“Sometimes, you had to take a leap or risk getting stuck forever.”

“Because you’re mine,” I said against her mouth. “Let another man touch you, Jules, and you’ll find out just how easily I can take a man’s life as I can save one.”

“…the up-and-coming soccer star Asher Donovan…” 🫣

“If I ever made it to heaven, I was going to have a long, hard talk with God about timing.”

“Still hate me?”

“Always,”

“Good.”

“Careful, Josh,” “Or I’ll think you’re jealous.”

Ch 18 🤪

“I hate you,”

“I’m counting on it.”

“You’re my personal hell, Red.” He gave my hair another sharp tug. “And God help me, I don’t want to fucking leave.”

“Forget diamonds; denial was a girl’s best friend.”

“Don’t insult me. I’m a billionaire,”

oh how I missed Alex haha

“On a scale of one to ten, how badly do you want to fuck me right now?”

“Negative one thousand,” “Times infinity.”

“God was punishing me for wrongs I’d committed in my past life. That was the only explanation I could think of for why I’d been subjected to my predicament.”

“Bed. Singular. As in, there was only one. And I had to share it with Jules Ambrose. Kill me now.”