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Captured Captured by Lauren Biel
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“I can't let you go because I'll lose the parts of me I found inside you.”
Lauren Biel, Captured
“I know it’s hard to understand,” she said, “and I won’t pretend you didn’t break me, but you’re also the one who put me back together again. Now you’re the glue holding all those pieces in place.”
Lauren Biel, Captured
“I can't give you heaven, but I can make hell feel good.”
Lauren Biel, Captured
“How could she drag me from the depths of hell without leaving herself with mortal wounds?”
Lauren Biel, Captured
“That may be true, but our mother would be proud, and the devil’s disappointment doesn’t mean nearly as much as an angel’s pride.”
Lauren Biel, Captured
“I don’t do what I do because I’m a saint. I do it because I’m a demon disguised as one.”
Lauren Biel, Captured
“That's when I realized The Man wasn't what I feared most. I feared love.
If I loved someone, they were ripped from me. They say it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all, but fuck that saying. Whoever came up with it didn't know the true meaning behind it. They didn't grasp the agonizing ache that came with loss. I knew what it meant to lose someone I loved, and it broke me. I vowed I'd never let anything or anyone into my heart again. Love wasn't something wonderful and powerful. It was more like a disease that plagued my body until I became too weak to live. Love killed the bright parts within me, and I was trying so goddamn hard to keep Ophelia out of the darkness that occupied my heart. I couldn't love her, because she would be ripped away too.”
Lauren Biel, Captured
“I wasn't unappreciative, but he hadn't been kidding when he said he wasn't a white knight. He was a demon fighting the hold of the devil, steering his flames in other directions. He couldn't save me. No matter how hard he tried, the devil still found ways to set me alight.”
Lauren Biel, Captured
“As I looked down at her, she reminded me of the innocent person I used to be. She reminded me of the person I was before The Man taught me to be more like him. I needed to get her up, but to do so, I had to keep her down.”
Lauren Biel, Captured
“You're as dumb as yesterday's roadkill.”
Lauren Biel, Captured
“I blew out a breath. There were five total brain cells in his head, and they were fighting for air in there.”
Lauren Biel, Captured
“A beautiful girl like her could have gotten anyone she wanted, but she was choosing the demon that lurked in her nightmares”
Lauren Biel, Captured
“Some people hated loneliness, but after a lifetime of angry outbursts that knew no limits, I would have welcomed the silence”
Lauren Biel, Captured
“Love has always hurt you, huh?” I nodded. “Then why would you still chase after it? Why would you still want what hurts you?”
Lauren Biel, Captured
“smirked at her words. “That’s crazy to me because you broke me as well. Ripped me apart and let the light shine through the cracks. You didn’t just put me back together, though. You rearranged everything before you did.”
Lauren Biel, Captured
“cheek. “I know we’re in hell, but it doesn’t have to be all fire and brimstone. It doesn’t always have to burn.” “Maybe it’s not burning you, Alex, but I’m on fire.” He rested his chin on my chest. “I can’t give you heaven, but I can make hell feel good sometimes.” “That sounds like a devil’s bargain.” “Maybe,” he said as he spread my shirt and trailed kisses down my stomach. “But the devil doesn’t bargain.”
Lauren Biel, Captured
“We were heading for the deep end without a life preserver. No one was there to save us, and we were too caught up in each other to save ourselves.”
Lauren Biel, Captured
“Iwas living in the burning flames of hell’s playground, and I was the devil’s toy. The worst part? I’d grown to like being around him.”
Lauren Biel, Captured
“Next time I get the urge to please you, fucking let me or I’ll drown you in my come,” he whispered.”
Lauren Biel, Captured
“Such a good girl,” he groaned. I hated him, but the way he called me a good girl made me swell with unwanted pride. I didn’t want to be good for him, but I felt a sick sense of accomplishment for having pleased him.”
Lauren Biel, Captured
“Welcome to hell, Ophelia.”
Lauren Biel, Captured
“I don’t want to save you. The moment I fucked you, you became mine. I own you. Your body is mine to use whenever and however I want. Why the hell would I want to let you go? I’m nowhere near done with you.”
Lauren Biel, Captured