Sunshine and Bullets Quotes

“While we searched for you, the Bullets screamed your nickname over and over. It was the first time someone called you something that completely illustrated what it felt like to look at you. You’re Sunshine, Baby. You’re light. Warmth. Pure life illuminating those lucky enough to know you.”
― Coralee June, Sunshine and Bullets

“Gavriel wanted to control me. Blaise wanted to see me. Callum wanted to save me. Ryker wanted to punish me.”
― Coralee June, Sunshine and Bullets

“Sometimes being strong meant knowing when to avoid the things that made you weak. Eighty percent of being courageous was about being self-aware. You had to know your weaknesses to develop your strengths.”
― Coralee June, Sunshine and Bullets

“Gavriel leaned down and spoke against my neck, his hot breath sending shivers down my spine. “Remember what I said. I own you, Sunshine. But being mine comes with its perks. I take care of what’s mine." Streaks of arousal flooded my core as he spoke, "I’ll give you all the things you’re too afraid to ask for. You want to fuck him in the locker room, don’t you? If you need someone to give you permission, I’ll be that person.”
― Coralee June, Sunshine and Bullets

“I want to make it clear, right here, right now. I own you.” Gavriel’s declaration sent an electric thrill down my spine. I’d always belonged to him, but hearing it rocked me. “Ryker, Callum, and Blaise? They're all going to have pieces of you; I tried fighting it when we were teens, but I'm not going to fight it anymore. I own each of you. You hear me? You can’t escape it.”
― Coralee June, Sunshine and Bullets

“If I’d known the depths of his feelings before, I wouldn't have gone. I would have risked death and never left. ’Cause this feeling? It was better than heaven and worth a trip to hell.”
― Coralee June, Sunshine and Bullets

“Honey, I have no family. No friends. You running into my life was the best thing that ever happened to me. Who else is going to make me waffles at two in the morning?” Nix pouted while placing his hands on my shoulders. “Finding you in that alley changed my life. You’re my person. Where you go, I go.”
― Coralee June, Sunshine and Bullets

“Gavriel copes by convincing himself he’s in charge. I get off on watching. Ryker is so scared of losing you again that he pushes his jealousy and anger to the side. And Callum? He likes it. He just doesn’t know it yet.”
― Coralee June, Sunshine and Bullets

“Let go of shit you have nothing to do with. You don’t owe the world a single thing, Sunshine.”
― Coralee June, Sunshine and Bullets

“Focus on the thing that’ll save you instead of what can kill you, capiche?”
― Coralee June, Sunshine and Bullets

“It’s the bruises you can’t see that you should be worried about,”
― Coralee June, Sunshine and Bullets

“Love was just this potent emotion that burst from the seams. It hurt, it moved, it healed.”
― Coralee June, Sunshine and Bullets

“Stress was just a side-effect of the expectations we allowed others to put on us,”
― Coralee June, Sunshine and Bullets

“I told you I’d give you all the things you’re too afraid to ask for,” Gavriel said before straightening and picking up his spatula. “I’ll take care of you, Love. But with that comes removing the things you’re too scared to lose. I’m going to give him—and you—time to navigate this. But at the end of the day, I’ll do what’s best for you. I’ll always do what’s best for you.”
― Coralee June, Sunshine and Bullets

“Knowing what she did...it makes me not want to have her anywhere near them," Callum growled with a frown. "It's a little late for that. I mean, I'm sure Gav knows a guy that could dig her up, but even though I hate the woman, I don't necessarily want her swimming with the fishes," I joked in my best Brooklyn accent, pushing past the nervousness I felt with sarcasm.”
― Coralee June, Sunshine and Bullets

“Do you think the universe fights for people to be together? I've always thought the world was organized. People didn't just meet for no reason. Sometimes, things seemed too perfect to be an accident. I was meant to meet Summer in that alley that night.”
― Coralee June, Sunshine and Bullets

“She's my soulmate. My better half. My best friend...and the only reason I'm wasting my valuable time to warn you.” My voice was laced with venom. “I don't think you deserve the warning I’m about to give you, but your daughter is a better person than I am.”
― Coralee June, Sunshine and Bullets

“if you ever leave our girl wanting again, I'll remove you from her life completely, understand?" Gavriel”
― Coralee June, Sunshine and Bullets

“Grief wasn't an emotion, it was a state of being, and guilt held grief by the hand, coaxing it to the other side of survival and breaking its kneecaps just before the finish line.”
― Coralee June, Sunshine and Bullets

“He thought love was this pretty little thing to treasure. He restricted himself to what he thought romance and affection were supposed to be. But that's not how it worked. Love was just this potent emotion that burst from the seams. It hurt, it moved, it healed.”
― Coralee June, Sunshine and Bullets

“We met during the calm before the storm. It was easy to form our bond within the safe innocence of my childhood. But now we were lightning and thunder. We were crashing floods and destruction.”
― Coralee June, Sunshine and Bullets

“Would the Bullets miss the naive, innocent girl who lived on Woodbury Lane? Or were they content to take the new, brazen me, the girl on the run?”
― Coralee June, Sunshine and Bullets

“But the new me? She's experienced loss and fear and pain. She has nothing to live for, so she isn't scared to take what she wants - and she wants it all, Blaise.”
― Coralee June, Sunshine and Bullets

“If you think you're getting rid of us, you're dead wrong. You could end up on the other side of the world, and I'd still find my way back to you. I always find you, Sunshine.”
― Coralee June, Sunshine and Bullets

“Each one was from a club, sport, or academic team my mother made me sign up for. “Ballet?” “I hated it,” I replied, frowning when I remembered the tight buns and overbearing moms. “Debate team?” “I’m non-confrontational.” “Softball?” “Terrible hand-eye coordination,” I replied with a chuckle. “Chess?” he asked, his voice light. “I did actually like that. A sport that lets you sit and be quiet for hours on end? Sign me up.”
― Coralee June, Sunshine and Bullets