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Red Thorns (Thorns Duet, #1) Red Thorns by Rina Kent
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“Naomi: And then what?
Sebastian: And then you run.”
Rina Kent, Red Thorns
“Now I know what you truly are,” he says. “And what is that?” “Tsundere.” “What?” “It means someone who’s hot and cold. Violent on the outside, despite being soft on the inside.”
Rina Kent, Red Thorns
“Maybe I was only ever meant to be alone and I’m just fighting a losing battle.”
Rina Kent, Red Thorns
“Because there’s one thing my toy doesn’t realize yet. Or maybe it’s buried too deep for her to recognize it. She’s mine. Body and fucking soul. And it all started the day she got off on having me chase her in the woods. Or maybe it started the first time I saw her three years ago when she smiled while she was crying.”
Rina Kent, Red Thorns
“The beast and I have an arrangement. I take his darkness and he swallows mine. I get off on his unapologetic dominance and he gets off on my unconditional submission.”
Rina Kent, Red Thorns
“I know exactly what it means to give someone my all, to be naively genuine, just to be stabbed in the back by the one person I thought was closest to me.”
Rina Kent, Red Thorns
“Maybe infatuated isn't the right word, because I'm on the verge of becoming a criminal to ward an unwanted attention off her.”
Rina Kent, Red Thorns
“People think hate is the worst emotion, but it’s not. Indifference is.”
Rina Kent, Red Thorns
“Hate me for fucking eternity as long as your cunt wants me.”
Rina Kent, Red Thorns
“You will watch your face as I fuck you. You’ll look at how fucking wanton you become when my dick fills that tight cunt of yours.”
Rina Kent, Red Thorns
“Your body is made for fucking, baby.”
“It’s also made for kicking you in the crotch.”
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“What if I don’t want my mouth on your dick?”
“Is that why you won’t stop staring at it?”
Rina Kent, Red Thorns
“That’s it, Tsundere… keep fighting and clawing. It’s such a fucking turn-on.”
Rina Kent, Red Thorns
“Now I know what you truly are,” he says.
“And what is that?”
“Tsundere.”
“What?” “It means someone who’s hot and cold. Violent on the outside, despite being soft on the inside.”
“I know what Tsundere means and I’m not a damn anime character.”
Rina Kent, Red Thorns
“I hope you fall in love one day.”
“First of all, how dare you? Second of all, I’ll leave all that Hallmarky shit to you.”
“It can be HBO level, not Hallmarky.”
Rina Kent, Red Thorns
“How do you do it, Nao?”
“Do what?”
“Remain so unaffected, as if the world doesn’t deserve your time.”
“Because it doesn’t. The less you care, the less you’re attached and the freer your mind is.”
Rina Kent, Red Thorns
“A apatia por trás de suas palavras me irrita. As pessoas acham que o ódio é a pior emoção, mas não. A indiferença é.
A facilidade com que Naomi poderia me descartar desperta meu monstro.”
Rina Kent, Red Thorns
“We can’t all be emotionless vaults like you, who only feel when violence is involved.” “That’s the thing.” He looks at me funny. “My urge for violence has become less important since you.”
Rina Kent, Red Thorns
“Because right now? He’s not even attempting to hide his true self behind it. He let it loose, allowing me to see what type of deviant he actually is. One who gets off on chasing. On catching me. On making me helpless and at his mercy.”
Rina Kent, Red Thorns
“Oh, baby. Do I get on your nerves? Do you hate how you melt against me even though you think you hate me?”
Rina Kent, Red Thorns
“Now I know what you truly are,” he says. “And what is that?” “Tsundere.” “What?” “It means someone who’s hot and cold. Violent on the outside, despite being soft on the inside.” “I know what Tsundere means and I’m not a damn anime character.” “I’ll confirm that during dinner tomorrow.”
Rina Kent, Red Thorns
“One moment, I’m walking, and the next, Sebastian turns around, grabs me by the waist, and tugs me against him. “The reason is her,” he says, and then his lips meet mine.”
Rina Kent, Red Thorns
“You also mentioned that the concept of truth is an outdated righteous belief that no longer applies to modern society. Truth is the mold we shove ourselves into in order to escape the world’s harsh reality. So, in a sense, we all have misconceptions we try to escape in our own way.”
Rina Kent, Red Thorns
“That’s why I have to keep up pretenses and wear a constant mask. If I like something, they should never, under no circumstances, find out about it. If I covet anything, I need to do my hardest to keep it hidden. Otherwise, they’ll smash it to pieces just to keep me under their influence.”
Rina Kent, Red Thorns
“Well, I don't. I really don't. Maybe if I repeat that long enough, I'' start to believe it.”
Rina Kent, Red Thorns
“He kisses like he plays, razing through my defenses, seizing the opportunity and scoring, over and over. He doesn’t only kiss, he’s out to devour me. To paint black stars in the midst of the bright white lights. His tongue ravages my tender one until no air is allowed into my burning lungs. Until I’m wheezing, silently begging and imploring. For what, I have no clue.”
Rina Kent, Red Thorns
“Why me?"
"Because it's you."
"That's not an answer."
"It's a perfectly adequate one.”
Rina Kent, Red Thorns
“It's not me you're fighting right now, Tsundere. You're going up against yourself, trying to erase the part that let go in the forest.”
Rina Kent, Red Thorns
“We're the same in that way, Mom and I. We hate showing our emotions to the outside world and actively close down whenever there's a chance.”
Rina Kent, Red Thorns
“I don't want to witness the moment when the perfect star actually shows to the world that he's not so perfect after all.”
Rina Kent, Red Thorns

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