Free Me Quotes

“I had dreamt about Logan. He had shown up at the cabin telling me that Mr. X was dead and we could come back to Arizona.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Free Me

“That first time you grounded me, I really thought I might have met my soulmate.” His lips pressed to my spine, making me squirm. I tried to pull my wrists from his grasp as he started trailing kisses up. “I am certain now that you are,” he added. His words made me stop resisting. “I love you, pretty boy.” I felt his mouth stretch into a smile between my shoulder blades. “I love you, too, baby girl.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Free Me

“Oh no. I accidentally dumped the whole bag in.” My words came out flat and it was blatantly obvious that I was lying. I gave them a look that dared them to call me out on it.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Free Me

“After my house had sold in Maryland, Knox had brought up the idea of selling their house, too, and we’d used the money from both to buy something bigger for ourselves, or at least big enough for me to have my own space.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Free Me

“For the first couple months after I’d killed Mr. X, he’d surprised the heck out of me and started therapy. He’d really worked on healing himself and when he’d been ready, he’d asked me if we could do therapy together to help fix what grief had damaged in our relationship. I’d happily agreed and I never missed a session.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Free Me

“Laid out in the same spots my parents had been killed in were Gabe and Amber.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Free Me

“Hello,” said a weak voice and I could faintly hear a beeping sound in the background. “Ian?” I said.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Free Me

“we both spotted Knox running and about sixty feet behind him was Sheriff McAllister.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Free Me

“I clicked on Ian’s contact saved in the phone and put the phone to my ear. It rang and rang until it, too, went to voicemail. “Ian, it’s me. Call me.” I left a message before hanging up and tossing my phone on the bed.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Free Me

“Although she likes to act like she’s appalled, Shi loves the dirty talk,” Creed said. “We know,” Colt, Keelan, and Knox said at the same time.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Free Me

“Then he waltzed into my room, quite literally. Still humming, he spun around—dancing with her lifeless body.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Free Me

“Biting my lip to keep myself from crying out, I wrapped the towel around my arm.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Free Me

“As if sensing my need, Keelan’s hands tried to pull me down by my hips. “I told you to sit,” he said from between my legs.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Free Me

“Is this the trick to get you to behave?” he asked as he placed kisses down my neck. “I have to fuck the brat out of you?”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Free Me

“To my surprise, the intensity I normally felt when he stared at me seemed different. It wasn’t any less intense. It just wasn’t sharp. It had softened. Was this what he looked like behind his many, many shields?”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Free Me

“You’re feeling possessive.” He sighed through his nose. “Yes and no. I know that makes me a fucking bastard, but you’re mine. Someone hurt you when you should’ve been with me, and I can’t fucking stand it.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Free Me

“I knew in my gut something wasn’t right. I knew what I was seeing.” I shook my head in disdain.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Free Me

“Mr. X had found me, for a small moment I’d had a sickening thought that my dream of Knox coming to me in the middle of the night not only hadn’t been a dream, but it also hadn’t been Knox who had climbed into bed with me.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Free Me

“As Knox stared down at me, his normal serious face gentled a little. “Thank you for saving my brother.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Free Me

“Did you learn how to suture when you were a Navy SEAL?”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Free Me

“Logan is exactly who I would call in this situation, but he hasn’t returned my calls. Which means he’s probably dead.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Free Me

“I stood there, frozen as I stared at Mr. X’s unmoving body. Fear and disbelief wouldn’t let me look away. Was it over? Was I free?”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Free Me

“I was surprised to see that it was Derek coming up behind us.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Free Me

“It was red like blood. It suited her. Blood had always suited her. Especially when it was smeared across her pale, soft skin.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Free Me

“It is hard to see or find value in anything when it’s dark all around you. The four of you gave me light. So I don’t value my life because the four of you are in it. I value my life because the four of you showed me how. Some might find it ridiculous that it took your help to value myself again, but I think it’s all right to get help sometimes.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Free Me

“It is hard to see or find value in anything when it’s dark all around you. The four of you gave me light. So I don’t value my life because the four of you are in it. I value my life because the four of you showed me how.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Free Me

“I wish I could take on your guilt and fight it for you.” His thumb brushed across my cheek again. Not to wipe away a tear, but in a way that was loving.”
― Ashley N. Rostek, Free Me