"I’m pretty much the definition of an American Hero."
- A.D. Aliwat
"I’d been kissed before. Many times. There were awkward and sloppy kisses, those tension-fraught moments of fumbling intensity as a teenager. There were more skilled kisses, passionate and intentional...."
- Jasinda Wilder
"Pleasure and pain.That was my Melody.She was my poisonso toxic, when sampled,yet,so sweet..."
- Kenya Wright
"...and the sorrow sent her spiraling back into sickness."
"I think I could have loved you."
"Come here. I told you to go to sleep and you wouldn’t go, so now you’ll have to take care of me."
"The expression just set me on edge. He had the look of an injured wild animal. I imagined a hungry lion limping in front of me with a bloody paw. No matter how much the beast stumbled or bled, one wou..."
"Why am I terrified?"
"No matter how much he’d done to me, my heart could not be done with him."
"Melody.” His voice was a tormented whisper on his lips.“Yes,” I said.“If you ever need to escape, come to me.”“What?” I asked.“Just come. I won’t. . .I would never hurt you.”“But—”“You’re all that mat..."