I was his heartbeat. I was his fucking universe. Now I was, but soon I wouldn’t be. I would miss that, miss being important. I would miss having someone.

(Brin) ‘How good is your lawyer, on a scale of Atticus Finch to Franklin and Bash?

Only if you gag them.

Brin tilted his head. ‘For a moment I thought you were a dirty little tramp like the rest of us, but then you go and ruin it. For future reference, stories about anonymous hookups in...

(Erin) ‘What do you think gave you this interest?’ Yep. There it was. ‘I’m not saying anything bad about it. I just wonder what makes one person want to hit another. Did I not give...

People ended up together for a lot of reasons, and very rarely was one of those reasons the kind of kissing-on-a-mountaintop-at-sunset bullshit you saw in movies. Mostly people were just too chickenshit to walk through...

You should see the murderous stares I get on the street. Though I think that has less to do with seeing a man carrying a purse and more to do with paisley. Paisley makes everyone...

‘Maybe you out to go back there.’ ‘Can’t. Gotta stay where… where I know what’s what.’ Where I don’t forget what I am, and that I don’t deserve anything better. Would wreck anything better. ‘I...

Deacon flushed and smiled. “I guess you’re right. I just want to feel, like…used. I want you to fuck me like I’m…like I’m–“”A cheap whore?” Mark supplied. He was familiar with the feeling.”Yes!” Deacon looked...

Someone dies, there oughta be something. It oughta shake the world! You’re not supposed to walk away!

And it didn’t matter. It wouldn’t make a fucking difference if I dropped to the floor and started crying like a baby. No point in panicking. No point in breaking. No point in anything at...

‘You’re like starlight,’ Cam whispered, and his teeth scraped up my jaw. I shivered. ‘I could lose myself in you.’

Cam shook his head. ‘Do you ever listen to how much crazy shit comes out of your mouth?’ ‘Nope.’ I hooked my fingers into his waistband and pulled him closer. ‘Nobody does. That’s why I...