Should we all stand by and watch one another fall apart?
There was once a time when darkness shrouded the world, and the darkness had a queen.
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we were never meant to exist. and we will never exist again.
Earth signs are the sexiest I don’t make the rules
The Risk (Briar U #2) by Elle Kennedy
His dark-green eyes flick in Brenna’s direction as he sips his beer.
Brenna is momentarily distracted from McCarthy. She takes in Jake’s dark jeans, black Under Armour shirt, and Red Sox cap. “Connelly,” she says curtly. “Good game.”
He gives her a contemplative look. There was no sarcasm in her tone, but I think he senses the difficulty with which she voiced the praise. “Thanks,” he drawls. Takes another sip of beer.
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“Why should she be embarrassed?” Brenna challenges. “What, you don’t think girls are allowed to hook up?”
Jake’s mouth hitches in a wry grin. “Jensen, I think no matter what I say, you’d still argue the point.”
“That’s not true.”
“You’re arguing right now.”
“Because you’re annoying me.”
“What a coincidence,” he mocks. “You’re annoying me too.”
Time, the greatest thief of all
Oh, the things one has to do when one is a pirate.
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“If you’re not careful,” I said, brushing imaginary wrinkles off the front of my riding habit and breeches, hoping the flush in my cheeks would come across as anger and not embarrassment, “you’ll be the one dragged here in bits and pieces.”
Thomas tilted my chin up with a finger, his intent gaze setting my skin aflame. “I do love it when you speak so maliciously, Wadsworth. Gives my heart a bit of a rush.”
“have you ever considered,” he said slowly “that that was exactly what they thought of us?”