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I didn’t think you were real for a long time, ” I confess. “I thought you were someone I’d dreamed up.”“ A dream worth reliving every night for ten years?” he asks, chuckling and slowly loosening his hold.“ For eternity, ” I whisper, winding my arms around his neck to keep him close.“ Good.” He leans down and brushes his lips against mine. “That is exactly how long I plan on keeping you.Erica Cameron
2
Be direct and sure of the path you tread, but not so sure that you pass the paths better suited to your feet, brother.Erica Cameron
3
Don’t be stupider than you need to be, I remind myself. Remember Calease? The last glowing girl you talked to tried to kill you.Erica Cameron
4
Hudson looks at me, waiting for what I was trying to say, but no matter how many times I try, the words won’t come. My chest contracts, and panic knocks my thoughts into disarray faster than a tornado. For years, I was silent by choice. Now, choking and straining and silently screaming, I actually know what it’s like to be silenced.Erica Cameron
5
A shadow passes over her face, but she shakes it off fast as she leans forward, her bright-blue hair swinging over her shoulder and clashing with her pumpkin-orange shirt. “You think you’re the only one who wants to bring back someone they love? Everyone loses someone. It’s inevitable. Everyone thinks they’re willing to give up everything to get that person back. There aren’t many who are actually capable of it.” My breath catches in my throat as my brain processes her words. Nowhere in that speech did she say what I wanted was impossible. She just said most people aren’t willing to make the necessary sacrifice.“ I’ll do it. Anything. Whatever it takes.Erica Cameron
6
Horace’s eyes get wide, and he glances between me and the house. “Every time I think I got a grip on this crazy shit going on in your head, I realize I don’t know the half of it, do I?”My eyes tracing the red trim of the house, I shake my head. “Not even close.Erica Cameron
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I see you, Khya. I've always seen you. And except for you tendency to pretend you hate me most days, I like what I see.Erica Cameron
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Time isn’t a line or a circle or any 2-D object, Aisling had written. It’s more like you’re standing inside of a sphere of constantly flowing energy. When you find that center, you can reach out and touch any part of your life.Erica Cameron