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Dead. Even in the silence of my mind I cannot think the word. I cannot acknowledge this most obvious and terrible of truths.Melanie CusickJones
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For the first time in his life Faris felt happy and for only the second time in his life he felt he’d found a friend, and that was worth being crazy for.Melanie CusickJones
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It was days like this when I felt it more than ever: I wasn’t a real human.Melanie CusickJones
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Mad — empty — crazy — lost — dying... I was all of these things and nothing as well, because even though I breathed and moved, I was not alive.Melanie CusickJones
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Oh! I know what I wanted to tell you — you’ll never guess who Thomas is chasing after now…” Hmmm, never guess or can’t be bothered to guess — it was a hard call. I yawned again, glancing at the bed, which was inviting me to clamber back inside and pull the sheet over my head. So tempting, but not practical.Melanie CusickJones
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Cassie: What would it cost me if I kissed him? What would it cost me if I didn’t?Melanie CusickJones
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Feeble human body, hey?” Mikael said it in the way that he had, that made everything sound slightly naughty and sexual. I aimed three quick jabs at his head, which wiped the innuendo off his face.Melanie CusickJones
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You and me, ” he echoed, tilting my face up to his. I stared back into his eyes. They were clear of sleep and nightmares now. “Always.” I told him, my lips curving into a smile. That had been his line once, now it was mine. “Always, ” Balik murmured against my jawbone the words grazing my skin as I arched my neck backwards. “You and me, always.” His whisper mingled with the kisses he brushed along my throat. I closed my eyes and drifted away with him.Melanie CusickJones