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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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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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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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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