Among my stillness was a pounding heart.

She affected me, even when she was absent.

His resonating stare fluttered through my memory, and I shivered. I hadn’t seen kindness in his pupils. I only saw intensity, and, I hated to admit it, but he was beyond intimidating. He was overwhelming. (Jessica)

Somewhere in between, I had fallen for that boy.

Her kiss could kill us, and my consent signed our death certificates, selfishly and without control. (Eric)

Katherine stared intently at the cold, hard steel. She knew it would be loaded and that, if need be, there was extra ammunition in the back of the drawer. She would not be one of those girls, the ones who sit idly by and wait for the answers to come to them.