The male's diamond eyes locked on Payne, and though she hadn't seen him in forever, she knew who he was. Sure as if she was staring at her own reflection. Tears sprang unbidden to her eyes for last she had known, he breathed no longer. "Vishous," she whispered desperately. "Oh, brother mine...
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Related She saw in his eyes that he knew she was thinking about him. She liked the fact that he knew it, and... NICHOLAS SPARKS He had appeared beside her because she had wanted him to. She had called him to her, and was calling... ALICE HOFFMAN She had no need to ask why he had come. She knew as certainly as if he had told her that he was here... LEO TOLSTOY I believe in you, my darling. I believe in you." He closed his eyes. And when he opened th... ELIZABETH HOYT Now with her eyes closed and fist clenched at her side. She was as off balanced as he was. Lilith to... SHADOWSTORM NORWICCA When they came for her there were no tears. It was a silent adieu. She asked me to look after papa. ... DENISE EPSTEIN Tears sprang from her eyes and she bit her lip to stop herself from howling at the bright pain. STEPHEN M. IRWIN Sam…” “What?” she whispered. “Tell me what to do to fix it.” She shook he... KAYLEA CROSS Now now,” he said, setting his hand on her shoulder. He didn’t even see her turn. One moment she... MATT TOMERLIN And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress ... BIBLE His hands tightened on her shoulders as the truth washed over him. My God, she really had told him y... CAROLYN JEWEL He is so beautiful," she thought, aching from the sadness that she saw in his eyes. In the late-afte... SHIRA ANTHONY He saw it in her eyes. The anguish, the frustration. The terrible nothing that clawed inside and sou... BRANDON SANDERSON Now very much against her will, she thought of the way Jace had looked at her then, the blaze of fai... CASSANDRA CLARE Whatever shred of hope he'd had for a future with her was gone. She still felt something for him, sh... SARAH J. MAAS She looked into the mirror, wiping the mascara that was running down her cheeks with her tears and s... AKSHAY VASU She was beautiful, but not like those girls in the magazines. She was beautiful, for the way she tho... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD She had fire dancing in her eyes as she assaulted him with her serpent's tongue. Tonight she was not... SHAKUITA JOHNSON Evan stopped completely. He was staring at her with those intense eyes. Staring right into her. Just... KATE BRIAN Witch Baby wanted to ask Ping how to find her Jah-Love angel. She knew Raphael was not him, even tho... FRANCESCA LIA BLOCK She went in at halftime, her head was down, there were tears in her eyes. SUE ADAMS In the teahouses one could hear the most absurd stories, such as how a in a certain place a huge spi... LAO SHE During my childhood I didn't need to hear stories about evil ogres eating children and so forth; the... LAO SHE Wives?" she asked, interrupting him. For a moment, he had assumed she was tuning to the novel. Then ... JOHN LE CARRé She had taken him under her wing ... and he helped her with shopping, cleaning and various other thi... GREGORY ALLEN She knew she was in love with him. She loved everything about him too. He was more than a fantasy. F... DEBORAH ARMSTRONG She missed him. And she was scared, deep down, because she felt him pulling away from her, and even ... HARRIET EVANS She suddenly understood why she had let him kiss her in the diner, why she had wanted him at all. HOLLY BLACK Claire. Wake up.” She blinked and realized that her head was on Shane’s shoulder, and Michael wa... RACHEL CAINE Percy pushed on his side furiously and the crack closed. His eyes blazed with anger. She hoped he wa... RICK RIORDAN She wasn't entirely sure how she felt, All she knew was that he entered her world And sh... NIKKI ROWE There was no Jace Wayland more real than the one he saw in her eyes when she looked at him. CASSANDRA CLARE Yet losing him seemed unbearable. He was the one she loved, the one she would always love, and as he... NICHOLAS SPARKS She was furious with him and couldn't believe he would take the car without first asking her. If he ... SHARON ANDERSON She told him to get out, to get out. He started walking towards her and she closed her eyes. GLENDA DAVIS At fifty-one, why would she choose to dispose of her house, uproot herself, and come here to be a pa... DEAN KOONTZ Her innocence was maddening. She should know. She should know what her steward had done. She should ... MARIE RUTKOSKI Even in that short time he had seen that Anne had great power. She did not care if she quarreled wit... PHILIPPA GREGORY Owen folded his arms around Morgan to steady her when she crashed into him, and was enveloped by her... KRISTEN CASEY She looked so professional. She had tears in her eyes--praising the Lord and all that good stuff. LILA JOHNSON She turned to look at him, and he was already looking at her. “I’m going to miss you when I wake... MARIE RUTKOSKI She rested her head against his and felt, for the first time, what she would often feel with him: a ... LILY KING ...Again she did not seem to hear, still looking into Cale’s eyes. Then slowly, hopelessly, she dr... PAUL HOFFMAN The day she realised, it was not about the world but was all about her, she grew the wings. The day ... AKSHAY VASU She looked at me, and even though she couldn't talk I could see in her eyes that she was trying to a... BECKY HOLLAND She closed her eyes and jumped. For a moment she felt herself hang suspended, free of everything. Th... CASSANDRA CLARE Don't go," she whispered, her eyes closed. It was all happening too fast. She couldn't give Daniel u... LAUREN KATE She scowled at him until a light appeared in her intelligent eyes, as if she had had an epiphany. "A... SHERRILYN KENYON She clambered to the shoreline. Numb and shaken, she began to dress. It wasn’t easy as she fumbled... JEAN M. GRANT But no one except Lucy knew that as it circled the mast it had whispered to her, "Courage, dear hear... C.S. LEWIS Her eyes stung from crying for so long and having some tears dry on them. Her body was weak from the... ROXANNA ALIBA KAZIBWE She picked up the book and then walked back past him into the tent, but as she did so, she brushed t... J.K. ROWLING She wore flowers in her hair and carried magic secrets in her eyes. She spoke to no one. She spent h... ARUNDHATI ROY He knew her and she was very kind to him. They were neighbors. And clearly, she was mortified at wha... LORI WADA He no longer loves the person whom he loved ten years ago. I quite believe it. She is no longer the ... BLAISE PASCAL So hold her closer when she cries, hold her closer when she feels. She needs a hand to hold, someone... BLESSID UNION OF SOULS She hated that will had this effect on her. Hated it. She knew better. She knew what he thought of h... CASSANDRA CLARE She was a coquette; he was sure she had a spirit of her own; but in her bright, sweet, superficial l... HENRY JAMES Lucy seemed to be imprisoned by a legion of people in her life who always wanted what was right for ... C. JOYBELL C. When he nodded, the physician disappeared into thin air, and then a moment later, Payne felt a warm ... J.R. WARD Though her emotions had not deviated from a jittery frailty she knew that in her own room she could ... ANNA GODBERSEN His body was urgent against her, and she didn't have the heart anymore to fight...She saw his eyes, ... D.H. LAWRENCE As she had been walking from the ward to that room, she had felt such pure hatred that now she had n... PAULO COELHO Even though he was here, she couldn't quite process it. She squeered her eyes shut before opening th... NICHOLAS SPARKS Galinda didn't see the verdant world through the glass of the carriage; she saw her own reflection i... GREGORY MAGUIRE She liked to imagine that when she passed, the world looked after her, but she also knew how anonymo... ALICE SEBOLD In the many months of his absence, she never wondered whether he was true to her or not; she knew he... AYN RAND Ivy turned. 'He bit you on the neck?' she said, deadpan serious but for her eyes. 'Oh, then it's got... KIM HARRISON She had grown older. And he loved her more now than he had loved her when he understood her better, ... MICHAEL ONDAATJE Then she sat as if paralyzed, thinking. She had never in her life felt such a longing. She wanted Mi... STIEG LARSSON After each dream, Frankie woke with a start, soaked in tears. But she found no relief in the peacefu... LISI HARRISON She went out and took a last long look at the shabby little library. She knew she would never see it... BETTY SMITH I smiled and looked at her- there she was with such a genuine grin and twinkle in her eyes. I kissed... JORI NUNES She loved him because he had brought her back to life. She had been like a caterpillar in a cocoon, ... KEN FOLLETT No" she jerked back, stared up at him. Her eyes were like thunderclouds. He'd never seen them l... LORA LEIGH She tilted her head, looking back down at Del’s notes as she absently tore the crust off her pizza... PRISCILLA GLENN It was about 1951. She had written me and said he was very special and he thought she was very speci... EDYTHE SCOTT BAGLEY He was demanding. He always would be. But sometimes, he was so vulnerable and she realized she had p... CHRISTINE FEEHAN She kills her words, but somehow the feeling survives. And no matter where she buries them, he alway... SEEKEROHAN She's rooting for her brother. She better. She's known him a lot longer than me. A.J. HAWK She knew with suddeness and ease that this moment would be with her always, within hand's reach of m... STEPHEN KING Then I made her understand that, where she was concerned, I was only a poor dog, ready to die for he... GASTON LEROUX The strange thing; her face, after she hit me. She was in greater pain than I. You could see it in h... JODI PICOULT She was basically resting. She would come in and out of her rest, open her eyes, look around and go ... BERNICE KING With stars in her eyes and veils in her hair, with cyclamen and wild violets—what nonsense was he ... VIRGINIA WOOLF Yes. He saw her in his mind, exactly as she was. She bore him company with her pride, resentment, ha... CHARLES DICKENS I held her and I asked if she was OK, and her eyes were open but she didn't answer, BOB PACK She answered by standing and kissing him first and held his cheeks and closed her eyes and felt sure... SHANNON HALE She was an ocean, confined in a coffee mug. And she had the galaxies, confined in her pretty eyes. AKSHAY VASU He offered her the world. She said she had her own. MONIQUE DUVAL He offered her the world. She said she had her own! HANAE AVLEE The leg was sent to Robin,' Strike reminded him. 'There's as much chance that she's seen this woman ... ROBERT GALBRAITH She smiled. She knew she was dying. But it did not matter any longer. She had known something which ... AYN RAND She turned to face him. She reached over and touched his hand, hesitantly, gently, amazed that after... NICHOLAS SPARKS The thing I loved about her was that I never felt like she was selling anything. She would talk to G... DONALD MILLER Lily?” She couldn’t see his face, but she knew his eyes were on her. She could feel them. ... JESSICA LEMMON It was not enough to be the last guy she kissed. I wanted to be the last one she loved. And I knew I... JOHN GREEN Vishous screamed. The only thing that was louder was the pop as the hip was relocated, as... J.R. WARD She looks really tired. She had really black circles under her eyes and her hair was kind of messed ... ELLEN KNICKMEYER Sister," he murmured, not as an inquiry, but a statement of fact. "Brother mine," she groaned... bef... J.R. WARD
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WARD Rehvenge, I’m talking to you more than I speak with my mahmen.” “I thought your mother wa... J.R. WARD Quick question. Does this magical skill with gray matter come with a total lack of compunction for y... J.R. WARD True enough. I say this all the time. Trez looked at his hands. “I didn’t ask for thi... J.R. WARD It's a date, isn't it," she realized. "Praise to the Virgin Scribe, I have a date!" Trez laughe... J.R. WARD Forever..." he murmured against her. " I'll hold you down..." ~ Trez 'The Shadows' Page ... J.R. WARD Never met Ahhh, don't know him, don't care how big he is-if he's standing in our way? I'ma murder th... J.R. WARD And I left the aspirin next to the phone with a tall glass of water. Figured you weren’t going to ... J.R. WARD You have cable?” He nodded toward her TV. She tossed him the clicker. “Sure do. And if I r... J.R. WARD The guy stroked his goatee. "What do you call twenty guys watching the world series?" "The New ... J.R. WARD What the—Have you been crying?" Tohrment demanded. "Are you all right? Dear God, is it the baby?"<... J.R. WARD W:"At least I'm not pussy-whipped!" T:"Nice. Fucking. Suit." --Wrath to Tohr J.R. WARD There was a loud scraping noise as five chairs slid backward. The men rose as a unit. And started co... J.R. WARD The half-human was the hottest thing he'd ever gotten anywhere near. And he'd cozied up to a lightni... J.R. WARD If sex were food, Rhage would haven been morbidly obese. J.R. WARD Tell me something,boys. Do you wear that leather to turn each other on? I mean, is it a dick thing w... J.R. WARD Man, he wasn't going to need a stress test anytime soon. If his heart could get through a kiss from ... J.R. WARD You don't know this yet. But you are Mine - Wrath J.R. WARD ...Bringing the very heavens close enough to touch. It was Zsadist. His eyes closed, his h... J.R. WARD Holy shit." Rehv shook his head and muttered, "Now we know what the zombie apocalypse looks like. J.R. WARD All right, big guy, down you go." Oh,yeah. Bed. Bed was good. "And look who's ... J.R. WARD Mary frowned. A vampire doctor. Talk about exploring your alternative therapies. J.R. WARD You want to poof it or ride back with me? J.R. WARD I can’t… I find that I can’t concentrate. On anything. I can’t really…” Rhage’s eyes d... J.R. WARD It was right then and there that she'd realized there was no quota on misery for people, no quantifi... J.R. WARD The rejection didn't faze him. "Fine. If I can't have you, then you do the taking. Have all of me, p... J.R. WARD I'm not cock-blocking for kicks and giggles. The mothership called J.R. WARD How can you stand to have me near you?" "The only thing I can't handle is your leaving. J.R. WARD Even when there were no more options for the body, the heart's wishes find a way out, and as with al... J.R. WARD Oh, the humanity.... It was a wonder Rhage hadn't blinded himself with all that pop culture. J.R. WARD Fine, good , Mary thought. Then how about dragging your skinny ass out of here and making s... J.R. WARD V chuckled. "I had to do something to shut you up. Every damn time I've run into you since I grew it... J.R. WARD Although she was ashamed to admit it now, the darkness in him had been the largest part of his allur... J.R. WARD I am barren of words. For no sounds from my mouth are worthy of your hearing J.R. WARD What you just had is nothing compared to what I want to do to you. I want my head between your legs ... J.R. WARD She smiled a little. "You are a manipulator" "I like to think of myself more as an outcome engi... J.R. WARD Fine, dandy, she thought. Then lose the shirt, peel off those leather pants, and lie down on my tile... J.R. WARD My name...my name is Mary. I'm here with a friend.' Rhage stopped breathing. His heart skipped ... J.R. WARD It was the wife, John thought. And she was giving this tough guy a tongue-lashing. And the man was t... J.R. WARD All I know is, she's a pounding in my chest that I can't ignore. . . hell, that I don't WANT to igno... J.R. WARD Fine. If I can't have you, then you do the taking. Have all of me, part of me, a small piece, whatev... J.R. WARD I will not fall in love with you," she said. "I can't let myself. I won't." "That's all r... J.R. WARD After a while Mary said, “Zsadist?” “Yeah?” “What are those markings... J.R. WARD The necklace was a good excuse," he murmured. "For what?" "I thought maybe I c... J.R. WARD Thanks for putting me up for it ... trahyner ." As V's eyes flared, Butch said, "Yeah, I looke... J.R. WARD Butch didn't live in his own place. He didn't spend his own money. He had no job, no future. He was ... J.R. WARD The pair of them were staring at the computer screen like two dogs watching animal planet: very focu... J.R. WARD I don't do farm animals. Can't stand hay in your leathers? Or wool in my teeth. J.R. WARD All I see are ankles and wrists--and FYI, you're pulling a Mileyfrickin'-Cyrus with that belly flash... J.R. WARD I think we're dating now" "Come on...I got you naked. You wore a damn corset. And don't get me start... J.R. WARD Darkness will never take me... because I have you. Light of my life, Marissa. That's what you are."<... J.R. WARD What are the rules," The cop said. "There are none." Vishous spread his stance and braced himse... J.R. WARD Because my patient just sat herself up--and I'm not talking about her raising her torso off the damn... J.R. WARD Listen to me. You have the fashion sense of a park bench and the interpersonal skills of a meat clea... J.R. WARD What’s next? The size of my cock?” “Hey, even pencils can get the job done—I’v... J.R. WARD V, you know I love you like a brother, right?" "Yeah." "You feed her and I'll tear out you... J.R. WARD Butch: -I hear ya. No one's biz but yours. One question though Vishous: -What Butch: -When... J.R. WARD Word of advice. These have a kick, so don’t suck too hard—” Holy hypoxia, Batman. J.R. WARD He nodded and curled over his paper, writing quickly. As his words took form on the white page, she ... J.R. WARD