This is who I am, Rachel . Accept it or not. The tattoos won’t wash off. The earrings will never change. I am who I am and nothing more. I’m loyal to a chosen few, I always keep my word and I’ll protect you with my life.
“I scare the hell out of most people, but you will never have anything to fear from me. Choose. Love me or don’t. But tell me now.” Because I can’t leave my heart open for her to rip out later. If I belong to her, then I do, and nothing will stand in our way.


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Without a word to anyone, Eli and Cyrus straddle their bikes and strap on their helmets. That one ac...
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She’s my daughter. The only one I have and the only child I’ll ever have. I see the fear in her ...
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I don’t know what love is very well either, but I hope it feels like this
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Noah rests both of his hands below my butt, and before I can move closer to him, he lifts me and pro...
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Why is it when people are proud of me that my life sucks?”
“Because growing up means making...
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Did you forget the dressing room at the mall?”
Forget? I have wet dreams involving that day. ...
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From the driver’s side, one of Echo’s jean-clad legs dangled.
“I’ve got a hard-on j...
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If you’re looking for fast driving there’s a dragway in the southwestern part of the county. It ...
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Hand off my ass or I'll rip off your balls.
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“I’m destined to die a virgin.” My own admission shocked me. Had those words left my ...
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He sauntered to the counter. “What can I do for you?”
The red bandana he wore held...
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Wait." I began to pull off his jacket. "You forgot this."
"Keep it," he said without looking ba...
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Noah?"
A welcome voice - not my mother's, but welcome all the same: Echo. A smile spread across...
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Noah drew me closer to him. "It's okay. I've got you.
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The pure menace radiating from my younger sister is undeniable. She can hate me, but I need her to k...
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Noah held my hair away from my face.
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Perché crescere significa prendere decisioni difficili, e non è sempre piacevole fare la cosa gius...
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Alexander shifted in my arms. God, he was so small, and from the giddy looks on my father's and Ashl...
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The worst kind of crying wasn't the kind everyone could see- the wailing on street corners, the tear...
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Echo placed the expertly folded blanket back on the couch and smoothed it several times, insisting o...
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Guilt nagged at me. She didn't technically ask me a question, so in theory, I didn't owe her a respo...
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So, Noah, Echo’s the coat girl.” I had a nickname? Noah chuckled. “Yeah.” “Echo, is your f...
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Champagne hangovers suck.
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Because they’re wet, Noah’s jeans are a bit stubborn sliding down, but he’s successful, and in...
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Will we have pets?” I bite back the question regarding kids. While this might be a fun fantasy, im...
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I know how much I love Echo. After what we’ve done...my heart aches...I f*cking worship her now.
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I grab on to her wrists, pull them away from her face and kiss her lips, lips that can’t kiss me b...
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Noah sits up, and when I try to duck out of reach, he advances like a tiger and flips me so that I�...
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Who’s winning?”
“I don’t have a f*cking clue nor do I f*cking care.”
Echo’s he...
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His eyes spark as his gaze dips to my cleavage, and this gives me courage. I shift forward and slip ...
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Someday me and her, we’ll come back here. Maybe she’ll be an artist. Maybe she won’t. Maybe I�...
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Echo’s eyes plead with me as she waits for an answer.
Stay with me.
Not here.
Not w...
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I close my eyes at his intimate touch. It’s a slow movement, not one meant to seduce. It’s one t...
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Noah’s hands ease down my arms, then he folds me into him. His front heating my back. He dips his ...
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Just a shower. If you want me to stay on the opposite side, I will. I won’t kiss. I won’t touch....
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She’s leaving me!”
“Leaving? She’s been waiting for you to get your shit together.” KATIE MCGARRY
My body screams to stride over to her, wrap my arms around her waist, kiss her until she’s drunk o...
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Arms around my waist and Pigpen has me in the air.
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Violet moves, a readjustment, and I expect her to pull away. But instead, she leans further into me,...
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Smiled.
The type of smile that men drive all night in a blinding rainstorm on their bike to s...
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It wouldn't be fair to Chevy, and it wouldn't be fair to me. The love I had for him was consuming an...
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Thank you Jonah."
He lowers his head at the break in my voice. I ignore the moisture in his e...
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I'm cold and clammy and hot at the same time, yet I'm free.
I lift my head and the autumn bree...
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But there is one person who expected the unexpected from me and the only time I noticed disappointme...
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I kiss him. My mouth on his. Without fear. Without thought. All of my emotions, my love, my trust, w...
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Anyone who ever makes you the slightest bit uncomfortable, Breanna, you tell one of us. You're with ...
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I'd like to somehow find the courage to be on the outside who I am on the inside.
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My best friend has warned me to stay away. Violet, a girl raised by the Terror, has warned me to sta...
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I agree. I don't understand how a guy everyone is terrified of makes me feel safe. I don't understan...
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The most dangerous guy at my school-the lone person who makes me feel safe-is reveling in the way I ...
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I'm Breanna Miller. The smart girl. The quiet girl. The one who belongs to a large family. I'm Brean...
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She's my girl now and I'll do anything for her at any time. I'm in love with her.
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Oddly enough, I feel the most alone when I'm in a room full of people.
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You know a lot about math," I said. You know a lot about math? What type of statement was that? Righ...
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My fingers lightly trace her arm and I swear she presses closer to me. I'd love to kiss her right no...
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Because the only way anyone will ever be okay with me is if they love me. Really love me enough to n...
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Just like she’d said, she’d gone back to her life and, in theory, I’d gone back to mine. Probl...
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Quiet anger frightens me. The drunks, the idiots, the ones that rage easily - them I can handle. I k...
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Isaiah opens the door to the bathroom, and steam pours out. He sports a pair of jeans and no shirt.<...
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Beth’s voice broke. “I can’t lose you guys.” And there it was. She sat here bleedin...
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Get in or you’ll miss the fun.”
Fun? I slid into the seat. The engine purred to life. She f...
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I lower my chin to smell the shirt again. I want to wear this forever, without washing it. His dark,...
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He has a wide gait and I struggle to appear casual as I attempt to match his stride. His shirt’s b...
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we were nothing more than actions to reactions - helpless against our own fate. It's true. I react a...
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Touching Echo felt like home.
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Fuck me and the rest of the world, i was in love- Noah
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I added a fucked-up thought to another fucked-up thought and I created a pile of shit.
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Mrs Collins brushed past me. My mind remained blank as i watched her walk down the hallway. For the ...
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Ashley waddled back into the room and dropped into the seat next to me. "What did i miss?" I'd hones...
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This girl owned my soul and stole my heart. She'd opened her self to me, giving me love and never as...
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A ghost of that siren smile graced her lips as she tilted her head closer to mine, creating the unde...
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It had been so long since i'd let myself fall for anybody.
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Look, man, I get it. We don't do attachments. We depend on something or someone and the system rips ...
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She'd come home with me to act as my barrier for Family Friday-or as i liked to refer it, Dinner for...
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She launched herself at me. I closed my eyes the moment her arms slipped around my neck. I slid my h...
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She had exposed her hands while she tutored me. Shit. I'd forgotten about her scars. Hell, she'd for...
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“How many girls do you kiss against cars?” asked Echo in a clipped manner.
My mout...
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