He'd only been gone two seconds, but the room got brighter when they were together, as if they were two elements that became brilliant in proximity. At Sam's clumsy efforts to carry the vacuum, Grace smiled a new smile that I thought only he ever got, and he shot her a withering look full of the sort of subtext you could only get from a lot of conversations whispered after dark. It made me think of Isabel, back at her house. We didn't have what Sam and Grace had. We weren't even close to having it. I didn't think what we had could get to this, even if you gave it a thousand years.
We all have scars, Mia; they are supposed to make you stronger, not paralyze you.β ~Cole
My love, you are playing with a fire that you do not fully understand.β His voice was deep and controlled. βThere are times I may not be able to control myself. I am injured, and I need to feed β this would be one of those times.β ~Cole
