" Eli and I are the only ones left standing.

Eli curls his fingers around the back of his chair and focuses on the mahogany wood in front of him. His knuckles are red and swollen. Two of them have been sliced open and are scabbed over with dried blood. He’s been in a brawl recently. Not a bruise on his face so that means he was the one doing the hitting. "

― Katie McGarry , Nowhere But Here (Thunder Road, #1)