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1 " Sometimes, choices you’ve made in the past limit the choices you have today. "
― Bella Forrest , A Shade of Novak (A Shade of Vampire, #8)
2 " I was so focussed on getting back to our apartment that I didn’t think to check if anyone was following us. If "
3 " If I had, I would have noticed two tall, dark figures trailing in the shadows behind us. "
4 " I thought again of our beautiful five-year-olds tucked in bed upstairs. "
5 " humans went missing along the beach all on the same evening, leaving no trace of any struggle "
6 " But then it was too late for even Caleb to leap back over. The hatch slammed shut and the submarine lowered itself into the depths of the dark ocean. "
7 " After about half an hour, the front doors to the castle creaked open. I looked down and watched as a lone figure stepped out onto the icy entrance steps and sat down. Breathing heavily. Head in his hands. "
8 " Once I’d finished drinking the water, I curled back in bed beneath the covers and tried to fall asleep. But I couldn’t. I lay for hours, staring at the chandelier hanging from the ceiling. I couldn’t get the harrowing images of Ben being sucked back into that black submarine out my mind. I couldn’t stop thinking about how worried our parents would be once they found out we weren’t in Scotland "
9 " The strength of his hunger for me overpowered my ability to return it in kind. I closed my eyes and reached my hands into his hair, gripping it and pulling myself closer against his body. Breathing in his scent, I relished every second that his tongue brushed against mine. And "
10 " As the submarine disappeared beneath the waves, it felt like a piece of me was drowning with it. "
11 " As I caught a glimpse of her peaceful face through the curtains, her expression brought out an ache in me. An ache that both disturbed me and made me feel alive. I "