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21 " I’ve got you, Lazarus, my Lazarus,” Thanatos murmurs. "
― Laura Thalassa , Death (The Four Horsemen, #4)
22 " Why did you not start with this human secret?” he says, holding a paperback novel up. I can’t read the title, but by the cover it looks like a murder mystery. “These are utterly amazing,” he says. "
23 " Sex with the embodiment of death itself. "
24 " I come to a stop when I see Death standing before a wide window, his gaze fixed on something outside. I swallow at the sight of those massive shoulders and large, folded wings. Right now, with his back to me and his posture so still, he looks like those stone angels I’ve sometimes seen in cemeteries. The ones that look painfully sad. The whole thing makes me shiver. "
25 " All four of us brothers must understand the creatures we are annihilating "
26 " The only thing that ever helped me was replaying our interactions,” he admits. “And when those ran out, I imagined your voice and a thousand different conversations I might have with you. I yearned to hear my name fall from your lips. I yearned to see your face. To touch your skin.” My breath hitches at his words. While I spent the last year reminding myself of all the reasons why Death was awful, he’d been doing this. He looks me over. “Now that you’re here, however, I have this deep, abiding fear that this isn’t real—that you’ll fade away in the night. And for all my power, I cannot shake the feeling. "
27 " I expect that it will taste exactly like food made by the living,” Thanatos says. "
28 " It’s rude to stare,” I eventually say. “I don’t care about your silly human taboos,” he replies. And he continues staring. And staring. "
29 " And if I’m the only one who can survive Death … then I must be the one who stops him. "
30 " I can feel myself slipping into that abyss that I’ve come to recognize as death. All while Death himself wants me to stay alive. "
31 " Also, it’s been proven that, when drunk, I’m a hugger. "
32 " I force myself to tear my gaze from him, turning my attention to my plate. Only this man could make me forget that I’m a starving woman sitting before a feast. "
33 " You’ve shown me how humans have sex,” he says, lifting me as he rises off the bed. His black wings spread wide behind him. “Now it’s time I show you how angels do it.” No sooner has he spoken than he leaps into the air. His wings beat at his back, each powerful stroke bringing us higher and higher into the chilly night sky. "
34 " My brows furrow together, and I rear back a little. “What are you doing?” His eyes gleam in the darkness. “Getting a head start.” And then for the second time that day, the fucker reaches out and snaps my neck. "
35 " This human doesn’t come with an Angelic word, but she doesn’t need one—she was given a human one that is just as fitting. She can withstand death, which means … She’s creation. Life. "
36 " You rob me of breath.” “It’s you who robs me of breath,” I say. "
37 " You look as though a cloud has covered the sun—what troubles you? "
38 " You could’ve just killed them all at once,” I say. Even though they extorted us and threatened us and likely would’ve hurt us, I’m still unnerved by Death’s cruel power. “I could’ve,” the horseman agrees. He clicks his tongue, and that’s apparently all he has to say about that. "
39 " I live in fear of the day I hear your stomach speak again,” he says. “I think she hates me more than the rest of you. "
40 " Have you ever tried food?” I ask. “What would be the point?” He hasn’t. He’s never bitten into a ripe apple or twirled pasta around his fork, or had a bite of bread with melted butter. "