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1 " It's a wonder you don't have swirls in your irises from rolling your eyes so damn often. "
― Naomi Kelly , Meraki: A Syren Story
2 " His face is so bland I worry if I took too long blinking I might simply forget who I was talking to. "
3 " If there's one thing I can always guarntee, it's that the chaos will follow me. "
4 " I want to pretend I have not massacred dozens of men in a handful of minutes without laying a finger on them. I want to act as if the rush of power doesn't set me alight, that this moment isn't the most in control I have felt in years. But alas, syrens cannot lie, not even to themselves. "
5 " I'm not cold but I wrap the large blanket around myself anyway, needing to have another layer between us. Anything to make him feel less close. "
6 " Kellan somehow pulls me a fraction closer. I can no longer tell where he ends nor where I begin. "
7 " I feel clammy against his heat, yet I do not move away. Maybe it's because I am too weak. Maybe it's because I don't want to. I guess there are worse places to die. "
8 " If there's one thing I can guarantee, it's that the chaos will follow me. "
9 " I do not need him anymore. I do not need anyone. Yet I cannot deny that I want him. And maybe it's okay to want something that isn't good for you. He wants his war and rum, and I, I want him. "