This is a kiss worthy of a blood-soaked battlefield, a…

“Grief is like an ocean. It comes in waves - some waves are bigger than others and you cannot prepare for it.”

— Summer Lane

“I didn't care, because I loved him, and that was the end of every argument and the beginning of every promise.”

— Summer Lane

“I can take you,” I reply. “But if you try anything, I’ll shoot you right between the eyes. Seriously.” He almost smiles. “Yes, ma’am.”

— Summer Lane

“She’s got the kind of exotic beauty I always dreamed about. But really, who cares about stuff like that anymore? Being pretty isn’t going…

— Summer Lane

“What’s your name?” I ask again. “Chris,” he says. “Chris Young.” I exhale dramatically, blowing my bangs out of my eyes. “I can take…

— Summer Lane

“Things used to be easy. Flip a switch? On goes the light. Press a button? You’re calling your parents. Swipe a credit card? You…

— Summer Lane

“You're staring at me." "I am not. I'm just... thinking. Without blinking.”

— Summer Lane

“Despite everything, every piece of Alaska sang to me. I remembered every curve in the trails, every tree in the forest. It was familiar…

— Summer Lane

“Outside, the dogs whine over the wind. They sense the wolves - they sense the wild. It calls to them, like it calls to…

— Summer Lane

“Your traveling companion, the soldier, is well trained. The two of you were planning something, weren't you?" "Planning what? An evil scheme to steal…

— Summer Lane

“I’ve never been on a bike,” I say. “I mean, I’ve been on a bike but not a motorcycle.” “And why is that?” he…

— Summer Lane

“We'll fight,' I interrupt. 'And if we die, that's how it ends. Fighting. With purpose.”

— Summer Lane

“Chris hops out of the vehicle, wearing a tight black tee. He pulls his hair back and throws his backpack over his shoulder, looking…

— Summer Lane

“Alaska was the cure to the disease of my despair.”

— Summer Lane

“At last, somebody in line steps forward. “I can commit,” he says. He’s a tall, lean young man with a rifle slung over his…

— Summer Lane