“She had come into the garden expecting summer roses and had instead been caught in a bank of twisted, thorny, frostbitten vines.” — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“College had once been my greatest aspiration; it stood for everything my mother did not—intellectualism, feminism, freedom. But being kidnapped had given… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“Humanity was a precipice and she was standing on the edge of it, staring into the wild and yawning void that encompassed… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“Such a dark green, his eyes. They reminded her of the forest, of all the dangers lying dormant behind that verdant cloak… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“I was cyber-bullied before all those Myspace-related suicides, so my school principal wasn't really impressed when my mom complained about what was… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“Mamá had always made it clear she believed girls who got raped deserved it. I hadn't done any of the things she… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“He acted like a libertine of Europe with a genteel Southern propriety—and had all the morals of an emotionless psychopath. The two… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“Now there's a girl I don't want to mess with' — or at least, that's what I would think if I had… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“That's what I fear: being subtracted from myself. Negation. Forced against my will to become a beast.” — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“Don't tell me it's going to fucking be okay! I am not okay with being that fucker's pinata!” — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“Only the cruelest hunters set their traps with terror and trepidation.” — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“Her world fragmented into dozens of sharp, cutting shards, shedding the salty blood and saltier tears that ringed the bitter cocktail of… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time, there was a naïve and innocent girl who thought she could tame the beast and live happily ever after. But… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“When we mated I felt your heart stop beating and it was as if the world had stopped turning. It was only while surrounded… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“You mean you don't want to come in and hold my hand while I piss?” — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“He was everything your mother warned you about when she told you not to walk alone in the dark.” — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“They said the shape-shifters fucked with the enthusiasm of animals—if they didn't devour you with the enthusiasm of one first.” — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“No. I made that choice. I let all that anger and pain get twisted up in my thoughts for you.” He leaned in. “It… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“We both want you dead. I'm bringing the friendship bracelets to the next meeting.” — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“She has built her whole life on the foundation of beauty: each chiseled plane, each sloping dimple, each soft curve as crucial as keystones… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“Does your family play games, too?" She tries to sound off-hand. "No. Just me - and my brother." Which means her parents are in… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“I feel I could kill. I feel that I might like it. And I know that this should scare me. But it doesn't. It… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“If people are meant to live, they'll live. If not, more room for the rest of us.” — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“You were a well-respected agent, Michael, a rags-to-riches fairytale ending. Until you became disgraced. Now it appears your own organization wishes to be rid… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
