“That's why Twinkle likes the place so much, Scott thought, looking around at the faded wood veneer tables, and the faded souls drinking at them. Misery was soaked through the place like the old beer soaked through its carpets.” — R.D. Ronald Copy Share Image
“We were left with nothing because of a love like acid that ate its way through our entire family.” — R.D. Ronald Copy Share
“He summoned you into the circle, Scott. For whatever reason, I don't know. But now you've left, you've become a loose thread. He won't… — R.D. Ronald Copy Share
“He had done nothing on Christmas day, just wandered around outside in the frozen woods. Hard ground, chill winds and bare branches that looked… — R.D. Ronald Copy Share
“Decker smiled and shrugged off their laughter. The humour was only barbed if you sat on the outside, and now he was one of… — R.D. Ronald Copy Share
“Around the outside of the room other beautiful women wearing little or nothing at all flitted between the infatuated, intoxicated men, sometimes luring them… — R.D. Ronald Copy Share
“The craggy lines that made up the character in his face now seemed like scars of defeat, inflicted on him over time.” — R.D. Ronald Copy Share
“Scott could feel the contents of his stomach flip over and over on themselves. He turned to the side and retched, frothy yellow bile… — R.D. Ronald Copy Share
“The guard looked down at the scarlet bloodstains blooming on his chest. He appeared to think of something that he needed to say, but… — R.D. Ronald Copy Share
“He turned and saw Becky, crying in the doorway of her house. What was he doing here? Turning back he saw flashing blue lights… — R.D. Ronald Copy Share
“The blast of hot air lifted Tazeem from his feet and threw him onto his back in the road. He blinked up into the… — R.D. Ronald Copy Share
“Sometimes he missed the numbed, walking-underwater feeling feel that the cocktail of narcotics used to give him. But if a situation went down in… — R.D. Ronald Copy Share
“Scott glanced at his watch but didn't register what it said. The notion of time had become as absurd as the quietly glowing trees.” — R.D. Ronald Copy Share
“A shaft of moonlight illuminated a row of sentinel silver birch in a phosphorescent glow, appearing almost ethereal in the relative surrounding gloom. Boris… — R.D. Ronald Copy Share
“You cannot!' Tatiana said sharply. 'If you order a gun there is only a single shot, and once delivered the doors are locked and… — R.D. Ronald Copy Share
“Scott's mind was racing, struggling to comprehend the events unfolding around him. They were talking about disposing of Twinkle like he was a rusty… — R.D. Ronald Copy Share
