“I wanted to survive—not for my kind, but for trust, for friendship, for another being. (Eric)” — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Luthicer hummed. "You're either brave or very foolish." "What's the difference?" (Eric)” — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“I didn’t even have a name for her, shade or human, but I didn’t need one to know her. (Eric)” — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Identity was everything, but it seemed I never had one. (Jessica)” — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Everything seemed so unreal—so supernatural—and I had to remind myself that is was. We weren’t human. We never were. (Jessica)” — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Her kiss could kill us, and my consent signed our death certificates, selfishly and without control. (Eric)” — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“One moment of true happiness was worth all the moments of pain. (Jessica)” — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“I wasn’t sure what was worse: being oblivious or living within reality. (Eric)” — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“His resonating stare fluttered through my memory, and I shivered. I hadn’t seen kindness in his pupils. I only saw intensity, and,… — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“I was falling in love with her, and she was falling in love with me. It was fated, decided before any of… — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“But this girl—She reminded me of what it was like to believe in something. Her hope was naïve, but it was real,… — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Fate was a reality, but it wasn’t a beautiful or angelic thing. It was a heart-wrenching nightmare. And we’d fallen blindly into… — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Neither of us asked to be born descendants, yet I’d be rewarded with his death, and we couldn’t prevent that. No one… — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“I leaned against the desk, ran my hand over my father’s paperwork, and picked up a pen. Turning around, I shoved it… — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“I wanted to protect her, and, if I couldn’t do that, I’d at least be there for her. (Eric)” — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Just because I wasn’t human, didn’t mean I could discount human life. (Eric)” — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Without this flock, I would be worthless. Without the people in this flock, I'd be empty. Without the people who started this flock, I'd… — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“I didn't particularly feel like explaining myself to eighteen bewildered people.” — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“We had grown into one another somewhere along the way. We were officially a team.” — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“I may be a homeless, old man, but that doesn’t make me worthless.” — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“I leaned against the desk, ran my hand over my father’s paperwork, and picked up a pen. Turning around, I shoved it into my… — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“When everything was right, something was bound to go wrong. (Jessica)” — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“I leaned out one last time and caught a snowflake on my tongue. They tasted so good, so pure and so divine, like nothing… — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Bad bloods aren't born evil or dangerous. We are taught to be, but only because we have to if we want to survive.” — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Don’t trust anybody else—no matter how close you are to them.” (Eric)” — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“With the smell so close, the ocean came into view only a few moments later, sometimes peeking between old brick buildings with bright blue… — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“I thought that love at first sight was something that was only in cheesy movies and romantic novels until that moment.” — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
