“I can't--I can't think about anything or anyone else," he whispered. A hand drifted up, dragging back through his hair. "I can't… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“Cate had told me once, a long time ago, that the only way to survive your past was to find a way… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“I started at the beginning, the escape. Fleeing through the forest, meeting a new danger at every turn, the desperation that came… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“Jude was down there. He was down there. And the last place I would ever leave Jude was alone in the darl.” — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“What?” The word exploded out of me. “What do you want me to tell you? You want to hear about how they… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“I felt the familiar warm tingling at the center of my chest and had just enough time to gasp as some invisible… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
Breathing him in wasn't enough, I wanted to inhale him. The leather, the smoke, the sweetness. — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“The most important-' I was almost too outraged to string a sentence together. 'Liam's life is worth more than that stupid flash… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“Jude was down there. He was down there. And the last place I would ever leave Jude was alone in the dark.” — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“The kids in the League knew about the camps-vaguely. There were only a few of us who had actually lived in one… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“Chubs didn’t have to finish. I knew what I’d been when I’d found them: a terrified splinter of a girl who had… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“Then he was stepping back, away, letting distance flood between us again. His voice was low, rough. "Give 'em hell, darlin'." "And… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“I thought I had escaped the monsters, that I'd left them locked up behind an electric fence. But the shadows were alive,… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
Maybe we had just gotten too used to being alone-- and maybe that needed to change. — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“You are actually the worst person I have ever met,” Chubs said. “And people like you are the reason we have middle… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
—I don't want to lose you —Then why are you the one that keeps letting go? — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“God." He shook his head, mouth twisting into a shadow of a smile. "Did you know... you make me so happy that… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
A moment later, Liam's bright blue eyes opened, and he was seeing me. He just wasn't seeing Ruby. — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“Let’s see if I remember all of this—born in Charlottesville, Virginia, but raised in Salem by her mother, Susan, a teacher, and… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“I'll teach you later, but for now I just need someone to watch the signs for me. Come on up to the… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“What?" he whispered. "What are you smiling about?" My fingers brushed against his hair, trying to smooth it down. I realized what… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
