“I folded my arm. "You know, I suspect you and Edward would be friends if it weren't for this place." His eyes… — Megan Shepherd Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you have to embrace the darkness to stop it.” — Megan Shepherd Acceptance Copy Share Image
“You might be surprised to see how frightening your wife can be." For dramatic effect, I step back so the breeze blowing… — Megan Shepherd Inner Copy Share Image
“Paranoia had crept into that part of my brain usually reserved for reason.” — Megan Shepherd Copy Share Image
“He smiled grimly, though there was no glee in it, as though for once he understood how heartbreaking this was for me.… — Megan Shepherd Copy Share Image
“But I couldn't get the image out of my head of the beast strapped to the table, Father humming while the candle… — Megan Shepherd Parenting Copy Share Image
“He pushed my back against the stall door, kissing me. Edward had tried kissing me, but I'd been so shocked I'd barely… — Megan Shepherd Blonde hair Copy Share Image
“We're going to die, aren't we?" I asked bitterly. He held me so tight I could hardly breathe. But I wanted tighter… — Megan Shepherd Copy Share Image
“My heartbeat faltered. He pulled away, taking a little piece of my heart with him.” — Megan Shepherd Copy Share Image
“How did you survive?” I asked. My question caught him off guard, and his hand curled around the dice. He gave a… — Megan Shepherd Grace of god Copy Share Image
“I rested my forehead against the wall and closed my eyes. It wasn’t just my curiosity, or my fascination with anatomy, or… — Megan Shepherd Death Copy Share Image
“Believing in nothing except the truth of Montgomery, who for all his faults was as steady as the sea, as honest as… — Megan Shepherd Happy ending Copy Share Image
“A scream hurled up my throat, but I never heard it. I'd slipped into a welcoming darkness.” — Megan Shepherd Darkness Copy Share Image
“Call it sentimentality. Call it curiosity. Just don't call it madness.” — Megan Shepherd Curiosity Copy Share Image
“Analyzing, always analyzing— I couldn’t feel safe until I knew every aspect of what I was facing.” — Megan Shepherd Copy Share Image
“He left slowly, as if he had to pry himself away before he something improper. A growing part of me wished he'd… — Megan Shepherd Copy Share Image
“ Thwack. The nail drove deeper, as if Montgomery was driving it into my very heart. How hard was it to fix… — Megan Shepherd Copy Share Image
“The ways of men and women are such a puzzle. And I could barely decipher my own feelings, let along anyone else's.” — Megan Shepherd Deciphering Copy Share Image
“The rising and falling cadence of words, carried on the wind, spoken in a language other than human.” — Megan Shepherd Language Copy Share Image
“Dead flesh and sharpened scalpels didn't bother me. I was my father's daughter, after all. My nightmares were made of darker things.” — Megan Shepherd Children Copy Share Image
“Oh, and Juliet," he said. I turned back. Half of his face was thrown in deep shadow, while the whites of his… — Megan Shepherd Copy Share Image
“I ran after him, but he was already back with the others. My footsteps echoed in the hollow space below the dock.… — Megan Shepherd Copy Share Image