Quote by Lauren Henderson

““Ugh, mi fa incazzare a bestia. ” He glances at me, black brows drawn tightly together over blazing blue eyes. “It makes me very angry,” he says. “ Mi fa incazzare a bestia ,” I echo, and Luca’s expression changes in a flash, from furious to open and laughing. He jumps toward me and puts one hand over my mouth. “No!” he says, laughing. “You must not repeat! Bad words! Bestemmie! I must not teach you bad words!” His fingertips are light against my lips, more a caress than a constraint. The bracelet dangles off the knobs of his wrist bones; I dart my eyes down and see that it’s woven with black rubber in between the steel links. I don’t dare to move. I don’t want him to stop touching me. But I can’t just sit here like an idiot. What I really want to do is kiss his hand, but I’m not brave enough for that. I wish I were.””

— Lauren Henderson