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“Pearl swallowed hard. “I thought you were going to stay away.” His voice sounded just as strangled as hers. “I tried.”

— Afton Locke

“Just breathe,” he said, in the gentlest tone I’d almost believed he was incapable of. “You’re safe with me here.”

— R.J. Lewis

“With what I thought was my last breath, I told him not to hurt her, and hoped he had heard my weak voice.”

— Rebekkah Ford

“...every now and then he would tilt his head back so that his sunglasses reflected sky, and would say, "I love her." Every time…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“He had things he wanted to tell me too; I knew by the way his breath hung in the air before us.”

— Tina May Hall

“She wasn't sure she could breathe without him.”

— Rachel Hauck

“He was a breath of fresh air after the heart wrenching storm that had engulfed me.”

— Rebecca Donovan

“Looking at him made things worse. It wrapped her closer to him and made her want to drag in every breath of air that…

— Calia Read

“She took a deep breath, "Last chance. Are you in need of rescuing?" His expression turned very strange, almost as if she'd struck him,…

— Holly Black

“He stole my breathe away the moment we first spoke. He's my air.”

— Abbi Glines

With that, he looked over his shoulder. Blay's breath shot out of his lungs. "Oh... my God," he whispered.

— J.R. Ward

“I took a deep breath and slowly blew it out. He won't hurt me, I silently reminded myself. 'Never,' Archer said, shaking his head.…

— J.L. McCoy