Once a blooming red rose, full of streaming life in its veins. Now a wilting black petal rupturing with death and pain.

I thought I’d saved Kayden that night at the pool house, but I was wrong. I just bought him time until the next windstorm swept through.

You left me, ripped out my heart, and then came back acting like a robot, and you know what? We made it through. You and I, good or bad, belong together. We make each other whole.

In the existence of our lives, there are many coincidences that bring people together, but there's only one person that will own your heart forever.

I search my brain for the truth. “I want it more than anything, just as long as you promise me one thing.” “And what’s that?” “That if at any time it gets to be too much for you, you’ll leave me—walk away and get out.” “That will never happen,” he guarantees me. “You need to give me some credit. You left me, ripped out my heart, and then came back acting like a robot, and you know what? We made it through. You and I, good or bad, belong together. We make each other whole.

I look into his eyes, no longer afraid what's in them, but afriad I'll lose what they carry.

You can't just change who you are on the outside and expect it to change who you are on the inside.