Vaughn is talking about the heat, and his voice is so excited that it breaks into whispers at times. He loves his madness the way a bird loves the sky.

She would do anything, anything to belong to his son after a lifetime of belonging to no one at all.

I wonder what it’s like for her, looking so much like a dead girl.

I see an ocean that’s spilled out of a wineglass, its body clear and sparkling and folding over itself. I see a ribbon of sand.

I've loved you since the day I stole the atlas for you," Gabriel says, because he thinks I'm asleep.

She smiles at our husband as she moves, and he blushes, overcome by her beauty. But I know what her smile really means...Her smile is her revenge.

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