I folded myself against her body, breathing in the smell of my new life and matching my heartbeat to hers" Sam, Linger

It seemed like the best weapons in my life had always been the most innocuous: empty plastic bins, a blank CD, an unmarked syringe, my smile in a dark room.

Sam: For once in my life, I was here and nowhere else.

Cole sat back up, slowly, and I opened my eyes. His expression, as ever, was blank, the face he wore when something mattered. He said, "That's how I would kiss you, if I loved you.

I'm sorry no one saved you.

Don't panic. Are you sitting? You probably don't need to sit. Well, possibly. At least lean on something.

Blue thought about what Gansey had said, about being wealthy in love. And she thought about Adam, still collapsed on their sofa downstairs. If he had no one to wrap their arms around him when he was sad, could he be forgiven for letting his anger lead him?