Oliver liked to play the part of disaffected youth, but he liked shopping in SoHo even more.
Melissa de la CruzI still love you. I will always love you, and that is all that matters. I will forgive you anything, and I will forgive you this.
Melissa de la CruzNo one was ever good enough for anybody's precious sons. No one ever called daughters precious, and why was that? Things had not changed very much. In the end women like Emily and Ingrid and Freya and Joanna only had one another to lean on. The men were wonderful when they were around, but their fires burned too bright, they lived too close to the sun - look what happened to her boy, and to her man. Gone. Women only had one another in the end.
Melissa de la CruzWhen she reached the shallow end, Kingsley held out his hand and pulled her up, but she lost her step and fell into his arms, her body crushing momentarily against his.
Melissa de la CruzHE was standing across the street, staring at her with a look of shock and dismay. One look in Oliver's eyes and she knew he knew. But how? How could he have known? The'd been so careful to keep their love a secret. The grief etched all over his face was too much to bear. Schuyler felt the words catch in her throat as she crossed the stree to stand in front of him. "Ollie...it's not..." Oliver shot her a look of pure hatred, turned on his heel and began to run away. "OLIVER, please,let me explain.
Melissa de la CruzI have never given this ring, my soul, to anyone. Azrael has never had any part of this. This is the only part of myself that is truly mine, and now it is yours.โ โJack Force
Melissa de la CruzI lived for those moments when we were together, those few times in my life that I actually felt alive.
Melissa de la CruzHe knew what it was like to love one who did not--or could not--love you back. But he'd had no choice. None of them did.
Melissa de la CruzSchuyler pulled Oliver close and hugged him tightly. "Thank you," she whispered. Thank you for loving me enough to let me go.
Melissa de la CruzThey did it for love, and sometimes love makes us do the irrational .. even the inexcusable.
Melissa de la CruzNot that they were there to have funโalthough with Kingsley Martin around, fun was never far from the agenda.
Melissa de la CruzInstead of fearing the future, I should live and enjoy the present, she told herself.
Melissa de la CruzThe rose fell into his lap, and he looked up, startled. Mimi grinned. "Hey handsom" Mimi sent. "What's up?" Jack replied, without speaking. "Just thinking of you." Jack's smile deepened, and he threw the rose back at her so that it landed in her lap. Mimi tucked it behind her ear and fluttered her eyelashes appreciatively.
Melissa de la CruzNow that she decided she knew exactly what she wanted โhim- she couldnโt wait to break the news. And if he didnโt want her, she could live with that โ what she wouldnโt be able to live with was if she never told him.
Melissa de la CruzMaybe she'd been drinking too much of the super-sweet Mexican Coca-Cola they had down here. Or maybe she was just tired, alone, and far from home. Because somewhere in the brittle, concrete center of Azrael's dark heart, something was melting.
Melissa de la CruzWhen their lips met, and their tongues touched, it was like they were kissing in a hundred different places, and her senses were flooded with new sensations and old memoires. He kissed her, and their souls melted into each other in a melody older than time.
Melissa de la CruzTime did not mean anything to those who had too much of it, but it was even more precious once it was limited.
Melissa de la CruzA promise, a bond, a joy, a love for the ages, for the history books.โฆBut what was love but pain?
Melissa de la CruzThat was the thing about pictures--they were worth a thousand words, but sometimes they weren't the right ones.
Melissa de la CruzI know you. I know this isn't you. And even if it is, I still love you. As much as I always have. You will always be mine. I will always love you, I promised you that when you left, and it's true now.
Melissa de la CruzThat morning, she had found an envelope stuffed into her locker. It was from the Mercer Hotel, and held a plastic door key for their suite. "See you there tonight," Oliver had written. "Chomp! Chomp!
Melissa de la CruzHe was like a shooting star you tried to catch with your hands. She would only get burned.
Melissa de la CruzYou are healed." Allegra nodded. "You are no longer a Silver Blood." She paused. "But you are no longer a vampire either." Bliss started. No longer a vampire-but what did that mean? Did it mean she was just human?
Melissa de la CruzJack leaped over the gate, his sword aflame. To vanquish his foe and rescue his love.
Melissa de la CruzIt was so nice just to live in the moment, to enjoy holding him so closely, to pretend for a little while that they were merely two young people in love and nothing else.
Melissa de la CruzHe kissed her, and their souls melted into each other in a melody older than time.
Melissa de la Cruz