Talking won't change it. But sometimes it was what she wanted most, to tell someone; often, though, she just wanted to escape those horrid feelings, to escape herself, so there was no pain, no fear, no ugliness.

You cannot force me to make my wishes now" She squared her shoulders and looked at him. "I've read texts.

Rejoice as summer should...chase away sorrows by living.

I still dream that it was you. No matter how many times I've looked, in my dreams it's always been you who were meant to be my queen.

You already gave me forever, Aislinn. I'm asking for a chance at right now.

I was the girl in the black leather jacket with the black fingernails, picked up after school by guys with loud cars and motorcycles. I carried straight-A grades, but I had a little trouble with rules. I tended to have a bit of an authority problem.

Over a four-month period, I sat down and wrote every day. And then there was a novel, and all of a sudden, there were agents and offers.