He was strong. And his heart, it was breaking.

You do realize this makes your wings even more unique." "Are you saying you shot me as a cosmetic procedure?

Jesus H. Christ. I have new respect for the female of the species suddenly.

"Make me forget." A whisper, a plea. Not giving her what she wanted wasn't even an option. He switched their positions so she was under him. "Aren't you afraid I'll take advantage?" She wiped away her tears. "Please do." "Ask nice." "Why don't I make you angry instead? That gets me kissed a lot."

Emotion without reason lets people walk all over you; reason without emotion is a mask for cruelty.

I need you," he said to her, this woman who'd fought for her own right to live her life free of limits, "to build me some remote detonation devices." Amazing brown eyes shot with blue peering into his as she pressed her nose to his. "You always say the most romantic things.

In her lived an innocence of soul of which she seemed unaware.