Suggestions?" I asked [...] Marc never took his gaze from the cage. "Get the hose.

I couldn't see who swam in the darkness, who wore shadows like a second skin.

Justice is for the victim.” Kick. “Vengeance is for the survivor.

Pain is what I feed from when nothing else will nourish the noxious fury in my heart. It’s what I cling to when everything else—everyone else—slips right between my grasping fingers.

The queen was my favorite chess piece. Unlike the women I knew in real life, she was powerful. Her job was to defend her husband at all costs, because while he was weak and practically defenseless—only allowed to move one square at a time—she was the strongest player on the board, hindered by no restrictions at all.

I'm searching for a shred of humanity in that shriveled tangle of arteries you call a heart.

I want you, Kaylee, like I’ve never wanted anything. Ever. I want the fire. I want the heat, and the light, and I want the burn.