I told you I didn't want to fight with Charlie." "Nobody said that you had to." I glowered at him. "I can't help myself when he gets all bossy like thatโmy natural teenage instincts overpower me.
Stephenie MeyerIt was very strange, for I knew we were both in mortal danger. Still, in that instant, I felt well. Whole. I could feel my heart racing in my chest, the blood pulsing hot and fast through my veins again. My lungs filled deep with the sweet scent that came off his skin. It was like there had never been any hole in my chest. I was perfect - not healed, but as if there had been no wound in the first place.
Stephenie MeyerI was an empty shell. Like a vacant houseโcondemnedโfor months I'd been utterly uninhabitable. Now I was a little improved. The front room was in better repair. But that was allโjust the one small piece. He deserved better than thatโbetter than a one-room, falling-down fixer-upper. No amount of investment on his part could put me back in working order.
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