I know love and lust don't always keep the same company.
They call her my singerโbecause her blood sings for me.
"You are the noblest, purest creature I've ever met. The universe will be a darker place without you," he whispered.
There's no good story without romance.
If this is how youโre going to react, Iโll freak out more often.
So when he touched me, it was deeper and slower than the wildfire, like the flow of molten rock far beneath the surface of the earth. Too deep to feel the heat of it, but it moved inexorably, changing the very foundations of the world with its advance.