I didn't know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
Veronica RothMy first instinct is to push you until you break just to see how hard I have to press.
Veronica RothI should probably be afraid. But instead a hysterical laugh bubbles inside me, because I just remembered something: Maybe I canโt hold a gun. But I have a knife in my back pocket.
Veronica RothShe believes that Tobias belongs to her now. She doesn't know the truth, that he belongs to himself.
Veronica RothHe gives me a conflicted look and touches his lips to my forehead, right between my eyebrows. I close my eyes. I don't understand this, whatever it is. But I don't want to ruin it, so I say nothing. He doesn't move; he just stays there with his mouth pressed to my skin, and I stay there with my hands on his waist, for a long time.
Veronica RothFour sits down on the edge of the carousel, leaning against a plastic horse's foot. His eyes lift to the sky, where there are no stars, only a round moon peking through a thin layer of clouds. The muscles in his arms are relaxed; his hand rests on the back of his neck. He looks almost comfortable, holding that gun to his shoulder. I close my eyes briefly. Why does he distract me so easily? I need to focus.
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