Was it too much to ask you to wait for me? To believe in me? Don’t you know how much I love you?
The dangerous one was Ren. Innocent though the white tiger he appeared to be, he was a compelling predator. Utterly irresistible – like a Venus flytrap. So alluring, so tempting, so deadly. Everything he did was seductive and possibly hazardous to my health.
I was dying. I knew it. At least the pain was gone. I wanted to tell him that I loved him. Then darkness overtook me...
I don’t understand how I could have believed you were a warm, affectionate, and tenderhearted person! You’re obviously as prickly as a porcupine and any man who comes close to you will end up with a face full of quills!
A handsome prince, such as yourself, deserves someone who is no less than one hundred percent dedicated to him.
You look about as trapped as a piglet at a baby back ribs cookoff.
Don’t you see, Ren? That’s exactly why I have to go. You need to know that you can survive without me. That’s there’s more to life than just me. You need to see this world that’s opened up to you and know that you have choices. I refuse to be your cage- Kelsey, pg. 401.
Long dormant feelings poured through my dried-up limbs and wound through me, slowly filling the emptiness. Like an irrigated field, I felt myself blossom and grow with new vigor. He was the sun, and the tenderness he showed me was life-giving water.
A happy ending was promised, and a happy ending was delivered.
What would Ren do in Oregon? Would he get a job? What would he put on his resume? High Protector and former Prince of India?
It’s about bloody time, woman.
I don’t want you to see only a tiger when you look at me. I want you to see me. The man.
Holy Hannah, that man is dangerous!
The generations rose and fell like so many waves upon the beach, and he stood alone, a rocky, unmovable sentinel, letting the waves of humanity pass him by, hardly noticing them at all.
Hard work keeps you grounded.
Promise you’ll be happy.
Kishan kept his distance, but his come-hither eyes made my face burn.
I knew then that my future had always been Ren.
If I were a Jedi, I had definitely turned to the dark side of the Force.
A tear dropped from my cheek to his forehead. “Please don’t die,” I whispered.