Surely he loved me. Right? Why wouldn’t he just say it? We’re alone, Maxon. If you say it, I’ll say it back.
And I didn’t think it was possible to find love for a person I don’t know at all.
Peace? I thought. Are you kidding?
I think aggression is a sign of weakness. I’m always more impressed when people can end something with words.
When I shrugged myself free this time, he didn’t fight me.
The girl beside her, clearly a Two based on her clothes, looked like she was trying to drown the world in her cleavage.
I want her to stay. It seems like everyone leaves when I need them to stay.
His face was marked with sadness but still very handsome.
You’ve got to stop thinking of me that way. When it’s just you and me, I’m not a Five and you’re not a Six. We’re just Aspen and America. And I don’t want anything in the world but you.
For now I will play by the rules and go as far as I can with that.
I know. It’s just how it is.” “Doesn’t make it fair.” He laughed. “When has anything in either of our lives ever been fair?
I felt a strange flutter in my chest, like the glow of a fireplace or the warmth of the afternoon. It stayed there for a moment, playing with my pulse.
I’m Eadlyn Schreave and no one in the world is as powerful as me.
I could wish for that on every candle, star, clover, and eyelash in the world and never ever get it.
Be happy”, he Sid as he squeezed my hand one last time. “No, Maxon... “, I screamed as Aspen dragged me away.
I can’t help it.” I sighed. “One can never help being born into perfection.” I fanned my face as if being so pretty was exhausting.
You were a dream I didn’t dare speak aloud.
It took me weeks to get over this fictional pain.
I have a talent for messing things up.
It had been horrific to hear his grunts of pain as the guards beat the hope out of him, but at least then I knew he was breathing.