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Alexandra Bracken
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: February 27
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Scottsdale
Arizona
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But there was another, secret Ruby. This one was as thin as a wisp of air, and had struggled for so long just to be. This was the one that Liam carried with him, without knowing. The one that would ride in his back pocket, whisper words of encouragement, tell him he was born to chase the light.
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A moment later, Liam's bright blue eyes opened, and he was seeing me. He just wasn't seeing Ruby.
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I hugged him without any kind of fear or self-consciousness, fiercely, with a rush of emotion that almost brought tears to my eyes. I could kiss you! Chubs cried. Please don't! I gasp out, feeling his arms tighten around my ribs to the point of cracking them.
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Forgive yourself, but don't forget
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He held me against him gently, as if I was glass - as if I could shatter and fall away from him at any moment and leave him breathless and alone once more.
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So help me God,” I said slowly, clearly, when Cate looked up at me. “If you go back on your word, I will tear you apart. And I won’t stop, not ever, until I’ve destroyed your life and the lives of every single person in this organization. Believe me, you may not always keep your promises, but I do.
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Maybe nothing will ever change for us,” he said. “But don’t you want to be around just in case it does?
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If you're going to knock down my suggestion, you'd better have one to replace it.
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We'll just have to try to make better mistakes tomorrow.
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You are actually the worst person I have ever met.
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Dear Dad, When you sent me to school that morning, I thought you loved me. But now I see you for what you are. You called me a monster and a freak. But you’re the one that raised me.
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He's just like a stallion. Wild and kicking on the outside, but a heart soft as satin on the inside. Just waiting for the right girl to break him in.
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You can destroy a factory, and they'll build another. But once you destroy a life, that's it. You never get that person back.
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The thing that scares me is that some part of me understands where they're coming from. They took everything from us, you know? Why shouldn’t we be able to take it back if we have the power to?
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Cause, frankly, the way I see it, you and me? Inevitable.
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But hey, what's life without a little adversity? That had to have been the fakest attempt at optimism since my fourth grade teacher tried reasoning that we were better off without the dead kids in our class because it'd mean more turns on the playground swings for the rest of us.
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Sometimes the darkness lives inside you, and sometimes it wins.
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No part of you is dark or ugly,' I said sharply, squeezing his hand. 'Not to me, not ever. Do you understand?
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I can't do this anymore, I cried, Why won't you just leave me alone? Because you would never leave me.
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It's in our blood to start again.
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