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Rachel wiggles in my hold. “You’re strong.”
My lips twitch. “Pure steel.” Strong enough to protect you.


Katie McGarry

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KATIE MCGARRY Champagne hangovers suck.
KATIE MCGARRY Because they’re wet, Noah’s jeans are a bit stubborn sliding down, but he’s successful, and in...
KATIE MCGARRY Will we have pets?” I bite back the question regarding kids. While this might be a fun fantasy, im...
KATIE MCGARRY I know how much I love Echo. After what we’ve done...my heart aches...I f*cking worship her now.
KATIE MCGARRY I grab on to her wrists, pull them away from her face and kiss her lips, lips that can’t kiss me b...
KATIE MCGARRY Noah sits up, and when I try to duck out of reach, he advances like a tiger and flips me so that I�...
KATIE MCGARRY Who’s winning?”
“I don’t have a f*cking clue nor do I f*cking care.”
Echo’s he...
KATIE MCGARRY His eyes spark as his gaze dips to my cleavage, and this gives me courage. I shift forward and slip ...
KATIE MCGARRY Someday me and her, we’ll come back here. Maybe she’ll be an artist. Maybe she won’t. Maybe I�...
KATIE MCGARRY Echo’s eyes plead with me as she waits for an answer.
Stay with me.
Not here.
Not w...
KATIE MCGARRY I close my eyes at his intimate touch. It’s a slow movement, not one meant to seduce. It’s one t...
KATIE MCGARRY Noah’s hands ease down my arms, then he folds me into him. His front heating my back. He dips his ...
KATIE MCGARRY Just a shower. If you want me to stay on the opposite side, I will. I won’t kiss. I won’t touch....
KATIE MCGARRY She’s leaving me!”
“Leaving? She’s been waiting for you to get your shit together.” KATIE MCGARRY My body screams to stride over to her, wrap my arms around her waist, kiss her until she’s drunk o...
KATIE MCGARRY Arms around my waist and Pigpen has me in the air.
KATIE MCGARRY Violet moves, a readjustment, and I expect her to pull away. But instead, she leans further into me,...
KATIE MCGARRY Smiled.
The type of smile that men drive all night in a blinding rainstorm on their bike to s...
KATIE MCGARRY It wouldn't be fair to Chevy, and it wouldn't be fair to me. The love I had for him was consuming an...
KATIE MCGARRY Thank you Jonah."
He lowers his head at the break in my voice. I ignore the moisture in his e...
KATIE MCGARRY I'm cold and clammy and hot at the same time, yet I'm free.
I lift my head and the autumn bree...
KATIE MCGARRY But there is one person who expected the unexpected from me and the only time I noticed disappointme...
KATIE MCGARRY I kiss him. My mouth on his. Without fear. Without thought. All of my emotions, my love, my trust, w...
KATIE MCGARRY Anyone who ever makes you the slightest bit uncomfortable, Breanna, you tell one of us. You're with ...
KATIE MCGARRY I'd like to somehow find the courage to be on the outside who I am on the inside.
KATIE MCGARRY My best friend has warned me to stay away. Violet, a girl raised by the Terror, has warned me to sta...
KATIE MCGARRY I agree. I don't understand how a guy everyone is terrified of makes me feel safe. I don't understan...
KATIE MCGARRY The most dangerous guy at my school-the lone person who makes me feel safe-is reveling in the way I ...
KATIE MCGARRY I'm Breanna Miller. The smart girl. The quiet girl. The one who belongs to a large family. I'm Brean...
KATIE MCGARRY She's my girl now and I'll do anything for her at any time. I'm in love with her.
KATIE MCGARRY Oddly enough, I feel the most alone when I'm in a room full of people.
KATIE MCGARRY You know a lot about math," I said. You know a lot about math? What type of statement was that? Righ...
KATIE MCGARRY My fingers lightly trace her arm and I swear she presses closer to me. I'd love to kiss her right no...
KATIE MCGARRY Because the only way anyone will ever be okay with me is if they love me. Really love me enough to n...
KATIE MCGARRY Just like she’d said, she’d gone back to her life and, in theory, I’d gone back to mine. Probl...
KATIE MCGARRY Quiet anger frightens me. The drunks, the idiots, the ones that rage easily - them I can handle. I k...
KATIE MCGARRY Isaiah opens the door to the bathroom, and steam pours out. He sports a pair of jeans and no shirt.<...
KATIE MCGARRY Beth’s voice broke. “I can’t lose you guys.” And there it was. She sat here bleedin...
KATIE MCGARRY Get in or you’ll miss the fun.”
Fun? I slid into the seat. The engine purred to life. She f...
KATIE MCGARRY I lower my chin to smell the shirt again. I want to wear this forever, without washing it. His dark,...
KATIE MCGARRY He has a wide gait and I struggle to appear casual as I attempt to match his stride. His shirt’s b...
KATIE MCGARRY we were nothing more than actions to reactions - helpless against our own fate. It's true. I react a...
KATIE MCGARRY Touching Echo felt like home.
KATIE MCGARRY Fuck me and the rest of the world, i was in love- Noah
KATIE MCGARRY I added a fucked-up thought to another fucked-up thought and I created a pile of shit.
KATIE MCGARRY Mrs Collins brushed past me. My mind remained blank as i watched her walk down the hallway. For the ...
KATIE MCGARRY Ashley waddled back into the room and dropped into the seat next to me. "What did i miss?" I'd hones...
KATIE MCGARRY This girl owned my soul and stole my heart. She'd opened her self to me, giving me love and never as...
KATIE MCGARRY A ghost of that siren smile graced her lips as she tilted her head closer to mine, creating the unde...
KATIE MCGARRY It had been so long since i'd let myself fall for anybody.
KATIE MCGARRY Look, man, I get it. We don't do attachments. We depend on something or someone and the system rips ...
KATIE MCGARRY She'd come home with me to act as my barrier for Family Friday-or as i liked to refer it, Dinner for...
KATIE MCGARRY She launched herself at me. I closed my eyes the moment her arms slipped around my neck. I slid my h...
KATIE MCGARRY She had exposed her hands while she tutored me. Shit. I'd forgotten about her scars. Hell, she'd for...
KATIE MCGARRY “How many girls do you kiss against cars?” asked Echo in a clipped manner.
My mout...
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