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Category: Aprilynne Pike

If your clothes are enough to drive would-be friends away, they’re not the kind of friends you want.” Typical mother advice. Sweet, honest, and completely useless.

Whether or not there was room in her life for Tamani, Laurel knew that there was precious little room in Tamani’s life for anything but Laurel. He lived to protect her, and he’d never failed her. Annoyed her, frustrated her, hurt her, maddened her – but never once failed her.

constant, fail, failure, life

The illusion of confidence is far more important than actually possessing the feeling.

I CLOSED MY EYES AND PRETENDED SHE WAS YOU. illutions- aprilynne pike

fantasy, fiction

Her hand wandered under his shirt, feeling his rapid breath expand his ribs. She hesitated for a second—wondering what the chances were that either of her parents would come home early—then lifted his shirt with both hands, guiding it up his arms and over his head. It was her favourite indulgence; holding herself against his bare chest.

aprilynne-pike, kissing, love, spells, wings-series

You could be David’s friend too”. She glanced at Tamani when he said nothing. He was frowning. “The two of you really have a lot in common, and we’re all in this together”.He shook his head. “It wouldn’t work”.”Why not? He’s a nice guy. And it would do you good to have some human friends”, she said hinting at what she suspected was the root of the problem. “It’s not that”, Tamani said, gesturing vaguely with one hand.”Then why?” Laurel asked, exasperated.”I just don’t want to cosy up to the guy whose girl I have every intention of stealing

jealousy, laurel, love, tamani, wild

He exuded wisdom-even the wisest…were pale, flickering candles next to the nourishing solar illumination of [his] insights.

candles, flickering, illumination, insights, jamison, nourishing, solar, wisdom, wise

Guess I’ve been reading too much fantasy.

fantasy, reading

But sadness was familiar; sadness was manageable. It didn’t transform her, the way the raging anger did. She could remain herself and still feel this aching grief.

anger, emotions, sadness

I close my eyes and press my face into his shirt and howl against him, liquid agony pouring from me. He smooths my hair from my face and continues to murmur, but he never shushes me, never tells me to stop. Never tells me it’ll be all right. He knows life too well to believe such lies.

comfort, sadness, sorrow, suffering

No – the light in Tamani’s eyes was much more than a reflection. It was the fire that melted her anger and devestated her resolve, every single time she saw it.

eyes, fire, light, reflection, resolve

Tamani was suddenly struck by just how young David looked. He forgot, sometimes, that David, Laurel, and their friends were younger, in some ways much younger, than Tamani. He was posing as a school-age human, but in truth he was an officer in the Guard. He knew his place, he knew his role, with a certainty some humans never achieved. The amount of freedom human children had must be paralyzing. No wonder they took so long to become adults.

freedom, illusions, laurel, tamani