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bd5f6cf
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The club, as always, has my back. Especially Pigpen. The brother adopted me as his protege.
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Katie McGarry |
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7b70292
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I promise I'll protect you now. I won't let them touch you again. " "I know you'll try." I can do more than try."
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young-adult
thunder-road
katie-mcgarry
protective
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Katie McGarry |
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36063df
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Less than a year and a half ago, the guy was crawling around in the muck in some foreign country as an Army Ranger. Even though he was recruited by the army for his mad computer skills, it was a bullet in the shoulder and chest he took saving someone in his squad that brought him home for good. The brother is damn lethal.
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Katie McGarry |
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8b2a97b
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Violet moves, a readjustment, and I expect her to pull away. But instead, she leans further into me, her head on my shoulder, and her sweet scent becomes a warm blanket. No other place I'd rather be in the world right now. No place at all.
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young-adult
romantic
thunder-road
katie-mcgarry
contemporary-romance
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Katie McGarry |
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3e090ad
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Sometimes, there aren't words and that's okay.
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Katie McGarry |
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b53b5db
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Cyrus may have been voted in by the members as president, but everyone knows that Eli is the chief of this tribe. Not because that's how he wants it, it's because every man who wears a Terror cut respects the hell out of him. But because of Eli's stint in prison, he can't hold an official office.
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cyrus
mckinley
razor
eli
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Katie McGarry |
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c334942
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He flashed his wicked grin and lowered his voice. That would be an awesome way to start class. I licked my lips and whispered, Noah caressed my cheek before heading to his seat in the back. I settled in my seat and spent the entire hour trying to keep my mind focused on calculus and not on kissing Noah Hutchins.
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kissing
noah-hutchins
show
trouble
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Katie McGarry |
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d299cab
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My mind's a frightening place, the playland for fallen angels.
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Katie McGarry |
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1623aae
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Got it." Pigpen hugs me and I hug him back. I'd be lost without him."
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Katie McGarry |
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fd965e4
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I agree. I don't understand how a guy everyone is terrified of makes me feel safe. I don't understand how a guy who stayed behind to protect me when he didn't know me has been shot. I don't understand how a guy who carried me out of an alley full of shattered glass is the enemy everyone is warning me about.
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young-adult
sacrificing
katie-mcgarry
protecting
misunderstanding
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Katie McGarry |
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ef83c99
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Hearsay, even from the people I love, doesn't equate to gospel truth.
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young-adult
romance
truth
gospel-truth
katie-mcgarry
pushing-the-limits
rumor
hearsay
rumors
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Katie McGarry |
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c95749f
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My best friend has warned me to stay away. Violet, a girl raised by the Terror, has warned me to stay away, but even after digesting her advice, knowing the rumors and experiencing what I have, I can't leave. The bandage on Razor's arm and the cuts and bruises along his side testify to how dangerous his life is, but with one long look into those beautiful eyes , I know that I'm a lost cause to logic. I've already fallen in love.
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young-adult
romance
love
katie-mcgarry
first-love
falling-in-love
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Katie McGarry |
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a50b1c6
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I should run, but I'm paralyzed by the sight of him. Even moving slowly, Isaiah possesses the prowess of a panther. His muscles pronounced in the easy way he strides. The set, determined gaze on me as his prey. This only proves how weak I am. Like the animal on the verge of being devoured in the wild, I stand here stunned by his dangerous beauty.
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dangerous-beauty
rachel-young
isaiah
panther
run
prey
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Katie McGarry |
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6feb304
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Anyone who ever makes you the slightest bit uncomfortable, Breanna, you tell one of us. You're with Razor, which means you're family.
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family
chevy
katie-mcgarry
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Katie McGarry |
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1c1241c
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They spread rumors. Some true. Some not true. Unfortunately, the truth doesn't matter once people start talking.
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Katie McGarry |
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77b0973
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You walking away hurt me! That name hurt me! You were supposed to be my best friend and friends don't do what you did to me!" "We can rehash this as much as you want, but it won't change what I did or why. I made a mistake. You either forgive me or you don't, but I'm telling you I'm sorry, and if I could take it back, I would." She draws in several deep breaths, and after the longest silence of my life, she meets my eyes again. "Do you regr..
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Katie McGarry |
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6f6bbab
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Several photographers have mumbled between each other about my glasses. They're just jealous because I make glasses sexy, and it must suck to not be me.
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Katie McGarry |
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f020602
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Did you forget the dressing room at the mall?" Forget? I have wet dreams involving that day. "That's not my fault. You asked how you looked in those jeans." "Good would have sufficed. Attempting to take them off wasn't necessary." "They did look good. Good enough that I wanted to touch, and then I wanted to touch more." Echo laughs, and the sound warms my heart. "They have security cameras. People go to jail over stuff like that." I roll on..
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take-off
echo-emerson
noah-hutchins
impossible
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Katie McGarry |
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be413fa
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Just a shower. If you want me to stay on the opposite side, I will. I won't kiss. I won't touch." Echo flashes that siren smile. "What if I want to kiss you?" "You're trying to kill me, aren't you?"
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kiss
noah-hutchins
shower
kill
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Katie McGarry |
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5c8ab34
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My patience finally snapped. I swept her up and swung her over my shoulder, her bare feet dangling in front of me. Tinkling laughter filled the room. I tossed her onto the bed. Her fire-red hair sprawled over the pillow. My siren smiled up at me. I said. Echo blinked and raw hunger replaced the laughter that danced in her eyes moments before. Her delicate fingers glided up my arm, exciting every cell. The sultry tone caused something..
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echo-emerson
noah-hutchins
comfortable
intimate
stay
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Katie McGarry |
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0e2feaf
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To the left, Pigpen, Man O'War and Dust are laughing in a booth with my brother, Brandon.
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Katie McGarry |
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9830780
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Two motorcycles rumble in behind me and park in open spots. It's Pigpen and Dust. They're part of the volunteers tailing me and Violet until we're safe.
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pigpen
dust
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Katie McGarry |
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fcd6c4c
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Her shoulders never shook. No tears streamed down her face. The worst type of crying wasn't the kind everyone could see - the wailing on street corners, the tearing at clothes. No, the worst kind happened when your soul wept and no matter what you did, there was no way to comfort it. A section withered and became a scar on the part of your soul that survived.
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Katie McGarry |
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513c4d4
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I already texted Pigpen and Dust and they're heading with us.
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pigpen
dust
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Katie McGarry |
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7008631
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Pigpen saunters up beside me. He's in his midtwenties and a wall of solid muscle. Most men wet themselves when he looks in their direction. "Eli wants him in."
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Katie McGarry |
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0aa5014
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And if by some miracle he did manage to start the truck, Pigpen and Dust would stand around it like human cement pillars.
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pigpen
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Katie McGarry |
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fc11aeb
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They discuss baseball, football, basketball. Blah, blah, blah. It must be a male thing to talk about playing with balls.
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Katie McGarry |
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a0f4ad1
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Took her [Ms. Whitlock] long enough to grade it." He mumbles. True. "But it took us forever to turn it in. She didn't have to accept it was from, she didn't have to let us write it together and she didn't have to give us an A-plus, but she did."
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ms-whitlock
violet
pigpen
english
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Katie McGarry |
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4041cb1
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Don't you dare ever hope for more. There's no such thing as living happily ever after or pulling yourself up by your bootstraps. The world is how it is and there always has to be bottom-feeders. People like you and me, we're it, and the world might want us to believe we can have more, but the moment we try to break out of the water they'll shove us down into the mud. It's better to know the truth. It hurts less if you accept society's crapp..
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Katie McGarry |
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298273c
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this family does not accept 'above average.' My daughter will excel." My father spoke with the air of a deity. He might as well have added the phrase so let it be written, so let it be done."
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Katie McGarry |
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3695cb7
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The worst type of letting go isn't the kicking or the screaming, because at least then there's enough emotion left to fight. No, the worst type is the silent acceptance. The quietness of the release. That's when the person realizes they no longer give a damn.
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Katie McGarry |
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0c14fae
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Thank you Jonah." He lowers his head at the break in my voice. I ignore the moisture in his eyes and pretend that mine don't sting. "For what?" he whispers. " For showing me that people can change. Even if it is one person out of a million."
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young-adult
life-lessons
katie-mcgarry
stella
touching-moments
emotional
jonah
growing-up
crying
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Katie McGarry |
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ea2ca21
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Speaking out takes courage, but fear can make a compelling argument. I'm not saying it will be easy, but telling the truth gives you power...It sets you free.
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Katie McGarry |
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c61cf30
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The pure menace radiating from my younger sister is undeniable. She can hate me, but I need her to know that she has something that Stella never did: a place to fall. "And if he hurts you or if anyone hurts you...you have me." It feels unnatural, but I hug my sister. Her arms are limp at her sides, but she doesn't push me away. "Remember, you have me," I repeat."
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family-relationships
young-adult
sibiling-bonding
pushing-the-limits
novella
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Katie McGarry |
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42944a0
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Mi casa es un volcan, un constante borboteo de lava en peligro de explosion
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Katie McGarry |
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70b7585
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Estoy cansado de esto. Cansado de que todos se obsesionen con ellos mismos, tan obsesionados con el momento que han dejado de preocuparse por lo que ocurrira a continuacion
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Katie McGarry |
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69fd426
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The pain. The wounds scab over and you don't always feel like a knife is slashing through you. But when you least expect it, the pain flashes to remind you you'll never be the same.
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Katie McGarry |
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f6c7435
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The security business is as thick as the club. Business in both areas stays private. Everyone is on a need-to-know basis, me and Mom included...that is until I patch in.
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security-business
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Katie McGarry |
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b6af71b
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The worst type of crying wasn't the kind everyone could see--the wailing on street corners, the tearing at clothes. No, the worst kind happened when your soul wept and no matter what you did, there was no way to comfort it.
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Katie McGarry |
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f4d065b
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Pigpen and Dust have already told me, multiple times, that lots of brothers are ready and willing to buy me as many beers as I can drink tonight, tomorrow night, forever.
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pigpen
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Katie McGarry |
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08ce0de
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Ashley's high-pitched voice cut through the silence as if she were dispensing juicy country-club gossip. Both my father and I turned our heads to look at the blond bimbo. I willed her to continue while my father, I'm sure, willed her to shut up. God listened to me for once. Ashley went on, And once again, welcome to the Ashley show, sponsored by Ashley and my father's money.
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echo
continue
shut-up
willed
father
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Katie McGarry |