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She still loved him, she would always love him, but it was the kind of love that was muted, safely seen through the rear-view window, like a place you used to call home but no longer visited. There would always be a wound there, but the healing had begun.
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love
mimi
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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Sometimes it was better to keep Pandora's box closed.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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Now that she decided she knew exactly what she wanted -him- she couldn't wait to break the news. And if he didn't want her, she could live with that - what she wouldn't be able to live with was if she never told him.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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6b4e78b
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Forever as it turns out, is a very long time.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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You said we would never be separated, ever again. And we will not. Not ever. There is a way to be together always.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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Leave it alone Schuyler. For your sake and mine.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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d0d203d
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We've been wicked for such a very long time, you know. It does get tiresome after a while.
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wicked
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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Not that they were there to have fun--although with Kingsley Martin around, fun was never far from the agenda.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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and Schuyler hoped with all her heart that he would never find out the truth.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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But as they say, love is blind.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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I can't let you take the risk. I love you too much." -Schuyler "Then you would rather see me bonded to a women I do not love?" -Jack"
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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All his gentleness, all his kindness, all the bright shining gorgeousness of his love, he had always given to someone else.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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I know you would never leave me. I know you would never be able to make a decision, so I decided for you." -Oliver"
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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He squeezed her hand one last time. Then Jack was gone and she was alone.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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They were friends. That's all she ever seemed to have. Friends. She had enough of them.
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lost-in-time
melissa-de-la-cruz
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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ec27f92
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Jack put a hand on his heart and nodded. "I feel the same way about you." --
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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And while a pretty face is nice to wake up to, and adoring face is so much more rewarding.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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All he had to do was love her, and he could do that. -Kingsley
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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I thought I was going to lose you, she sent. Never. We shall never be separated.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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65bbe5c
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And at last, the lonely young man who belonged to no one finally belonged to someone, forever, and the practical girl who would not settle for less than a love story for the ages found the lifelong romance she had yearned for all her life.
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historical-romance
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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37fb9a0
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This is why he never took these jobs anymore, Wes realized. It was too much-he couldn't save everybody-he couldn't even keep his solders alive, let alone in a line. Daran was lost, and while he was a jerk and a lowlife, he had still entrusted his life to Wes and Wes had failed him. He couldn't keep doing this, there were so many . . .and he was too young to watch so many kids die. Now he was being asked to save a few more . . . for what? So..
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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This is college?' Schyler asked. 'or Downton Abbey?
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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I can't think of anything I'm not grateful for.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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It was the truth, and like any truth, it was powerful
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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dafc652
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By lunchtime, the rest of the school was still talking about last night's epic howler at Hell Hall, but Mal had no interest. The party was the past; she'd moved on. She had bigger things to worry about now. All she could think about was how her mother wanted the Dragon's Eye back. And how Maleficent wouldn't see her as anything other than her father's daughter--in other words, a pathetic, soft human--until Mal could prove her wrong. Mal kep..
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She had an unusual name. She knew that much. It wasn't the kind of name that you found on ceramic coffee mugs at airport gift shops or emblazoned on mini-license plate souvenirs you could hang on your bedroom door after you returned from Disneyland. Her name was pretty and unusual and had meaning.
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the-van-alen-legacy
unusual-names
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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I give myself to you and accept you as my own.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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Kingsley nodded. 'Of course. Sophia always did say wisdom had to be earned.
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wisdom
blue
jordan
kingsley
mimi
schuyler
σοφία
venator
force
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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64cb349
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But for Jack, the sight of Schuyler Van Alen had only served to ignite a feeling he had been repressing for months.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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Mimi knew now what she had to do. To save their bond, to save themselves. She had to destroy Schuyler Van Alen.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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c3767eb
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Once the bond was sealed, it could not be broken for this cycle. Schuyler would become nothing more than a distant memory.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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put it bluntly, Prince Ben, this blows," said Genie, who"
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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He had written her reams and reams of letters, as well as a poem that she kept folded in a locket around her neck. Her letters were full of love and anticipation, matching his for enthusiasm and tenderness. He was the luckiest man in the world.
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historical-romance
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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8ec55df
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Outside, the crescent moon was high in the sky, shining in its sliver glory.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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I shall love you and give myself up for you, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up"- then Alex looked into Eliza's shining eyes and added a twist of his own-"and I shall serve you with tenderness and respect, and encourage you to develop the gifts that God has given you."
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historical-romance
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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87d8f57
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She made her choice. She loved Oliver. Jack was not hers to love, and never had been.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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It was the same way he looked that at her that night. When he asked her to stay. She gave him the same answer she had back then. "No."
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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As much as she still loved Jack, and as much as it would make her miserable forever to leave him again, there was Oliver to consider.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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Leave him." Mimi held Kingsley's gaze. "I can't..."
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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Mimi collapsed to the ground, as if her heart had imploded in her chest.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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This was the nightmare that had plagued her for months...the same despair that washed over her now. She was losing him.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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Thank you," she whispered. Thank you for loving me enough to let me go."
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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And just like magic, the Isle of the Lost began to form before their eyes, including the hidden and forbidden zones. The Forbidden Fortress appeared, a menacing-looking castle of spiky walls and twisty towers, located on the edge of the island. Right in the middle of Nowhere.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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ea25fe1
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Lucifer, the most beautiful angel of all time,became so enamored with his own beauty and power that he came to believe his light was greater than the Almighty...
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