Scarlet Angel

Like it’s okay to be vulnerable, because he’d never use it against me

When he’s around, I don’t feel like I have to be so invincible. When he’s with me, I feel like I can just be cared for without being weak.

“Good. Go stay with her until I tell you otherwise. Momma’s about to tell a story that’s been burning a hole for over ten years.”

“We’ll find out one day.”

I never understood how rare that love was when I was younger. Like most things you see daily, I took it for granted.”

“Because my stepdad always said if he had a choice, he’d be drunk in Greece and in love.

If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.

—William Shakespeare

“I’m real, Lana,” he murmurs against my neck as he finally peels off the last of my clothes.

Just the feel of his body sliding against mine as he undressed me has gotten me ready for him.

“And I’m yours,”

‘Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.’

“It’s called conditioning. They’ve been conditioned to be sheep. Sheep follow sheep,”