and indeed, had it not been for his fear of death, he would long ago have ruined himself in order to involve me in the ruin.
“I can’t settle for less.” He circled me, slowly, shoes crunching on the twigs and leaves, his voice deepening to a growl as he said, “It’s enough to drive me to madness, Rae, wanting you so fucking badly. But I’ve lingered on Earth for too long now.” He laughed humorlessly, and I felt the familiar caress of him getting inside my head, the subtle influence that made my spine tingle like fingers brushing over my skin. “I want to have you, but I can’t unless you agree. That’s the curse of it all. I can’t —” He cut himself off, wrestled with the words, then, “I can’t linger here and watch you die.”
I blinked rapidly, as if he’d slapped me. “I’m...I’m not going to die.”
“Oh, but you will. You will, as all humans do. That light will go out and death will take you from me.” It was so dark, I couldn’t see his face now. Only his eyes, preternaturally bright. “But with your soul, death can’t touch you. The God can’t touch you. Nothing, nothing will take you from me.”
My chest felt tight. The weight of his words was suffocating, and perhaps it was the lack of oxygen that made my face feel so hot.
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I can’t believe the Witch Collector and I are on the same side. A day ago, I planned his end. Envisioned it. Tasted the sweetness of revenge and wondered if I was brave enough to take the life of a man who threatened all I hold dear. Now I stand here with the deaths of dozens painting my hands, speaking with one of the three people I hate most in this world, forced to be his ally because we share a common goal.
"İster inan, ister inanma. Bazen çok ağır geliyor. Bazı şeyleri kendine saklamayı öğrenmek zorundasın. Damgalanma ne derse desin, gerçekten bir ruhu paylaşmadığınızı anlamalısın."
"İște bu!" Afrodit elini elimden çekti ve Heath'in elinin üstüne koydu. "Ruhumu paylaşıyor gibi hissediyorum ve buna tahammül edemiyorum" .
"Evet, edebilirsin. Bunun sadece bir duygu olduğunu unutma, yeter. Gerçek değil."
Sayfa 374 - PEGASUSKitabı okudu
Heath ise șeker bir çocuktu ama sadece bir insandı ve Z onun için endişelenmekte haklıydı. İnsanlar, vampirlerden ve hatta çaylaklardan daha kolay ölüyorlardı.
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When a person’s been burned to ashes and become about the same as a piece of apatite, there’s nothing there worth revering. So why do we treat it like a big deal? Why are there holidays to mark the beginning and end of each year? Why do you have to make a public confession and stroll around in the streets together before getting in bed with someone? Why, to live together legally, in addition to needing a certificate, do you need to invite your friends and family to a useless ceremony?
Because life and death, dark and light, partings and meetings, all have the meanings people have endowed them with. You can’t see them or touch them, you don’t know what use they have, but the difference between you and me and a lump of chemicals lies in those bits of meaning.
