14 Works by GKB
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Some people want the light left on at night. But others want to surrender to the darkness.
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You’re sixteen. A kid, really, even though you haven’t felt like one in a very long time. You think maybe things are so complicated because you’re carrying the emotions from a thousand lifetimes for this boy. Or maybe every teenager feels like that the first time they’re in love, and you aren’t special.
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Sometimes love is a lot like breathing. Sometimes you do it so naturally that until you stop and really think about it, you don't realize you've been doing it all along.
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Jade is a contradiction. A survivor. A heartless warrior. A grieving daughter. A fool. A martyr. A dreamer. A firestarter.
But sometimes, the girl is just a girl.
Ike realizes he is putty for every single version of her.
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Jade never thought she'd be around for the end of the world.
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"Maybe it's your penance." Ike suggests offhandedly, putting it in terms he's sure she'll understand because of her Catholic school upbringing that he loves to bring up.
"I guess." She agrees, her shivering form tiny against the mass of blankets, "But I still don't know what I'm paying for."- Language:
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What did you see when your eyes were opened?
E v e r y t h i n g, Jade whispers after they've plunged the green liquid into her arm.
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"Do you happen to remember the infuriating ginger girl we went to school with?" Ike chews on his bottom lip, momentarily losing his aura of smugness that he usually has down perfectly.
"Jade. Yes, of course I'm familiar with her. She's going to be the godmother of my future children. She's also girl who you've been dating for four years. We all just had brunch on Wednesday."
"Back to me." Ike snaps lazily, "There was an incident after dinner. She said something."- Language:
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Ike dreams but he doesn't sleep. (He remembers.)
In which the Academy is only the first part of the test, and what comes next is not as easy to escape.
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In which it's up to the redheads to make their blondes remember who they are.
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When Ike is almost twelve years old, he stitches together a few personal mantras into what would become known to him in the deepest depths of his mind as the "The Big Three," or the trio of unbreakable commandments he would spend the rest of his life following
Or: three times Jade makes Ike reevaluate his choices.
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It's ok. Hunter is used to being out of the loop.
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Maybe a better future was always theirs for the taking.
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For the second time in her life, Jade isn't sure if everything is falling apart or slipping into place.
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