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"Tess," I say. "I'm going to head down to the water.I'll be back in a minute." "You sure you can make it by yourself?" she asks. "I'll be fine." I smile. "If you see me floating unconscious out to sea,though-by all means,come and get me."
"You should have taken me with you," I whisper to him. Then I lean my head against his and begin to cry. In my mind, I make a silent promise to my brother's killer. I will hunt you down. I will scour the streets of Los Angeles for you. Search every street in the Republic if I have to. I will trick you and deceive you, lie, cheat and steal to find you, tempt you out of your hiding place, and chase you until you have nowhere else to run. I make you this promise: your life is mine."
"Everything I am familiar with is gone."
"I don't like seeing her this delicate."
"I take a step toward him and grin cheerfully. "With all due respect, I don't see the Republic tacking up wanted posters with your pretty face on them."
"I started writing seriously when I was a teenager, around 14 years old."
"So, tell me,” he whispers. “How fast did you climb those fourteen stories?” Thomas makes a disapproving sound in his throat, but I break into a grin. Storm’s past. Metias loves me again. “Six minutes,” I whisper back to my brother. “And forty-four seconds. How do you like that?” “That must be some sort of record. Not that, you know, you’re supposed to do it."
"For a small moment, I fix my eyes on his, telling him silently everything that I'll never say to him aloud."
"Forever and ever, kid, until you're sick and tired of seeing me."
"Money is the most important thing in the world, you know. Money can buy you happiness, and I don't care what anyone else thinks."
"I make sure to keep a good distance between us, just in case she decides to get happy with a knife or something."
"I’ve been searching a long time for something I think I lost. I felt like I found something when I saw you back there."
"Tomorrow, I will take on all of these things. I will be unstoppable."
"to. I will trick you and deceive you, lie, cheat and steal to find you, tempt you out of your hiding place, and chase you until you have nowhere else to run. I make you this promise: your life is mine"
"Without emotion, what's the point of being human?"