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To defeat a monster, you have to be twice as monstrous. To love a monster, you have to share your soul. —Lana Myers
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Romantics always believe in revenge, because romantics love harder, suffer loss more painfully, and hold onto a grudge that has shattered their hearts. Their hearts are of the greatest importance, above all else—body, soul, or mind.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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I love you too, Lana Myers,” he says so softly. And in that moment, I’m completely his. There’s no revenge; there are no deaths staining my hands. I’m just a girl in love with a man who’s destined to hate me when he learns the truth.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Expectation is the root of all heartache. —William Shakespeare
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Just like that, I have my answer. And I watch with her as the Boogeyman dies by his own knife. At the hands of a woman. The hands of a victim. In a way, it’s poetic justice.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Eventually, good conquers evil, because evil works alone.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? —William Shakespeare
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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My body grew stronger and my mind turned calculated when I lost my soul to avenge my heart.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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I’m so much worse and better than you. I’m the thing the monsters in the dark fear. And now I’m even the Boogeyman’s nightmare.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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To do a great right, do a little wrong. —William Shakespeare
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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I have psychopathic tendencies, but I’m not a psychopath,
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Mind fuck her even.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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I totally did an evil monologue, for fuck’s sake!
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Lana, I don’t expect you to be perfect. I think you are perfect. At least perfect for me.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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I’m back, motherfuckers,” I say quietly as we pass the town hall. “And I’m going to make your life hell before I paint your town red.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Hearing it is processed differently than seeing it. The mind is more delicate to sight than it is to sound.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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He’s everything I wish I could be. A hero. A hero loved by a monster.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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I’m seriously considering seeing a shrink about this mindless obsession I have with you,” he mumbles, but his lips twitch with a smile before he pushes down his pants.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Voltaire said, ‘Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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The devil can cite Scripture for his own purpose. —William Shakespeare
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Better three hours too soon than a minute too late. —William Shakespeare
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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I kiss him to shut him up, letting him feel how good he makes me feel. I kiss him for so many reasons, all of them tangled around one simple, innocuous little four-letter-word that holds more power than I ever imagined. I now know why my father could never move on after my mother’s death. He was a romantic. And a true romantic would never recover from losing his love.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Though she may be little, she is fierce.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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I walked in and threatened a girl who has a sexual sadist sobbing on the ground.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Sheesh! We’re in the middle of Fucking Madhouse Hollow, on the edge of the woods, and you give a girl a heart attack?! Not cool, Bennett. Not fucking cool,” says the redheaded girl who knowingly drove the killer into town.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? —William Shakespeare
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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And you smile for me like you smile for no one else.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Though she may be little, she is fierce. —William Shakespeare LANA
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Can we talk about something normal?" she asks, exasperated. I turn to face her a little better. "Like girl talk? Girls talk about penises, right?" She grimaces. "Concidering you dismember them from bodies, I'd rather not discuss penises with you.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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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. Like it’s okay to be vulnerable, because he’d never use it against me.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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I’ll start laughing if I try to fake remorse for that sadistic piece of shit.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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It’s become natural to him to touch me and hold me, to comfort me even when I don’t need it. I never thought I’d have that easiness with anyone. I never thought anyone like him even existed.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Tell me something, Lana, what do you think happens when this is all over—if we even survive it. Do you think he doesn’t find out? Do you ride off into the sunset—the agent and the killer? I want to know what you think for real.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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She killed a man tonight. A man almost killed her.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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The man who has terrorized Boston for so long, and now DC, is just a toy on her strings. Who the fucking hell is Lana Myers.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Marcus’s last words to me were that we’d come back as avenging angels, and we’d make them pay. We’d do it together. But he didn’t come back.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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And I'm yours," he says before he kisses me, swallowing the words I try to return. Mine. Just like I'm his.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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If these are the repercussions of disappointing him, I'll never be good again.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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He was a romantic. And a true romantic would never recover from losing his love.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Holy fucking ninja assassin.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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I’ll paint the town red. Just like they painted the streets with our blood.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Because the mind is a fragile thing,
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Then you wanted to kill him. He’s too good to die. He’s everything opposite of us. His light still shines. I hope they have fun with you in hell. You sentenced yourself there the day you targeted the only thing that makes me feel as though there’s still a soul inside me left to be saved. The only thing I love more than revenge.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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In case you haven’t noticed, I go a little crazy when it’s been too long since I’ve seen you, and you give me a reason to want to live instead of just exist. You accepted every piece of me, and dealt with the scraps I could offer. And never complained.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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And in that moment, I’m completely his. There’s no revenge; there are no deaths staining my hands. I’m just a girl in love with a man who’s destined to hate me when he learns the truth. And it’s devastatingly tragic; more so than any Shakespearian play ever was.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Those eyes find me when you walk into a room, like I’m the only person you’re looking for. You hold your head up when others would cower. You stand tall when others would fold in on themselves. Your strength is beyond amazing. And you always keep me guessing, which is my favorite part about you, as much as it is infuriating.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?—William Shakespeare
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Romantics always believe in revenge, because romantics love harder, suffer loss more painfully, and hold onto a grudge that has shattered their hearts.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Just like that, I have my answer. And I watch with her as the Boogeyman dies by his own knife. At the hands of a woman.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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and you give me a reason to want to live instead of just exist.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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I’m the angel who has come to take you all to hell.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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i'm real, Lana," he murmurs. "and i'm yours," he says before he kisses me, swallowing the words i try to return. mine. just like i'm his. for as long as he'll keep me.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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No,” she says quietly. “I’m so much worse and better than you. I’m the thing the monsters in the dark fear. And now I’m even the Boogeyman’s nightmare.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Hell is empty, and all the devils are here. —William Shakespeare (The Tempest)
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind. —William Shakespeare
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Live to kill them all one day.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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He came to kill a weak woman, only to find he was really the prey who ran into the lion’s den.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Sheep,” I repeat quietly. “Fucking baa.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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It’s easier to pretend the words you hear are just rumors or lies. It’s not so easy to ignore something you can see.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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I’m the thing the monsters in the dark fear. And now I’m even the Boogeyman’s nightmare.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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The devil can cite Scripture for his own purpose.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Before I can answer, we hear Hadley through the door. “I put your bags in here, you horny fuckers. You’re welcome.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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It’s everything I need and more. He’s everything I wish I could be. A hero. A hero loved by a monster.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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My body grew stronger and my mind turned calculated when I lost my soul to avenge my heart. I guess that makes me a romantic.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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and I kiss her like it might be the last time.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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I’m trying not to laugh at the irony of Hadley screaming and freaking out like he was the killer coming to get us…when…yeah…
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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The timing of our arrival is perfect. Halloween is just around the corner. There’s a reason I picked Myers as a surname.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Lawless are they that make their wills their law.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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You sentenced yourself there the day you targeted the only thing that makes me feel as though there’s still a soul inside me left to be saved. The only thing I love more than revenge.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Do I scream and pretend to be inconsolable or terrified? I don’t like screaming. Hurts my throat. And acting terrified will be hard to pull off, because…I can’t remember how to be afraid.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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It always feels like he’s sharing his soul with mine, helping it be restored, whenever he holds me like this. He did what no one else has been able to do in ten years—he made me start healing.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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I’m the girl who takes on the darkest of men. Men who’ve done things dark and twisted to the weak. Men who preyed on the innocent. Men who thought they killed me when I was weak. Just like the women you’ve killed.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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He leans back, his eyes on me. “Sometimes I think I feel Marcus. I think he’s right here beside us, keeping us from being discovered. Other times I realize it’s ridiculous, and that our luck will eventually run out.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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My angel made sure he’ll never hurt us again. My angel saved me. She’ll always watch over me. She is right now. Laurel’s words slap me, and I slowly piece things together that don’t really fit. She. Laurel said she.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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I hope they have fun with you in hell. You sentenced yourself there the day you targeted the only thing that makes me feel as though there’s still a soul inside me left to be saved. The only thing I love more than revenge.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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How does a normal person act after being attacked by a homicidal maniac and miraculously killing him by fluke? Do they rock in a corner? Do they cry? I hope not. I can’t fake tears, and I don’t like rocking. Makes me nauseated.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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I love you too, Lana Myers,” he says so softly. And in that moment, I’m completely his. There’s no revenge; there are no deaths staining my hands. I’m just a girl in love with a man who’s destined to hate me when he learns the truth. And it’s devastatingly tragic; more so than any Shakespearian play ever was.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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So it’s empty, and this guy is a paraplegic coach helping disabled kids. He survived losing his mother at a young age, his best friend and boyfriend as a teenager, and he’s paralyzed now. Yet he’s the male version of Mother Theresa,” Donny states dryly. “And we’re accusing him of helping a murderer. I repeat: We’re going to hell.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Normal girls are hard to understand, because I can’t remember the last time I was normal. Normal girls spend too much time reacting to their actions. They take for granted the air they get to breathe, because they’ve never been deprived of those painless breaths. Me? I’ve already walked through hell, so I’m desensitized to all else.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Where are you going?” she asks as I jerk open the door. “To buy some lube.” “Too much information,” she grumbles as I walk out.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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We wait patiently while she calls someone. “Hey, baby. Nah, I’m fine,” she says to…her boyfriend? Her kid? No wedding ring or men’s belongings around, so not a husband. “You still dating that pretty lawyer lady? The one with all the security at her apartment building?” She eyes us, as she listens to the person on the other line. “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.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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and you give me a reason to want to live instead of just exist. You accepted every piece of me, and dealt with the scraps I could offer. And never complained.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Then you wanted to kill him. He’s too good to die. He’s everything opposite of us. His light still shines. I hope they have fun with you in hell. You sentenced yourself there the day you targeted the only thing that makes me feel as though there’s still a soul inside me left to be saved. The only thing I love more than revenge.” Just like that, I have my answer. And I watch with her as the Boogeyman dies by his own knife. At the hands of a woman. The hands of a victim. In a way, it’s poetic justice.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Their hearts are of the greatest importance, above all else—body, soul, or mind.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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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.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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There’s no revenge; there are no deaths staining my hands. I’m just a girl in love with a man who’s destined to hate me when he learns the truth.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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good conquers evil, because evil works alone.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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I may can pull off stunned or shocked.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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We’re revisiting the profile. He’s a revenge killer. Not a sadist. Everything we thought we knew is about to change. We think he feels a kinship with you. He somehow knew about Ferguson and…your past,
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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I file away each bit of information, deciding to make a list of reasons why I should or shouldn’t tell the world who she is.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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They stripped away my soul and left me devoid of any empathy toward the monsters in the world.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Can we talk about something normal?” she asks, exasperated. I turn to face her a little better. “Like girl talk? Girls talk about penises, right?
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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They took too much. Left too little. I had nothing to lose,” she whispers, the words barely making it to me. “Until him.” My heart thumps faster. Logan. She’s talking about Logan. “Then you wanted to kill him. He’s too good to die. He’s everything opposite of us. His light still shines. I hope they have fun with you in hell. You sentenced yourself there the day you targeted the only thing that makes me feel as though there’s still a soul inside me left to be saved. The only thing I love more than revenge.” Just like that, I have my answer. And I watch with her as the Boogeyman dies by his own knife. At the hands of a woman. The hands of a victim. In a way, it’s poetic justice.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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I can tell she hasn’t let the gravity of the situation sink in yet. She’s too calm.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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Expectation is the root of all heartache.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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You accepted every piece of me, and dealt with the scraps I could offer. And never complained.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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This town is crumbling within one day of his mind games.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))
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The Boogeyman doesn’t have shit on me.
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S.T. Abby (Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3))