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I have been yours since the day you walked into World Cup, malysh. The moment I saw you, I knew that was it and that I would have you one day.
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Lucia Franco (Twist (Off Balance, #4))
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We are a teamβbut the truth is, when you exhale, I inhale. Not the other way around. I might be the beast beneath your beauty pushing you to succeed, but you are the anchor that holds me steady in a churning ocean threatening to drown me. It is how it has been for me since day one, and it will continue to be that way. Always remember that.
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Lucia Franco (Twist (Off Balance #4))
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No, Kova was busy planning a future, while I was struggling to hold on to what was left of mine.
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And you have me. You will always have me." Kova pressed a hard kiss to my lips. "Let me live with you.
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Lucia Franco (Twist (Off Balance #4))
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I would live like every day was my last day. I wanted to live. And I wanted to do that with Kova.
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Lucia Franco (Twist (Off Balance #4))
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you should know by now that I do not speak bullshit.
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Lucia Franco (Twist (Off Balance #4))
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All-Around A category of gymnastics that includes all the events. The all-around champion of an event earns the highest total score from all events combined. Amanar A Yurchenko-style vault, meaning the gymnast performs a round-off onto the board, a back handspring onto the vault with a two and a half twisting layout back flip. Cast A push off the bar with hips and lifts the body to straighten the shoulders and finish in handstand. Deduction Points taken off a gymnast's score for errors. Most deductions are pre-determined, such as a 0.5 deduction for a fall from an apparatus or a 0.1 deduction for stepping out of bounds on the floor exercise. Dismount The last skill in a gymnastics routine. For most events the method used to get off of the event apparatus. Elite International Elite, the highest level of gymnastics.
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Lucia Franco (Balance (Off Balance, #1))
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Giant Performed on bars, a swing in which the body is fully extended and moving through a 360 degree rotation around the bar. Full-In A full-twisting double back tuck, with the twist happening in the first back flip. It can be done in a tucked, piked, or layout position and is used in both men's and women's gymnastics. Free Hip Circle Performed on the uneven bars or high bar, the body circles around the bar without the body touching the bar. There are both front hip circles and back hip circles.
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Lucia Franco (Balance (Off Balance, #1))
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Toe On Swing around the bar with body piked so much the feet are on the bar. Tsavdaridou Performed on beam, a round-off back handspring with full twist to swing down. Tuck The knees and hips are bent and drawn into the chest, the body is folded at the waist. Twist The gymnast rotates around the body's longitudinal axis, defined by the spine. Performed on all apparatuses. Yurchenko Round-off entry onto the board, back handspring onto the vaulting table and Salto off the vault table. The gymnast may twist on the way off.
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Lucia Franco (Balance (Off Balance, #1))
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This is not me fucking you, this is me making love to you, because, Ya lyublyu tebya, malysh. Ya lyublyu tebya.
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Lucia Franco (Twist (Off Balance, #4))
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I love that you marked me. It took every ounce of self-control I had not to tear your clothes off and have you do it while I fucked you.
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Lucia Franco (Twist (Off Balance, #4))
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couldn't come every time. And when I finally did, I had to think about you. It was the only way I could finish, imagining you were fucking me. You have ruined me for all other men.
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Lucia Franco (Twist (Off Balance, #4))
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I was wholly addicted to him and the sexuality he brought out in me. How amazing it was. There were no words for what he made me feel, only that I wanted it all the time.
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Lucia Franco (Twist (Off Balance, #4))