Ryan Kennedy

“If you were mine, Iris, there would be no doubt what position you’d hold in my life. You’d be center. I’d play you at the five.”

Can you miss someone you’ve never had?

The heart speaks in whispers.

I heard too late.

I’m not religious. I’m not a high priestess. I’m not a believer in much of anything anymore. I can’t buy into Lotus’s superstitions or wrap my mind around MiMi’s mysticism, but every time Caleb touches me, the same words come to my lips, an un-whispered prayer that echoes in the cavernous chamber of my heart.

God, deliver me from this.

Save me.

Well if she’s trouble, it’s trouble I want to get into,” I

I can’t articulate how I feel. Hurt, but numb. Lost. What do I do now? Next? Where should I go? I have to find my place

Strength. Dignity. Courage. All these things belong to you. Take them back. Your soul is yours. Your heart is yours. Your body is yours. Yours to keep and yours to share.”

It’s just me and the man I love.

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This feeling is sorcery. Her touch is a spell, and Iris? She’s my witch.

A woman in this world has to keep her wits about her and her weapons at hand.