caine

Female say Pack Leader stop,_ Pack Leader said angrily.__hat?_ Caine could make no sense of it till he saw Diana striding up, dark hair flying, eyes furious.__ told this filthy beast to stop,_ Diana said, barely controlled.__top what?_ Caine demanded.__hey__e still attacking the kids,_ Diana said. __e__e won. Sam is dead. Call them off, Caine.__aine turned his attention back to the battle between Drake and the monster. __hey__e coyotes,_ Caine said coldly.Diana flew at him. __ou__e lost your mind, Caine. This has to stop. You__e won. This has to stop.___r what, Diana? Or what?_ Caine demanded. __o get Lana. I__ hurt. Pack Leader, do what you want.___aybe this is why your mother abandoned you,_ Diana said savagely. __aybe she could see that you weren__ just bad, you were twisted and sick and evil.

Delay of pain: that was the meaning of life, wasn__ it?____e made some bad decisions,_ Caine said, not really meaning to say it out loud.

Hello, Darkness," Caine said.Gaia's face fell. Her bloody, feral grin faded to be replaced by lips drawn right with fear. Her killer blue eyes widened as she looked at Caine who was no longer Caine."Nemesis," Gaia said.

I__ sorry for hurting you. I know I did. I__ most likely dead now, and I guess if there__ any kind of fairness in the afterlife I__ probably in hell getting roasted. But if that__ where I am, I want you to know, I still love you. Always did. Love, Caine

Say it. But...""But what?" he asked.She whispered it, sounding too vulnerable. "But only if its the truth, Caine. Only. If.""I love you," he said.

Caine tried to roll to his feet, but something was jabbing him in the crouch. He shook off the stars and saw Edilio standing over him. Edilio had the business end of his automatic rifle in a very sensitive place. "If you move, Caine, I will shoot your balls off," Edilio said. "Toto?" "He will," Toto said, "Although he's not sure it will be just your balls.

But then had come the voice that said, Come on, you little freak, wherever the hell you are, whatever the hell you are, let__ get this done with.

But then had come the voice that said, "Come on, you little freak, wherever the hell you are,whatever the hell you are, let__ get this done with.

Caine__ a guy who needs to win. He needs to win before he poofs. Or he needs to win before I poof. The point is, he__ not going to just accept us freeing all these kids from Coates and taking over Perdido Beach,_ Sam said. __o we need to be ready. And we need to be ready for something else, too: tomorrow is my birthday._ He made a wry face. __ot a birthday I__ exactly looking forward to. But, anyway, we need to decide who takes over for me if_when_I step outside.__everal of the kids made sympathetic or encouraging noises about how Sam maybe wasn__ going to blink out, or maybe it would be a good thing, an escape from the FAYZ. But Sam hushed them all.__ook, the good thing is, when I go, so does Caine. The bad thing is, that still leaves Drake and Diana and other bullies. Orc_well, we don__ exactly know what__ going on with him, but Howard__ not with him. And Lana_we don__ know what happened to her, whether she left or what.__he loss of Lana was a serious blow. Every one of the Coates refugees adored her for the way she had healed their hands. And it was reassuring to think that she could heal anyone who was injured.Astrid said, __ nominate Edilio to take over if_you know. Anyway, we need a number two, a vice president or vice mayor or whatever.__dilio did a double take, like Astrid must be talking about some other Edilio. Then he said, __o way. Astrid__ the smartest person here.___ have Little Pete to look after. Mary has to care for the prees and keep them out of harm__ way. Dahra has responsibility for treating anyone who gets hurt. Elwood has been so busy in the hospital with Dahra, he hasn__ dealt with Caine or Drake or any of the Coates faction. Edilio__ been up against Orc and Drake. And he__ always been brave and smart and able._ She winked at Edilio, acknowledging his discomfort.__ight,_ Sam said. __o unless someone has an objection, that__ the way it is. If I get hurt or I ditch, Edilio__ in charge.___espect to Edilio,_ Dekka said, __ut he doesn__ even have powers.___e has the power to earn trust and to come through when he has to,

Sometime, somewhere, life always comes to a fight, and peace always comes to an end.

It__ not about the powers, man; it__ that we aren__ kids anymore. Look what we__e been through. Look what we__e done. Look at yourself, surfer dude. We__e done something none of our parents have even come close to. We didn__ take over their boring world; we took over a world about a thousand times tougher. If we walk out of this alive, we won__ have to bow our heads to anyone.

It__ not about the powers, man; it__ that we aren__ kids anymore. Look what we__e beenthrough. Look what we__e done. Look at yourself, surfer dude. We__e done something none of ourparents have even come close to. We didn__ take over their boring world; we took over a world about athousand times tougher. If we walk out of this alive, we won__ have to bow our heads to anyone.

It took Caine a few beats to get it. __o. Go kill yourself. Eat your own gun. No. No no no.___ou__e happy here counting fish and nagging kids to work?_ Edilio asked.__e__ not,_ Virtue said, beating Toto to the punch and earning an annoyed glance from Caine.__e__ only done it for two days since the battle, and he__ already bored.

For the longest time my company is what got me up in the morning. It was what motivated me every second of every day. Since the moment you started working for me, you are what has gotten me up in the morning. You are what motivates me every second of every day. And still I want more from you. Tomorrow the day is all ours, because I want to talk to you about something.

You__e lying to yourself. You__e holding this up as a way to keep me locked out. But it__ too late. I__ in. You love me._ I smiled softly as he closed his eyes and gritted his teeth against my words. __ou love me,_ I repeated, __nd you__l never hurt me. And I will never hurt you. I will never use you like they did, like they all did. Because I want you. Just you.

when you asked me to stay away from you in your note, it finally hit me. You meant it. You weren__ going to try anymore. I__ run out of chances, and I realized that the night before would be the last time I ever saw you. And I couldn__ _ The whole time on that plane I _ I kept thinking to myself if I could just get to you I would tell you I loved you and I__ get to keep you. I__ that selfish.

I__e never been this happy,_ I whispered, a little scared by it.Caine must have heard the fear, because he kissed my neck, tightened his hold on me, and said, __e neither. But we__l get used to it.___romise?__e lifted his head to meet my gaze. __o, because on second thought I don__ want to get used to it. If you get used to it____ou forget to be thankful for it,_ I finished.He nodded slowly. __eah.

Lexie,_ he said, his voice guttural, __ told you this to wake you up. A man like me isn__ capable of being your fucking white knight._ His fingers peeled my hand from his neck and he gently pressed me away.I felt the anger boil up inside me. ____ not looking for a hero!__e flinched at the emotion cracking my words.__ never asked for that._ I shook, my hands curling into fists at my side. __ just wanted you, because despite what you might think, I see you. And no, you__e no fucking white knight, but you__e what I want.