Please don't sing and dance," I whisper, but it's too late. He's snapping his fingers and doing this sexy groove to the music. It should look really stupid - and it kind of does - but with his tight abs and his tattoos and piercings, it's really just...precious.

— C.M. Stunich

She felt trapped, but she didn't have to. The world is wide open and ready, waiting for us to escape this bubble and join it.

— C.M. Stunich

Shit, this woman's scary. I'm glad my manager's the short one with the wispy hair and the shaking hands. Milo knows how to get stuff done, but he's about as terrifying as a goldfish.

— C.M. Stunich

Sometimes you don't get to choose your partner. Life chooses it for you.

— C.M. Stunich

Still, the seeds of change have been sown in my mind, and they will not be easily forgotten.

— C.M. Stunich

The man was rude, crude, and inappropriate. I was taken with him the moment I walked in the door, and I knew the first moment I saw him that it was going to be raw, it was going to be ugly, and I was going to enjoy every damn minute of it.

— C.M. Stunich

There is a demon inside of me. Not a literal one, of course, because such things don't exist. Not that I've ever seen anyway. But there might as well be because I can feel something deep down that doesn't belong in this world, a darkness that permeates my being and shadows the world around me. I don't usually let it hurt anyone – not intentionally – but it is ravenous. It demands to be fed. Sated. Set loose every now and again. Most people can't handle my demon.

— C.M. Stunich

The toughest fucking moments in life are the ones where the whole world is a big, fat unknown, where chance has more power to change your fate than you do. It's then that you're going to want me, Sale, because me, I'm a sure thing.

— C.M. Stunich

To be brave, you have to fight against something that scares you. That's the rule.

— C.M. Stunich

Turner's openness is starting to become more and more appealing to me. At least I know what I'm getting with him. And I still need to tell him about Dax's kiss. That, and his proposition. I haven't had even a single second to get him alone since, but the secret is burning a hole in my pocket. I need it gone. It's like I'm allergic to the fuckers now.

— C.M. Stunich