“Did you just mentally pistol whip that guy, with his own gun? Nice, Amber. I would have just killed him.”

“My heart thrashes in time with my feet pounding across the cold, hard ground. I can’t run any faster, longer, and yet I must. My life and my family’s survival depends on it.”

“As the fireworks began to illuminate the sky above them, Blake and Veronica made love for the first time on Hideaway Hill.”

“Getting up from the bed, Dominick approaches me at a slow predatory pace. Once again, I cannot move my feet.”

“Did you just mentally pistol whip that guy, with his own gun? Nice, Amber. I would have just killed him.”

“Believe me, I’ve lived long enough to know that no matter how stable a life may seem, there’s always something that can change all of that in a blink of an eye.”