“Want to dance? We have music this time. And I don't have to punch you when we finish.”

“Her smile faded to a more serious expression. "Is everything okay? With Callum?""Fine," I said, taking a bite of meat and avoiding her eyes."He's crazy about you, you know," she said softly, like I hadn't just told her things were fine. "I see other girls looking at him sometimes, and he doesn't even notice. He only sees you.”

“Want to dance? We have music this time. And I don't have to punch you when we finish.”

“You smell so good,""No, I don't, I smell like death.""You're crazy, you're not dead. You do not smell like death.""I was dead a long time.""And now you're not. Hence the alive smell.”

“The memory of how he felt when he cared about her was going to be the most painful thing after he began to hate her.”