His entire presence was like gravity, impossible to forget, possible to believe in, a theory merged into a law.

— Shannon A. Thompson

His hands fell to my hips, and his fingers dug through my rain-drenched clothes.

— Shannon A. Thompson

His resonating stare fluttered through my memory, and I shivered. I hadn’t seen kindness in his pupils. I only saw intensity, and, I hated to admit it, but he was beyond intimidating. He was overwhelming. (Jessica)

— Shannon A. Thompson

I can’t take back the past, but I can fight for the future.

— Shannon A. Thompson

I couldn’t help but feel as if everyone had lied about everything. We all had secrets. We all had a dark side to our innocent cover. I wondered what we would be like, if we had been completely honest with each other in the first place. Maybe more people would be alive, but then again, more people could be dead.

— Shannon A. Thompson

Identity was everything, but it seemed I never had one. (Jessica)

— Shannon A. Thompson

I didn’t even have a name for her, shade or human, but I didn’t need one to know her. (Eric)

— Shannon A. Thompson

I don’t believe that," I said, and he raised his brow beneath his shaggy hair. "I never asked you to.” (Jessica)

— Shannon A. Thompson

I’d prefer you accuse my son, so he can defend his innocence rather than prolong unnecessary guilt." (Spoken by Brake, told by Eric)

— Shannon A. Thompson

I found him between a reality and a nightmare.

— Shannon A. Thompson