The Annihilator

omg THIS BOOK my fav idc, legit my fav book the shadowman and this flamma CONSUMED ME the way everything connects and all woah runyx is amazing. i can't wait for the last book i need it like i need air - "His obsession deepened. Though she wasn't a blaze yet, only an ember, she was his. He watched her, intently focused on the nuances of her face. One day, she would be an inferno, and he would be the devil who controlled it." - "I didn't think you'd come," "I'll always come for you." - "She felt dead inside, the only spark of life brought on by the man in the shadows, and even that she didn't know if it was because of their history or because of attraction." - "You have been, you are, and you will always be my only obsession, Luna Caine." - "What do you see?" "You behind me." "Exactly. I'm always behind you, even when you cannot see." - "I know you, flamma, " "The deepest desires of your heart, the softest secrets of your soul, the meanest moments in your mind. I know them all, I own them. Every desire, every secret, every thought." - "I will set the whole world on fire before I let anything hurt you again." - "Because you're mine!" "You're the only person, the only thing in this entire world that is mine!" "My killer, my stalker, my lover. The thought of sharing your obsession makes me sick to my stomach. You have power over me. Is that what you wanted to hear? That your claim makes me an idiot because my stupid fucking heart believes you? Is that it?" - "I am darkness." "I live it, I breathe it, I am it. There is no redemption, no emotion, nothing for me. Nothing but you. You're the moon to my dark night, flamma. You're the only thing in this black sky that can thrive when I swallow everything else whole. The stars don't exist in this space. Just you and I. You need me to glow and I need you to exist. It's simple as that." - "She was the sun in the endless dark abyss of the universe, a ball of fire so bright she made everything revolve around herself without even trying, and anything that didn't was lost to float away and die. And he? He was the endless, dark abyss they died in, the one that surrounded her, the one that let her blaze." - "Just like your hair tie," "When you feel that insecurity, touch this, remind yourself who claimed you, remind yourself of the last six years and how I never let you go once, and ask yourself if you ever think I'd let you go now. The world could tilt on its axis, flamma, and I'd still be the most certain thing in your life." "You're the oxygen that feeds my flames—without you, my existence is questionable." - "She remembered the girl that night in her club, the night she had almost ended her life. He had been there. Her brother had been right there, and she hadn't even known. Instead, she had gone up to her room and overdosed herself." - "He wasn't a believer, but she was his miracle." - "Love was light, love was beautiful, love was pure. What he felt was dark, obsessive, deviant, and utterly possessive. He would kill for her, as he always had, and he would die for her, if need be. He would slay her demons and give her the sword to slay them if she wanted. He would hold her close and protect her from anything wanting to tarnish her being. She completed parts of him that had been jagged and raw, fitting inside them with softness and fluidity, soothing some latent beast within him. Where she loved him with all her light, he possessed her with all his shadows. That's why she was his. As he braced himself for the two days he had before their world changed, he held her, knowing that despite whatever came their way, he was never, ever letting her go. And if anyone tried... it would be the end."