欧宝娱乐

“ 鈥淢辞谤辫丑别耻蝉.鈥� Jeb bites down on the name, as if trying to chew it up. 鈥淗e visits your dreams and flies with you. How can a human compete with that?鈥�
鈥淭his isn鈥檛 a competition,鈥� I say. 鈥淚 made my choice.鈥�
鈥淚s that why you lied for so long?鈥� He won鈥檛 meet my gaze, concentrating instead on his boots. 鈥淏ecause you made your choice?鈥� His jaw clamps so tight I can see the muscles twitch beneath the skin. 鈥淣o. You lied because I鈥檓 just a skater. Just an artist. I have nothing to offer. He can give you a world of magic and beauty.鈥� His eyes slowly trail up to mine. They鈥檙e like a forest trampled by a storm. 鈥淎 world that you were born to rule.鈥�

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鈥淛ust an artist. You painted my freedom with your blood. Just a skater. You flew across a chasm on a skateboard made of a tea tray to get me to safety. You don鈥檛 need magic, Jeb.鈥� I touch his face, and he leans his stubbled cheek against my palm, all of his anger and hurt seeping away. 鈥淵ou held your own against everything that was thrown at us, using only human courage and ingenuity. You鈥檙e my knight. There鈥檚 nothing left to prove anymore. Not to your dad, not to my mom, not to Morpheus, not to me. You鈥檝e already proven you鈥檙e the guy I always knew you were. The guy I love.鈥� ”
― A.G. Howard, Unhinged