Book: Collapse and Sunrise

You accumulate all your anger and sadness. Eventually they will overflow. Or you will drown in them.

Suffering spares none and are very frequent. Most importantly, what we take out of them a lesson.

"The steel must be earned". In Adric was steel, as in Nadia. She again proved it during the flight of Albena. Part of me wondered what it found Tamara. But Nadia participated in the terrible battles at the Petit Palais. Lost my best friend and has completely changed my life. And yet she didn't melt down, as Sergei, and not dug into the ground as Maxim. Despite everything, Nadia has always remained invincible.

Each broken in their own way.

He looks at her like Harshaw on fire. Though it'll never be enough. If he tries to get enough what you can before she leaves.

And that's it? Any wise sayings? Ominous warnings?
- For God's sake, Alina! I hope you don't expect me to be your voice of reason. I stick to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret.

Between fear and reverence is a very fine line.

You'll give him?
I froze, feeling the danger of squeezing me in a vise. And then whispered:
- Alexander.
His smile faded, gray eyes sparkled.
- Still, - he demanded.
- Alexander.
He leaned forward. I felt his breath on my neck, and then light as a breath, the touch of her lips to the skin just above the collar.

- I want you to know my name, ' he said. - The name given to me at birth, not a title that I have purchased. You will receive it, Alina?
"Yes," I exhaled.