“Trust me?" I held my breath for her answer. She had every reason not to trust me. I'd been her kidnapper, her captor, yet I'd rather have died than hurt a single hair on her head.”

—  Alex Flinn, book Beastly

Source: Beastly

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American children's writer 1966

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