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Linger
Stiefvater, Maggie
Teen Fiction STIEFVA
Stiefvater, Maggie
Teen Fiction STIEFVA
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| From Linger | |
| Mercy Falls, Minnesota looked different when you knew you'd be human for the rest of your life | |
| Before it had been a place that only existed in the heat of summer, concrete sidewalks and leaves curved up toward the sun, everything smelling of warm asphalt and dissipating truck exhaust | |
| Now, as the spring branches shared seldom-seen firlls of tender pink- it was where I belonged | |
| In the months since I'd lost my lupine skin, I'd tried to learn how to be a boy again | |
| I'd gotten my old job back at the Crooked Shelf, surrounded by new workds and the sound of pages turning | |
| I'd traded my inherited SUV, full of the scent of Beck and my life with the wolves, for a Volkswagen Golf just big enough for me and Grace and my guitar | |
| I tried not to flinch when I felt the cold rush in through a suddenly open door | |
| I tried to remember I was no longer alone | |
| At night, Grace and I crept into her room and I folded myself against her body, breathing in the smell of my new life and matching my heartbeat to hers | |
| If my chest caught when I heard the wolves' slow howls in the wind, at least I had the balm of this simple, ordinary life to console me | |
| I could look forward to years of Christmases with this girl in my arms, the privilege of growing old in this unfamiliar skin of mine | |
| I knew that | |
| I had everything |
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