Kelley Armstrong: "Masih duduk, dia mengulurkan tangan dan menarik say...

"Masih duduk, dia mengulurkan tangan dan menarik saya ke arahnya. Kami tinggal di sana, saling memandang, tangannya masih terbungkus hem bajuku, jantungku berdebar begitu kencang hingga aku yakin dia bisa mendengarnya. Ketika aku beringsut mendekat, tidak ingin mengganggu, dia menarikku ke depannya dan aku tersandung, setengah jatuh ke pangkuannya. Aku berusaha bangkit, pipi terbakar, tetapi dia menarikku ke lututnya, satu pasukan mengelilingi pinggangku, ragu-ragu, seolah mengatakan apakah ini baik-baik saja? Ya, meskipun darahku berdegup kencang di telingaku, aku tidak bisa berpikir."

--- Kelley Armstrong

Versi Bahasa Inggris

Still sitting, he reached out and pulled me toward him. We stayed there, looking at each other, his hand still wrapped in my shirt hem, my heart hammering so hard I was sure he could hear it. when I inched closer, not wanting to intrude, he tugged me in front of him and I stumbled, half falling onto his lap. I tried to scramble up, cheeks burning, but he pulled me down onto his knee, one army going around my waist, tentative, as if to say Is this okay? It was, even if my blood pounded in my ears so hard I couldn't think.