I grip the knife harder.
If he touches her-
And my Noise reels back to the start of our journey, to Viola before she said anything, to Viola when she told me her name, to Viola when she talked to Hildy and Tam, to when she took on Wilf’s accent, to when Aaron grabbed her and stole her away, to waking up to her in Doctor Snow’s house, to her promise to Ben, to when she took on my ma’s voice and made the whole world change, just for a little while.
All the things we’ve been thru.
How she cried when we left Manchee behind.
Telling me I was all she had.
When I found out I could read her, silence or not.
When I thought Aaron had shot her on the road.
How I felt in those few terrible seconds.
How it would feel to lose her.
The pain and the unfairness and the injustice.
The rage.
And how I wished it was me.
"I can almost hear you-
I can almost-
Is that you?
Is that us?
Is that what we did?
Viola?
Keep calling for me-
And I’ll keep searching for you-
And I’ll find you
You bet yer life on it-
I’ll find you-
Keep calling for me, Viola-
Cuz here I come."
— Todd Hewitt, Monsters of Men
"And it’s a sad song, Todd, but it’s also a promise. I’ll never deceive you and I’ll never leave you and I promise you this so you can one day promise it to others and know that it’s true."
just-like-flying:
For some reason I decided to re-read the end of Monsters of Men
Someone should take those books away from me.
(via deviantgrace)
"‘I think she wants you bad, Todd,’ Mr Prentiss Jr sneers.
I clench my teeth.
My Noise rises red and purple.
I’m Todd bloody Hewitt.
That’s who I effing well am"
— Todd Hewitt, The Knife of Never Letting Go
"Sizewise, she’s always been just smaller than me.
But I think of her and I feel like she’s as big as the world."
"‘Schooling ain’t life.’
‘Ain’t it?’ she says, her eyebrows raising in mock surprise."
— Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go
