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Lynette Noni Biography

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“I know what it's like to have your family taken from you. To feel that emptiness--that pain--and fear it's never going to leave you. I know how it feels to be left with nothing but darkness. I know what it's like to become that darkness, how consuming it is. It's so much easier to hide in the night than to fight for the light. I also know how tempting it is not to feel any of those things. To shut everyone out so you never have to experience that kind of agony again. I know, Cal. I know.”

“Everyone deserves to have someone fight for them, even--and especially--when they're unable to fight for themselves. You did that for me, once. You fought for me, saved my life, and I've hated you every day since because it meant that I then had to make the same choice: to fight, and to keep fighting, day after day. And that's hard. It's exhausting and it's painful and it hurts. But I eventually realized that it's also a part of life, and it will all be worth it one day. I have to believe that--for me, and for you.”

“If you don't relax and start reading, I'll have to begin narrating out loud. And fair warning, I do voices. And accents." He clears his throat dramatically and looks down at his book before reciting in a thick Scottish brogue. ""I don' wan'a cup'a tea' McNally told the told widow. 'I wan'a see Cormack.' 'I told ye,' she replied. 'Cormack don' wan'a see ye. Ye'll hav'te wait till-'" Ward stop butchering what should have been an enchanting accent the moment I snap my book open. "You should see your face right now," he says, grinning. "But come on, I wasn't that bad." I beg to differ. I feel like my ears are bleeding.”