"There is no lock strong enough nor wall thick enough to keep Death out," he murmured, his lips close to my ear so that I could feel the puff of his breath against my skin. The ends of a couple of his braids had found their way under the collar of my flannel night-shirt and tickled the base of my neck. "Are you speaking literally or metaphorically?"

Source : Jenna Black (2016). “Descendant: The Complete Nikki Glass Series”, p.122, Simon and Schuster

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