You’d think I wouldn’t be into something named that—you know, considering my own personal experience with Russians. But they’re surprisingly delicious. The drinks, not real Russians.

It was worth it. You looked…happy

He smiled willingly. “Well, I always aim to help others in need.””Yeah,” a new voice suddenly said. “That’s exactly what comes to mind when I think of you, old man.”I hadn’t thought anyone could shock...

… imperfection would get me farther than perfection.

Dorian used to watch you like a starving man who wants meat. Now he looks at you like he wants seconds.

I need you,ʺ said Lissa.ʺI hear that from women a lot,ʺ said Adrian.

Hey, have you ever heard of the Alchemists? ” “Sure, ” he said.”Of course you have. ” “Why? Did you run into them? ” “Kind of. ” “What’d you do? ” “Why do you think...

With Alicia and the Alchemists on the loose, Sydney couldn’t leave a secure location like this without good reason. She contented herself by holing up in a guest room and prepping some spells that would...

He stared at me for several heavy seconds and then laughed—though there wasn’t much humor in it. “You know what’s great? You’reserious. Look at your face.” He gestured, as though I actually could examine myself....

Rose once told me “If your eyes weren’t open, you wouldn’t know the difference between dreaming and waking.”Adrian Ivashkov to Sydney Sage

Let go of me!” I yelled back.But he was too strong and managed to haul most of me over the rail, enough so that I wasn’t in total danger of falling again.See, here’s the thing....

As far as I’m concerned, you’re both.

You look too pretty to be useful.” “Truer words were never spoken.

I get in that kind of situation all the time, Comrade. It’s not a big deal.” Anger replaced my fear. I didn’t like being treated like a child. “Stop calling me that. You don’t even...

He’d barely seen me coming, and despite the horribleness of what I’d just done, I kind of wished one of my instructors had been there to grade me on such an awesome performance.

Nah. It’s part of the gift: you getting to think about it for the next three days.

I need it! I need it! It’s a royal heirloom!””Adrian?””What are you doing here?””Looking for you. Come on, we need to go. I’ll drive you home.””No, I can’t. Not until we get it. He stole...

Do you think I’m pretty?”He regarded me with utter seriousness, like he always did. “I think you’re beautiful.””Beautiful?””You are so beautiful, it hurts me sometimes.

But I didn’t know about the other story.””What other story?””About how you and Adrian Ivashkov are—””No, whatever you heard it’s not true.””But it was really romantic””Then it’s definitely not true.

I don’t balance you like you need.””What the hell does that mean?” he exclaimed.My heart ached for him, and I was so sorry for what I’d done…but this was the truth of it all. “The...

You approve?” I asked, spinning around.He slipped an arm around my waist. “Unfortunately, yes. I was hoping you’d show up in something a lot sluttier. Something that would scandalize my parents.” “Sometimes it’s like you...

And, finally, I noticed that a hot flush was spreading over me, and that the look in his eyes was doing more to me than Jesse’s kisses had. Dimitri was quiet and distant sometimes, but...

Not right? I think you mean so right.

Adrian Ivashkov wasn’t easy to surprise, but I surprised him then when I brought his mouth toward mine. I kissed him, and for a moment, he was too stunned to respond. That lasted for, oh,...

Escape plan number seventeen,” I told her. “Run away and open a juice stand in Fresno.””Why Fresno?””Sounds like the kind of place people drink a lot of juice.

You’re a solid person, Sage. You’re easy on the eyes, if a little skinny, and your ability to memorize useless information is going to totally hook in some guy.

And you doing scientific and magical calculations. We’re thinking, cerebral beings one minute . . . and the next, completely given over to physical acts of passion. How do we do that? Back and forth,...

We all screw up. Everyone makes mistakes. That’s what she did. It was bad judgment, that’s all. You don’t cut off the people you love for mistakes like that.

I didn’t care that we were out in public. I didn’t care that he was Moroi. All that mattered was that he was Adrian, my Adrian. My match. My partner in crime.

You said you were a victim. That’s why…that’s why ultimately, you and I aren’t matched for each other. In spite of everything that’s happened, I’ve never though of myself that way. Being a victim means...

So, explain this,” Avery said, “You just, what, hang around the Academy all day? Are you trying to redo your high school experience?” “Nothing to redo,” said Adrian loftily. “I totally ruled my high school....

Lissa looked taken aback, but Jared Sage—my father-in-law now, I realized―showed nothing but contempt. ‘This is ridiculous. Humans and Moroi can’t be married. That’s your way, as well as ours. This isn’t a real marriage.”Not...

I think Adrian really likes you. Like, in a wanting-to-be-serious way.”I shook my head and stepped back. “Nope. He likes me in a wanting-to-get-the-clothes-off-the-cute-dhampir way.