I also had to come tonight to apologize. If you need to go to Mexico to finish this process off, then I understand. I was wrong to criticize you for it or even imply that...

Rose was so full of life and passion that sometimes she seemed more human than I was.

That’s pretty hot,” he said.”Punching me in the eye?””Well, no. Of course not. I meant the idea of getting rough with you is hot. I’m a big fan of full-contact sports.””I’m sure you are.

Truly,” remarked Nandi as we entered a darkened tunnel, “it is amazing that you have not died yet, mistress.” “Well, hang in there. The night is young.

Roza, my self-control is ten times stronger than yours.”I opened my eyes, shifting to look into his. I brushed his hair back and smiled, certain my heart would expand and expand until there was nothing...

Whoa, Dimitri,” I said, tossing my bag on the floor. “I realize this is actually a current hit in Eastern Europe right now, but do you think we could maybe listen to something that wasn’t...

Then… it was like… I don’t even know how to describe it. Color and light and music and life and joy and love… so many wonderful things, all the lovely things that make up the...

I had an accident.””That seemes to happen a lot.””It wasn’t my fault.””It never is.””I just have bad luck.””Or you’re just trouble.””You got a problem with that?””No problem at all.””Oh my God! Are you going to...

I wrote back with a quick message: How do you know about 24601? I refuse to believe you read the book. You saw the musical, right?I hit send and received a response back from him...

My wife, ladies and gentlemen. Beauty, brains, and now brawn.

That we should’ve been doing this a long time ago.

I’ll lead you there,” she whispered.”We’re going on a road trip,” Sydney declared. “Get ready.”Dimitri and I were still standing right next to each other, the anger between us beginning to diffuse. Sydney looked proud...

It was one thing to accept I couldn’t have Dimitri. It was something entirely different to realize someone else could.

Adrian opened his mouth, undoubtedly ready with some inappropriate and mocking comment. Lissa gave him a sharp headshake that kept him quiet. “Aren’t there any, I don’t know, sleeveless options?”The saleswoman’s eyes widened. “No one...

Adrian rolled his eyes. “I’m kind of surprised to find you lecturing about underage girls.

The parties find me.

Honestly, darling,” she said. “Do you even look in a mirror before you walk out the door? Your hair’s a mess.”He dodged her as she reached toward his head. “Are you kidding? I spend hours...

He sighed and then focused his eyes right on me. It was like drowning, drowning in seas of green. There was nothing in the world except for those eyes.”I want to kiss you, Rose,” he...

Want to try it out?

Things on the essential list: vodka, Nine Inch Nails, a steady supply of mortal men, and an all-purpose bitchy attitude.

Sydney, don’t leave Adrian because of me.””It’s more complicated than that,” I said automatically.”It’s really not,” she said. “From everything I’ve seen and heard, you’re just afraid. You’ve always controlled every detail of your life....

Tradition or not, I sometimes thought putting children on an old guy’s lap was already creepy enough. We didn’t need to mix alcohol into it.

ARE YOU CRAZY?” I ASKED. He gave me the same wordless look he always did when I asked that question.

Through the metal grating on my carrier door, Adrian’s face suddenly appeared, peering in at me. “What new, pussycat?

Love and loyalty run deeper than blood

If I keep loving you, maybe you’ll crack and love me too.

I’ve lost someone, too; someone I loved. I know how you feel.”- Does it get easier?”Yes. But you’ll never be the same again.

After almost exactly three hours, we rolled into a small hole of a town that had one traffic light and a resturant simply marked DINER. There hadn’t been any traffic on the road for over...

I sighed and stared off without any particular focus. “I miss him so much.””I’m sorry,” she said.”Will it ever get better?”The question seemed to catch her by surprise. “I…I don’t know.

And I figured you’d drive a four-hour round-trip before giving up your car to someone else

I hope I’maround the day you actually notice someone is interested inyou.” I continued to be mystified, and she spent the rest ofclass bursting out with spontaneous giggles.

He’s been out for a while,” she said. “You ready to take a break?”Hopper could exist in this living form or be transformed into a small statue, which helped avoid uncomfortable questions when people came...

Wait for me. Be strong, and I’ll be strong too. I’ll fight my way out of whatever they’ve got in store. I won’t forget you. I won’t ever turn my back on you, no matter...

I love you, and beneath all that logic, calculation, and superstition, I know you love me too.

I’m sorry ma’am,” I said. Really, I had no idea what else to say. I’d spent the weekend caught up in an epic battle to save humanity, and now… jean shorts?

I wanted to bring Lissa back, and I wanted to return to Adrian’s arms again, return to his lips and all this life…”Hathaway! Good God, do I have to hose you down?

Being charming is my hobby.

Your mom seems like someone who gets her way a lot.” Adrian cast a covert look to where Lissa and my mom stood talking across the room. He lowered his voice. “It must run in...

What do you think, little dhampir? I was pretty badass with that plant, wasn’t I? Of course, it would have been more badass if I’d, I dunno, helped an amputee grow a limb back. Or...

Being charming is my hobby

Centrum permanebit.

Okay, God, I thought. Get me out of this and I’ll stop my half-assed church-going ways. You got me past a pack of Strigoi tonight. I mean, trapping that one between the doors really shouldn’t...

When we were almost to the other campus, I felt the weird nausea hit me. I called a warning to Christian, just as a Strigoi grabbed him. But Christian was fast. Flames wreathed the Strigoi’s...

You…you got rid of that dress fast,” I pointed out between heavy breaths. “I thought you liked it.” “I do like it,” he said. His breathing was as heavy as mine. “I love it.” And...

Once all the blocks were on the quad, Rowena grew obsessed with arranging them perfectly. I didn’t care at this point and busied myself texting a message to Sydney on the Love Phone, letting her...

Iʹve seen you too. Ozera. Crispin, right?ʺʺChristian,ʺ corrected Lissa.ʺRight.ʺ….ʺSo what brings you and Christopher here?ʺ asked Blake. He finished a glass of something amber colored and set it down beside the new drink.ʺChristian,ʺ said Christian…..Blake...

I remembered those frantic seconds when I’d thought all I loved and knew, all that was Sydney Sage, would be lost from this world. My battered friends and I had just had a brush with...

The best jury of your peers that you’ll ever find is…well, you. Only you know what you’re capable of and what you want to be.

No, you will listen. For once, you’re going to hear something that doesn’t fit into your neat, compartmentalized world of order and logic and reason. Because this isn’t reasonable. If you’re terrified, believe me—this scares...

Simplemente pensé… no lo se. Pensé que me odiarías.La diversión desapareció de su rostro. Se acerco a mí y apoyo las manos en mis hombros, sus ojos color verde oscuro estaban serios.―Rose, nada en este...