People make mistakes all the time –some of us just are in more of a position to leave an impact when we do.

Someday, Ry, you are going to realize who Darren really is. He’s a prince, and he’s only going to break your heart.

All of sudden I cared what someone thought of me. Because we are friends. And making you miserable and angry makes me miserable and angry. I don’t want to be the person to make you...

Something I don’t regret.

I’m looking at it.

And it’s a shame, really it is, because, according to you, I was the one true friend you had.

That somehow, this insufferable girl would become the one person I am forever, hopelessly, madly drawn to against my will and possibly even my better judgment.

The irony was that my real enemy had been there all along right in front of me. Smiling crookedly and convincing me we were friends. Trying to seduce me for the thrill of the chase....

Anything for Byron’s least favorite apprentice. It’s the least I can do since you took over my torch.

We couldn’t be friends. We couldn’t be enemies.So what were we?

Three. I had just made my first, second, and third kill. Before I had even obtained my mage’s robes. I bent over and vomited into the grass. There was no pride, no justice, just the...

Love Darren? Of course not. Love is for fools not smart enough to see the path in front of them. That’s the difference between you and I, Ryiah. I see the truth and accept Darren...

I could still feel the echo of his hand on mine.

You can be a great man and still be a fool. Many of our country’s leaders can attest to that. Were they still living.

I’m not that pitiful little girl you bullied last year.

I’m not like you. I’ve never cared about keeping relationships or sparing people’s feelings. All I’ve ever cared about is power: how to get it, and how to keep it. I told you as much...

Haven’t you figured it out yet? I’m the wolf, Ryiah. I guess what I really should have told you was to never trust a prince, but that’s not quite as memorable.

He was a prince. There was no hope in saying yes to the boy with the garnet eyes who left me reckless and confused at every turn. There was no future with him. None. Darren...