Yet, it had been Dimitri’s gentleness and thoughtfulness mixed with that deadliness that made him so wonderful. The same hands that wielded stakes with such precision would carefully brush the hair out of my face....

Lure him out. Send in a ‘customer’ with a message from me needing to meet him. I’m not the kind of person he can ignore-well, that he used to not-never mind. Once he’s out, we...

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...

Where are you going?” he asked.”To break someone’s heart,” I replied.

Me? I didn’t believe in hopeless.

One of the few downsides to being awakened is that we no longer require sleep; therefore we also no longer dream. It’s a shame, because if I could dream, I know I’d dream about you.I’d...

Are you super strong? Can you be hurt?””Of course I can,” replied Dimitri. “I’m strong, but all sorts of things can still hurt me.”And then being Rose Hathaway, I said something I really shouldn’t have...

Stay back,”I warned. “Stay away from him.” They kept coming. “Stay back!” I yelled. They stopped. Except for one. “Rose,” came a soft voice. “Drop the sword.” My hands shook. I swallowed. “Get away from...

Dimitri’s voice snapped my attention back to him. “That’s Adrian Ivashkov.” He said the name the same way everyone else did. “Yeah, I know.””This is the second time I’ve seen you with him.””Yeah,” I replied...

An idea hit me so fast I didn’t pause to analyse it. I just acted. My body might be constrained, but my head and neck had just enough freedom to shift up-and kiss him.My lips...

Dimitri moved closer to me, his eyes sparkling with a secret. “It gets better:you’re Lissa’s guardian.””What?” I almost pulled away. “That’s impossible. They’d never…””They did. She’ll have others, so they probably figured it was okay...

You act young,” he said, “because you are young. But you know things, Roza. Things people older than you don’t even know. That day….” I knew instantly which day he referred to. The one up...

Sí, pero nosotros estamos vivos, Rose. No podemos dejar de vivir porque otras personas estén muertas

If you’re Strigoi,” the boy interrupted loudly, “then why don’t you have horns? My friend Jeffrey said Strigoi have horns.”Dimitri’s eyes fell not on the boy but on me for a moment. Again, that spark...

You were wrong. She really is the new general in town.”I smiled back, hoping he wasn’t aware of my body’s reaction to us standing so close. “Maybe. But, it’s okay. You can still be colonel.”He...

Los celos hacen que las personas hagan y digan cosas estúpidas

I followed along because really, it was hard to say no to Dimitri Belikov about anything.

Do you love him?”There were only a few people in the world who could ask me such insanely personal questions without getting punched. Dimitri was one of them.

Bo podía darle lo que ella quería. No cuando…” Dio algunos pasos en mi dirección. “No cuando mi corazón pertenece a otra persona

How many other people are there lurking off-screen?

Did you pick that out?” I asked Dimitri. Honestly, I would have expected him to bend a piece of steel with his bare hands and present her with that.

Dmitri was in my arms.

Adrian Ivashkov! You should be ashamed of yourself, going to a place like that, especially now that you’re married—

Dimitri no dijo nada cuando fue su turno, pero como siempre, sus ojos hablaban por él.

No one would have guessed this: that living as a Strigoi had hardened his heart, killing any chance of him loving anyone.Killing any chance of him loving me.And I was pretty sure that if that...

You sure you don’t want to go home and cuddle up with Rose?” I asked.

But with Dimitri, I never felt like I had to be anything more what I already was. I didn’t have to entertain him or think up jokes or even flirt. It was enough to just...

Did Belikov bend the rules of time and space to get here so fast? He can do that, right?

Propriety’s never been Adrian’s strong suit.

In an undertone, I murmured, “This isn’t over. I won’t give up on you.””I’ve given up on you,” he said back, voice also soft. “Love fades. Mine has.

Adrian paled and went perfectly still as he stared at the newcomer, and in that moment, all my high hopes for him came crashing down. Earlier, I’d been certain that if Adrain could just stay...