I’m not trying to avoid you,’ I replied lamely, but what else could I say? Sorry Brae but when I first came down to meet you I had no idea how hard it was going...

At least it would have been perfect, if it wasn’t for my mother.

The hero was the sort of character you could feel yourself falling in love with, no matter how much you tried to convince yourself that he wasn’t real

Vincent laughed. “No, you still need to look like a Helian.””So I should burn everything to a crisp?””Well, that would definitely get your mother’s attention, but I think that she’s looking for something more sophisticated...

Poor girl,” I said, letting my eyes lock with hers for a moment before turning to face Cin again, weaving my hand possessively around his waist. “This is probably the first time she’s ever seen...

I loved him, more than anything else in the world and that when he was away it was hard to breath and that I couldn’t go through a single second without thinking about him.

I closed my eyes and let a wave of heat pass over me, tingling right down into my fingertips. As my eyes flickered open I let my hands shoot out in front of me, sending...

Seclusion wasn’t good for anyone; it made you forget how to protect yourself.

I’m a Helian, and you’re an Arcan. We’re just made that way. I don’t think we would ever be able to really understand each other.

Well, most people would have said `thank you’ after they’d been given help, and then I would have responded to that with `you’re welcome’. I figured we’d skip straight to my part since social graces...

I sat down on the grass and looked up at Brae. He was still shirtless and – although it pained me a little to even think it – it suited him. He was in really...

Your powers don’t work in the rain do they? A little bit of water and your fire fizzles out? So Little Miss Perfect does have a weakness after all!

I forced myself to breathe deeply; perhaps they would have vanished. Perhaps I’d been imagining them because Brae was gone and I was scared without him, and now that he was back I’d feel safe...

It was exactly the sort of thing I needed to be reading that afternoon: a story where, no matter how bad things got, you knew everything was going to turn out fine in the end.

I don’t know if it was the cold sincerity in my voice or the shock of being straddled by a wild, mud covered woman, but he didn’t try to argue. “Give me your ring. Now.

He could never care about you. He sees you in the same way they see all of us: ruthless, cruel and power hungry.” He laughed callously. “I guess we’re about to prove them right.

I felt as though a large knot of flames had been lit in my stomach, making me feel nauseous and excited all at once

We were the only humans – the only forms of life, in fact – for hundreds of miles in each direction, unreaching and unreachable as we rocketed back towards civilisation.

While they argued, the pain blazed on. My blood boiled in my veins. Why was I doing this? Was he worth all of this pain? Why should I care if he lived or died?”I love...

A turmoil of winds rushed around him, spiraling up in to the air: he was thinking.

They’re terrified of us Firefly, all of them are.””Well, good,” I replied, forming a tiny ball of flames in my fingertips, which were curled round the handle on the back of the bike. “They should...

It was a place where water brought together all elements. Water glittered with fire, water touched the banks of earth, water rippled with the touch of air. As for the fifth element, the Spirit that...

I couldn’t be certain whether their eagerness to leave was fueled by their desire to see more fire or to get away from my mother. I wouldn’t have blamed them at all if it was...