You touch me again, you arrogant Ardenine swine, and I swear on the blood of Hanalea the warrior, I will geld you. Do you understand?

Just tell me you don’t love me, and I’ll let the matter drop.””What?””What I said. Just say, ‘Rai, I don’t love you and I never will’. It’s that simple.””Raisa, this is getting us nowhere.””Say it!

Tears stung her eyes. She sank her knees next to the sleeping bench and gently raked strands of golden hair from him forehead.”Don’t you die. don’t you dare. I forbid it.” As if Han Alister...

If he even survives.” She shivered, and Amon put his arm around her, drawing her into his steady warmth.”It’s that bad?”Raisa nodded. “He looked…he looked awful, Amon. Willo doesn’t know if he’ll…She’s worried about him....

Which is a sad thing when you’re only seventeen.

So here’s the truth – I love you. I love everything about you – the way you stick up for people even when it costs you. The way you keep trying to do the right...

Whoa, Rebecca,” Talia said smiling even wider, “Walking on the wild side, are we?”Raisa seemed to think the situation needed more explaining. “He – uh – I’m tutoring him.””She is,” Han said solemnly. “She’s very...

You didn’t have to go to the fireworks with him. Or – or let him fondle you.””Fondle?” Raisa raised her eyebrows, “When did I mention fondling?

Did the destruction of one dream leave a vacuum that required filling with another? Is a broken heart more vulnerable?