I am not hanging out with Blake Lazar again.

No,” he said. “I don’t want you to suffer. Much. But the next time you’re in bed with Belikov, stop a moment and remember that not everyone made out as well as you did.”I turned...

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...

If someone had asked who could stage the best intervention with a crazy woman who had formerly been an undead monster, Sydney Sage would have been my last guess.

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

It was with some surprise that I saw that the person waiting for me at the airport’s exit was Adrian. A grin spread over my face, and I picked up the pace. I threw my...

A gun. I had been brought down by a gun. It was practically comical. Cheaters, I thought.

The love we’d shared always burned within me, no matter how often I told myself to move on, no matter how much the world did think I’d moved on.

Um, thanks,” she said. It was nice to see one woman finally immune to that accent. That wasn’t to say Rose wasn’t a sucker for accents. She just preferred hers from the other side of...

Both Christian and Adrian had worried there would be some piece of Strigoi left in him, but their fears had been about violence and bloodshed. No one would have guessed this: that living as a...

Sydney might not be an expert in personal relationships but puzzles were familiar territory.

Jerks,” I muttered. Then I brightened. “Oh, hey. Doughnuts.

Hey, have you ever heard of the Alchemists? ” “Sure, ” he said.”Of course you have. ” “Why? Did you run into them? ” “Kind of. ” “What’d you do? ” “Why do you think...

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...

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 think Adrian really likes you. Like, in a wanting-to-be-serious way.”I shook my head and stepped back. “Nope. He likes me in a wanting-to-get-the-clothes-off-the-cute-dhampir way.

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.

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...

Okay, but if you try to get me to pray with you, I walk.

Make me an offer, ” I said at last. “Write it up, and give me a point-by-point outline of why you’re a good would-be suitor. ” He started to laugh, then saw my face. “Seriously?...

Sex had been amazing, but it wasn’t a magical cure for everything. Damn. Somewhere along the way, I’d picked up common sense.

You and I have never liked each other, Rose. If I’ve got to kill someone, it might as well be you.

Rose, nothing in this world could make me hate you.””Not even trying to bring my ex-boyfriend back from the dead?