She must still have a fever,” Victor said, fighting a smile, which just made him even more breathtaking.

Just so we’re very clear. If I want to kill you, I can kill you.

I plant a gentle parting kiss on his lips, our strategy is well and truly screwed at this stage anyway. We barely lasted a day.

Just tell him to keep his hands to himself and his python in his pants.

Her heavy breathing echoed off the thick walls, her body frozen in shock, but when Marik reappeared in the mouth of the cave, she reached for the sword. He was still in a state of...

Sure looks like that’s working out well for you,” I say, piercing him with a scornful look.

Deep in the recesses of her mind, she knew they were probably watching. They watched everything, after all.Let them watch. Let them see what it meant to be human. To live.Let them see what it...

I need to master the art of talking to her before I can even contemplate anything else.

As a rule of thumb, it was always safer if the Commander-in-Chief formulated a risky plan.

I’m just an apprentice, stuck between these borrowed first and last breaths that I was given, drinking water of life, and chasing the fire of knowledge, and waiting to mingle with my eternal and faithful...

No…you can ask for a beautiful, witty, intelligent yet minxy woman in your arms every night, a mansion on a hill—or better yet in the sky—and the best bodyguards to protect you when someone does...

My romantic history since arriving on Novo has been non-existent, but I don’t know what, if anything, came before; thanks to the government’s cerebral pilfering.

Knowing all the languages in the world could help you to really understand all the jokes you can hear… from my future Kids’ Funny Business.

In a flash, the previously lusty green irises morphed into an angry blood red. Nadua stood with a gasp, not sure what was happening to him. The horns that peeked out of his sandy brown...

It’s degrading being routinely subjected to a battery of medical tests to ensure I continue to deserve a place in this new world.

So that’s why I say ‘never have anything you can’t walk away from.’ Especially a woman. For them, because this is a dangerous life we lead and you never know if or when it will...

Ariana strikes me as the type of girl who is attracted to authenticity.

I knew what made you tick from the moment we first met. That’s why I punched you between the legs.”~ #1001 & Caleb

(D)reams are like that: they go in and out of memories and scenes, but they’re never real. They’re never real, and I hate them because they aren’t.

In sum, every pore of his being oozed one thing…okay, FINE. Every pore oozed two things. The first was irrelevant. The second was dangerous.

You really need to get out more. Where’d you glean that interesting nugget? The desperate men’s journal perhaps?

A pulse. Beat-beating against her palm. Alive. Beat by beat the bottomless whirlwind of perceptions and data and images and sensations careening through her mind—so many how can this tiny skull hold them all—began to...

Know this. If you’re here to hurt my ship, or my crew, I will make sure you truly do know suffering.”Cale from Demon Possession

Most of the girls I’ve met since moving here have failed to ignite any modicum of enduring interest. Of course, I’ve dated; I’m seventeen years old and as horny as the next guy.

Usually for the same reason you were unconscious, I think.

While I AM sure of what I want, I’m equally unsure of how to attain it.

Well, no. I thought you were a criminal.

Not in this country.

They sit in their soundproof rooms and issue tone-deaf edicts and call themselves controlling the world. And one day they ask you to die for them.

The Suitors Ball is fast approaching and it’s a nasty reminder that my suitor will be chosen shortly. I feel sorry for the poor unfortunate guy, whichever one of them it happens to be.

Alex, I can’t.

It wasn’t till Sebastian began to stalk toward her that she recalled her situation. She was wet and half naked, alone in a room with a strong brutish male of unknown intentions

I feel myself collapse inside as if the life force has been sucked out of me.

He did not have time to wallow, to give a moment’s thought to what may have happened to her or whether she was alive.Turn into the punch, grab hold of the gun, leap into the...

It’s the first instance where I believe that it might actually be wrong, the first time I feel like a bit of a creep.

He takes two steps back. Closer to the portal.I can’t stop myself. “Ben,” I call. And I’m not even embarrassed about how helpless my voice sounds.Don’t go.”I’ll come back for you.” He takes another step...

She could and had faced an armed laser in the hands of a mad mutant mercenary with less fear than she faced such unswerving emotion…

I’m already under the covers when he comes in. I watch as he takes off his shirt and jeans, and climbs into bed beside me. On any other occasion, the sight and feel of his...

He was terrified he was making the wrong choice. He relied on his instincts in his work but now he didn’t dare trust them. The wound of betrayal still burned raw in his chest and...

None of us could choose our birth, but we could still chose our family, and only those who love you are your true family.

You took apart your robot dog.

Don’t let go.

I am unbelievably nervous.It is most unlike me.This girl is really messing with my mojo.

Reaching out, I grab his hand and intertwine my fingers with his. And I move into his space until we’re not even an inch from each other. Laying my forehead on his chest, I take...

Above her like this, he was a warrior god, hot and hard, demanding complete submission.

I work my way through the rest of my dates, but I’m only there in body. The boys usually give up after the first hour; it’s difficult to have a conversation all by yourself. My...

She didn’t want to be the savior of humanity. She never had. She didn’t want to be the vanguard—of destruction or salvation. What she had really wanted was to be a girl whose father lived...

He was protecting me with just the tips of his fingers, like five miniature copies of his heart touching my skin.

Sweet as sugar. Let’s get back to why you won’t let me put my hands on you.

We don’t get to choose what happens to us—but we always get to choose how we react to it.