Alexia figured, delightedly, that this meant he did, in fact, tend to traipse around his private apartments in the altogether. Marriage was becoming more and more of an attractive prospect.

Werewolf change was never pleasant. That was one of the reasons pack members still referred to it as a curse, despite the fact that, in the modern age of enlightenment and free will, clavigers chose...

The vampire’s eyes were open, and he was staring at her intently. It was as though he were trying to speak to her with simply the power of a glare.Alexia did not speak glare-ish.

I was overpowered by the mere sensation of that dream and it alone survived in my sorely wounded heart.

Eyes as dark as her heart and as empty as her soul

The quiet but inexorable breaking down of self-esteem is much more sinister – it’s violation of the soul.

My dearest girl,’ said the vampire finally, examining Lord Maccon with an exhausted but appreciative eye, ‘such a banquet. Never been one to favor werewolves myself, but he is very well equipped, now, is he...

The ill-informed masses included her own family among their ranks, a family that specialized in being both inconvenient and asinine.