I couldn’t be Mason’s girlfriend because when I imagined someone holding me and whispering dirty things in my ear, he had a Russian accent.
My heart swelled, so full of love I didn’t know how any physical body could possibly contain such power. I felt like my chest would burst.
The love Adrian and I shared was powerful, and I knew it would sustain us for the rest of our lives, no matter what was to come.
The heels reminded me of the silver stakes Eddie and Rose used to kill Strigoi.
The world was full of life and light, and I practically floated on air when I walked inside.
You’ve deprived yourself of enjoyment for most of your life. You’re aloof from others. You’ve never let yourself be selfish, and look where it’s got you. Your ‘morals’ have left you with a short, strict life. Can you tell me now, just before you’re about to die, that you don’t wish you’d maybe allowed yourself an little more fun?
Of course, some might consider any get-together with Rose Hathaway and Lissa Dragomir a wild time.
Never would I have guessed I’d fall so comfortably into the role of husband and father. Never would I have guessed I’d be married to a human. And I certainly wouldn’t have guessed I’d be so happy without spirit.
Are you calling the priest a liar? That’s pretty sacrilegious.
You can’t kill me. Even if you could, you can’t bring yourself to do it. You’ll hesitate. Again.
Really?” I asked when they were gone. “Did you have to say that?” “I speak my mind, Sage. Don’t you believe in telling the truth?
A princess of her people has no business sitting off to the side while her people are in danger.
Just getting by one more day isn’t good enough anymore. There must be more to life, more to hope for.
In retrospect, the highlight of dating him had been free coffee and a particularly compelling discussion on the fall of the Roman Empire.
I was awash on a sea of desire, drowning in everything about her. Her passion answered mine as she murmured my name and clung to me so tightly that her nails dug into my skin, as though she feared she might lose me if she let go.
But per what usually happens in catastrophic situations, people panic and open the door for the loudest voices to seize control. And once they get power in a world where everything’s been destabilized, they can then rebuild that world in their own image.
They’re beautiful. You’re beautiful.
If the same guy’s still here, he’s not really all that stable either. Actually has the balls to call himself Golden Arrow.
Maybe we’re not doing it, but believe me, Sage, there are plenty of other ways to pass the time.
And,” Mae added, voice prim, “if you try to brag about this, no one’s going to believe you. No one will believe someone like me would sleep with someone like you.” That was the gut punch. It was also the last word, because he couldn’t muster another response.