I ran after him, but he was already back with the others…

“I folded my arm. "You know, I suspect you and Edward would be friends if it weren't for this place." His eyes were on…

— Megan Shepherd

“Sometimes you have to embrace the darkness to stop it.”

— Megan Shepherd

“You might be surprised to see how frightening your wife can be." For dramatic effect, I step back so the breeze blowing down the…

— Megan Shepherd

“How could a monster love anything but destruction?”

— Megan Shepherd

“Paranoia had crept into that part of my brain usually reserved for reason.”

— Megan Shepherd

“He smiled grimly, though there was no glee in it, as though for once he understood how heartbreaking this was for me. 'No serum…

— Megan Shepherd

“But I couldn't get the image out of my head of the beast strapped to the table, Father humming while the candle wax slowly…

— Megan Shepherd

“He pushed my back against the stall door, kissing me. Edward had tried kissing me, but I'd been so shocked I'd barely had time…

— Megan Shepherd

“We're going to die, aren't we?" I asked bitterly. He held me so tight I could hardly breathe. But I wanted tighter still. "Not…

— Megan Shepherd

“My heartbeat faltered. He pulled away, taking a little piece of my heart with him.”

— Megan Shepherd

“How did you survive?” I asked. My question caught him off guard, and his hand curled around the dice. He gave a cautious shrug.…

— Megan Shepherd

“I rested my forehead against the wall and closed my eyes. It wasn’t just my curiosity, or my fascination with anatomy, or how I…

— Megan Shepherd

“Believing in nothing except the truth of Montgomery, who for all his faults was as steady as the sea, as honest as the sun.…

— Megan Shepherd

“A scream hurled up my throat, but I never heard it. I'd slipped into a welcoming darkness.”

— Megan Shepherd

“Call it sentimentality. Call it curiosity. Just don't call it madness.”

— Megan Shepherd