“Carter may have just beaten the crap out of me, he may have shot me in the back, but he'd bought me Dr. Pepper. I know it was effed up, but somehow, it balanced out.” — Emily McKay Copy Share Image
“Time crawls in the silence. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Tock. Tock. Tock.” — Emily McKay Copy Share Image
“Most days Lily is the steady drumbeat. The rhythm of my heart. The repeating melody of the music in my head. But not today.” — Emily McKay Copy Share Image
“Carter may have just beaten the crap out of me, he may have shot me in the back, but he'd bought me Dr. Pepper.… — Emily McKay Copy Share Image
“The Dean liked to remind us that those fences were there to keep the Ticks out as much as to keep us in.” — Emily McKay Copy Share Image
“His presence makes me feel thin. Not model slender. But worn, like an old cotton housedress. Thin like a specimen pressed between two plates… — Emily McKay Copy Share Image
“I worry about Lily, sluggish as she is. Will she see Carter's truths? Will he tell her? God knows she won't hear them. She's… — Emily McKay Copy Share Image
“The Vampires have a plan to take over the world?" I asked. I felt a bit dumb, gasping in surprise at every twist to… — Emily McKay Copy Share Image
“What can I say to convince you that I'm on the up-and-up?" "Why don't you just start at the beginning and I'll stop you… — Emily McKay Copy Share Image
“That's how you know you're doing the right thing - it's so hard you want to give up.” — Emily McKay Copy Share Image
“You just told me you didn't intend to love me. You didn't want to love me. You got yourself arrested to keep yourself away… — Emily McKay Copy Share Image
