“There was a family joke that Lucy's first words were, "Nicholas is bugging me!” — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
“I love you, too,' he whispered, one corner of his mouth lifting into a smile. I grinned back, then kissed him until… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
“He kissed me as if we had all the time in the world, as if it weren’t cold outside, as if winter… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
“Hey, get off my sister,” Kieran barked from the other side. “Get lost, Black,” I called out. “And she’s not your sister.”… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
“Where's Lucy?" I asked the others. "At the farmhouse," Nicholas said with grim satisfaction. "How'd you manage that?" "She's in a closet."… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
“Why are you limping like that?' Nicholas demanded. 'I'm swaggering,' I informed him. 'You look like you're wearing a diaper.' Charming. And… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
“It seems only fair," Matthew continued. "A bit of karma, if you will." He twirled the stake again. "Shall we see how… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
“I nodded. “Where’s your hunter?” She flinched. “He went home. We thought it would be best.” Her eyes went from worried to… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
“Solange leaned back against the wall, bored. “Are you done yet?” “Hell no,” Lucy said. She’d left nose prints on the glass.… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
“Lucy said, her nose pressed to the window. “Misunderstanding. No big deal.” Solange quirked a half smile. “You might try complete sentences,… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
“It was the first time I could actually understand the seduction and the allure of baring your throat to a predator. It… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
“Where is Nicholas?” Kieran asked. “He’s locked in a closet,” Lucy said with grim satisfaction. After a moment of stunned silence, Quinn… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
“All right.” Lucy shouldered her way to my side and made a waving motion as if they were annoying flies. “Shoo!” She… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
“Are you serious about leaving?" I touched my aching face. "Yes.But I don't know how." "I'd go with you," Colin said quietly.… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
“A scratch at the door interrupted us. Colin dropped and rolled under the bed again. One of the maids poked her head… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
“I slammed the door shut before we had a cold buffet in the front corridor. The shouts grew louder, denied their target.… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
“We welcome our beloved dead." Determined, I lifted my eyelids and searched the room. The feather in Mrs. Thompson's white curls bounced… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
“Isn't he utterly divine? Beautiful?" "Somehow,I think he'd disagree with that last one." And not enough with the first. "All right," she… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
“Me own mam saw things," he said, looking at the fire as if she might be there behind it. "And they always… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
“He's not good enough for you." "What?" I stared at him incredulously. "I'd say you have that backwords. He's from a good… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
“I nodded. “Where’s your hunter?” She flinched. “He went home. We thought it would be best.” Her eyes went from worried to… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
“And then Lucy happened. Never mind prophecies and bounty hunters, she was the one who'd really turned my life upside down… She made everything… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share
“It was a beautiful night, warm and filled with stars and the songs of crickets and frogs. White flowers glowed in the grass. It… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share
“Embroidery?" I sucked at embroidery. Aunt Hyacinth had tried to teach me, but we'd both given it up as a lost cause.Lucy, strangely, had… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share
“I have to console myself with the hope that I'd seen Isabeau soften, even hesitate, as if she might actually have taken my arm.… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share
“I could think of a hundred things I'd rather do than follow a possible murderess and the ghost of her victim.” — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share
“What's the matter with you?" I hissed at her as we followed Kieran and Solange inside. 'She's royalty!' "And a vampire, remember?" 'Oh yeah,'… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share
“Solange and all her irritating brothers could get themselves killed without me. I deserved to be part of their clandestine plans. I'd earned it.… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share
“Logan, don’t be an ass.” “I have been sleeping in mud. I’m covered in dirt and blood and these were my favorite pants before… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share
“Where's Lucy?" I asked the others. "At the farmhouse," Nicholas said with grim satisfaction. "How'd you manage that?" "She's in a closet." Solange rolled… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share
“I kissed him lightly and used the moment to slip the package out of the inside of his pocket. I was a white handkerchief… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share
“We had a short reprieve as Dad cupped Mom’s face and ran his hands down her neck, over her shoulders. “Helena, are you hurt?”… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share
“Hart and Hope,” I muttered. “If you’re going to name your kids like that, of course they’re going to think they live in a… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share
“I might have been more worried if I hadn't been defending myself against six brothers my whole life. And if I didn't have a… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share
