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Something clenched in my chest, and for a moment, the whole world narrowed down to the green of his eyes. — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Except, now that I don’t have a car, I can’t really make good on my birthday promise.” Sydney thought about it for… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
People get too caught up in what they don't have and get bogged down as a result. There's joy in the present.… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Life and death were so unpredictable. So close to each other. We existed moment to moment, never knowing who would be the… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
If I had learned anything in my life about love, it was that they were tenous things that could end at any… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
I lost track of day and night too. My time was divided into Dimitri and not-Dimitri. He was my world. When he wasn't there, the moments were agony. — Richelle Mead Copy Share
For a moment, staring down and realizing what I'd just done, I wanted to throw myself in after him, because surely there… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
I brought my lips down to hers, and it was like everything that had ever happened to me had simply been a… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Is he... is Dimitri a Strigoi?" Mason hesitated only a moment, like he was afraid to answer me, and then—he nodded. My… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
You guys didn't really think you could go off on a party weekend without me, did you? Especially here of all places—" He froze and it was one of those rare moments when Adrian Ivashkov was caught totally and completely off guard. "Did you know," he said slowly, "that Victor Dashkov is sitting on your bed?" "Yeah," I said. "It… — Richelle Mead Copy Share
Life and death were so unpredictable. So close to each other. We existed moment to moment, never knowing who would be the next to leave the world. I was still in it, barely, and as I looked up from the ashes, everything around me seemed so sweet and so beautiful. The trees. The stars. The moon. I was alive --… — Richelle Mead Copy Share
We studied our angels for a few moments more, looking at where we had lain side by side in that sweet, quiet… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
I'm just confused. I can't read your signals. One moment you're hot, the next you're cold. You tell me you want me,… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
For a moment, I was captivated as I studied them side by side. My mother: the perfect picture of guardian excellence and… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Christian's family lived under the shadow cast by his parents. They had purposely become Striogi, trading thier magic and mortality to become… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
I'd realized then just how strong our connection was, how perfectly we understood each other. I'd been skeptical about people being soul… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
It wasn't the kind of touch that said, Hey, I've got a plan, so hang in there because we're going to get… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
I sat there for several moments, trying to decide how best I should respond. None of the advice I'd gotten from the… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Angeline made a few more attempts to break away, but when it became clear she couldn't, those around us began whistling and… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Thanks for looking out for her, Sage. You're okay. For a human." I almost laughed. "Thanks." "You can say it too, you know." I walked over to Latte and paused. "Say what?" "That I'm okay...for a vampire," he explained. I shook my head, still smiling. "You'll have a hard time getting any Alchemist to admit that. But I can say… — Richelle Mead Copy Share
She stared at me with concern a few moments longer and then relaxed a little. "Okay. But if you need anything—" "I… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Look at it this way," Ms. Terwilliger said, after several moments of thought. "The callistana thinks of you two as its parents. — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Can you come over to Amberwood? I need you to help me break curfew and escape my dorm.” There were a few… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Is Hopper celebrating with you?” “Hopper? Why would—” My mouth snapped shut for a few moments. “Oh. I, uh, kind of forgot… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Oh,” she said. “You can rest assured that I will kill him. Mostly this is to emphasize what I said before: no… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
A gun I had been brought down by a gun. It was practically comical. Cheaters, I thought. I’d spent my life focusing on hand to hand combat, learning to dodge fangs and powerful hands that could snap my neck. A gun? It was so… well, easy. Should I be insulted? I didn’t know. Did it matter? I didn’t know that… — Richelle Mead Copy Share
The incident with Dawn hadn't been one of my finer moments. I honestly hadn't expected to break any bones when I shoved… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
In this one terrified moment, my mind couldn’t focus on any of it. “I’ve forgotten everything.” “No, you haven’t.” His voice in… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Somehow, Sydney had an internal clock that told her when time was up. I think it was part of her inherent ability… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
The training part," I guessed. "Yup. You're going to be Dimitri's partner." A moment of funny silence fell, probably not noticeable to… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Shouldn't that be flipped right-side up?" I asked. "No," she said, eyes on the cards. After several moments of heavy silence, said,… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Well...I'm on birth control" I was drinking the water again and choked on it. It took several moments of coughing before I… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Our gazes locked, so much passing between us. In those moments, I wasn't in a tent with him, on the run from… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
If you're Strigoi," the boy interrupted loudly, "then why don't you have horns? My friend Jeffrey said Strigoi have horns." Dimitri's eyes fell not on the boy but on me for a moment. Again, that spark of knowing shot between us. Then, face smooth and serious, Dimitri turned to the boy and answered, "Strigoi don't have horns. And even if… — Richelle Mead Copy Share
He froze, and for one moment, we stood locked in time. I could feel the silk of his shirt against my skin… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
At the same time, we both pulled back briefly still oh so close. Everything in the word rested on that moment. "We… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
“Jerome shrugged. “We’re back to the part where I don’t give a fuck.” — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
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“A piece of heaven?" I managed to ask. He slowly shook his head. "No. The other place. The one I'm going to burn in… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
When I talked to him earlier, he said he had to work tonight,” Peter explained, “but that we should go ahead and draw for him.” “Draw?” I asked uneasily. “Oh Lord. Tell me it’s not Pictionary night too.” Peter sighed wearily. “Draw for secret Santas. Do you even read the e-mails I send?” “Secret Santas? Seems like we just did… — Richelle Mead Copy Share
It was a nephilim.” “A nephi-what?” asked Hugh, startled. “Isn’t that a character on Sesame Street?” Peter spoke up for the first time. — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Life and death were so unpredictable. So close to each other. We existed moment to moment, never knowing who would be the next to… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
“I watched, enthralled, as he painted a large silver heart with flames edging one side. The whole design was Celtic in style. It was beautiful. "Where did you get that from?" I asked in awe. I'd seen a lot of his work but never anything like this. His eyes were on his heart, completely caught up in his work. "Just… — Richelle Mead Copy Share
“I loved Aeson. You have no idea what love is.” “Oh, I do. I know that it’s the best high and the worst hurt… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
“Why would you do that? Why would you act like you didn't know how to drive?" "Isn't it obvious, Sage? No, of course it… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
“Everything I’d fought for, every challenge, every victory … all of it was empty if anything happened to him. Without him, I wouldn’t have had the courage to become the person I was. Without him, I wouldn’t have realized what it truly was to live and love life. Centrum permanebit. He was my center, and there was nothing I wouldn’t… — Richelle Mead Copy Share
Is it true? You had a clean getaway and risked it all for me?" I Swallowed. "It wouldn't have been a clean getaway without… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Keith was just bringing the glass to his lips when Adrian said, "Mmm. O positive, my favorite." Keith sprayed out the wine he'd just… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
