“I’ve read about this in books, imagined it in my mind countless times since I’ve been here, but to actually witness it is something entirely different. I thought I was prepared, but nothing—no amount of book learning or supposed life… — Melika Dannese Lux Copy Share Image
“I’ve always felt comfortable amongst the horrors. I married your uncle Gerard, after all.” — Melika Dannese Lux Copy Share Image
“Because, my dear Eric, I have tasted the secret knowledge. I know how much to say and when to pull back. I know what to see and not see. And now that I have become whole again, I can never go back. All these things he has given me. Better than my supposed mother and father ever could. For that,… — Melika Dannese Lux Copy Share
“A decision made during a moment of weakness can ruin your life. To date, I had made three.” — Melika Dannese Lux Copy Share Image
“I used to ask myself, ‘Sergei, would you rather spend your money on drink or women?’ and thanks to the club, I spend it… — Melika Dannese Lux Copy Share Image
“Affronts to her reputation pierced her to the heart, though I couldn’t understand why, since she had very little character left to defend.” — Melika Dannese Lux Copy Share Image
“And I swore it to myself the night Maurice ran away,” Ilyse screamed, terror and fury coursing through her veins, “and I’ll swear it… — Melika Dannese Lux Copy Share Image
“Maybe I had been making a greater monster of him than he really was, or maybe I was still under his influence, for I was certain that he wanted me to believe he was no more than a harmless man who happened to use vampirism to get what he desired. Some remnant of his mesmerism was still upon me. I… — Melika Dannese Lux Copy Share
“Darkness enveloped us again, and for the first time in years, I welcomed it.” — Melika Dannese Lux Copy Share Image
“With Stefan, the line between good and evil, right and wrong, becomes increasingly blurred.” — Melika Dannese Lux Copy Share Image
“I’ve read about this in books, imagined it in my mind countless times since I’ve been here, but to actually witness it is something… — Melika Dannese Lux Copy Share Image
“Thirteen years of friendship had bonded us together more thoroughly than if we had been born of the same mother. Even at this late… — Melika Dannese Lux Copy Share Image
“How does one go on after doing such unspeakable things? It's all rather simple, really," he continued, speaking in someone else's voice. "Say to yourself, 'What things?' And it becomes clear...you are blameless. They brought it on themselves. What have they ever done for you except control your life? They tore you away from your sister; they ripped you from… — Melika Dannese Lux Copy Share
