“There was something in her eyes that made me trust her. Maybe it was because they held the same cynicism, the same world-weariness I saw in my own every morning when I looked at myself in the mirror.” — 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… — Melika Dannese Lux Copy Share Image
“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… — Melika Dannese Lux Copy Share Image
