Mother was delicate the way badgers were delicate.
I eyed her. You know I hang out with vampires, right? You could be scared of me like the others.She scoffed. You and your pretty boys don't scare me.Jenna's mocking tone was soothing. If it wasn't for...
You’ll have to turn your back.He turned slowly. The view from the back was just as good as the view from the front. I could practically hear Lucy snickering in the back of my head. I might be the vamp...
Something bloomed right then and there in the small dark space between us. I didn’t know what it was, but I knew enough to know it was rare and delicate. And it felt so real I might have been able to...
Shouldn't you be eating chocolate? I asked. Guaranteed cure-all. I motioned at Chloe. Give her some.She didn't want it, Chloe said. And you can't have it. She stuffed the rest into her mouth, nearly c...
Lucy grinned. Nathan's going to be pissed, but they're so cute.We really are, Quinn drawled, having only caught our last comment. Connor, standing next to him, rolled his eyes.How did you fit that big...
It was the first time I could actually understand the seduction and the allure of baring your throat to a predator. It had always seemed like madness to me, or the result of reading too many novels. I...
If I'd been ten years old again I'd have stuck my tongue out at Caroline. At sixteen, I ought to be above such behavior.I wasn't.
I yawned so widely a bear could’ve mistaken my mouth for a cave and crawled in to hibernate for the winter.
I hauled myself over as if I were mounting a horse. Which I'd never actually done before.Needless to say, it was hardly a graceful affair.
The Drake farmhouse was like the chimpanzee enclosure at the zoo when feeding time was late.You know, if all the chimpanzees were undead.And insane.
She held a pink mug filled with blood, like Cal, Noah, and Nicholas. Lucy designated all pink mugs for blood consumption. She claimed it was not only sanitary to separate dishes, but that a vampire’s...
It wasn't my most fashionable dress, but anyone who called for me at nine o-clock in the bloody morning would have to take what he was given.
I'll drive you back home, Dad said, releasing a trembling breath. I'll write you a note for your exam.I wrinkled my nose. I don't think killing a vampire will get me out of an exam on killing vampires...
I showed her the essay he'd marked. It was practically dipped in red ink.Jenna made a sympathetic face, then took a closer look. She rolled her eyes. Well, no wonder. Helios-Ra don't wear spandex tigh...
I hadn't had a chance to read an entire novel in weeks.Whatever the others might say about politics, civil war, and hunters, the real evil was lack of reading time. If they all read more they might fr...
I could see the widening of his pupils, and the pale blue fire of his irises. He'd told me my eyes would change too, would go lighter until they looked like amber. I couldn't imagine they'd be half as...
Her lips pursed. My palms went damp. Her fangs were out, as pointed and delicate as little bone daggers. That’s disappointing, Solange.I was going to die because I couldn’t embroider roses on a pillow...
Can we just do this recon thing?I can multitask, I assured him, peering into the shadows of the first alley we passed. Cat, raccoon in Dumpster, smell of pee, I catalogued for him. See? Now talk.
You're smiling weirdly, Kieran said, shooting me a sidelong glance as we drove away from the school. What's up, Hamilton?Nicholas is okay, I replied happily. Well, mostly. And I'm finally allowed back...