You got a lot of ladies to get through. You’re still young. First love’s the sweetest, but it doesn’t last. Not ever? I ask. Grandad looks at me with a seriousness he reserves for moments when he want...
You both ... you both saved me?Come on, said Luis. You make it sound like it was hard for Val to go to the Unseelie Court, strike a deal with Roiben, challenge Mabry to a duel, win back your heart, an...
When we fall that first time, we’re not really inlove with the girl. We’re in love with being in love. We’ve got no idea what she’s really about—or what she’s capable of. We’re in love with our idea o...
When there is a lot of power concentrated in one place, there are plenty of scraps to fight over. If the Court isn’t busy drinking poison, then it’s drinking bile.
What they don’t realize is this: Yes, they frighten me, but I have always been scared, since the day I got here. I was raised by the man who murdered my parents, reared in a land of monsters. I live w...
What is it? For what do you scheme? Ethine's death would weigh on you and the stain of her blood would seep into your skinDo you know what they wish for when they give you the Unseelie crown? Roiben's...
They say that nameless things change constantly -that names fix them in place like pins. But without a name, a thing isn't quite real either.
There's something easy about the idea that vampirism is some kind of disease- then they can't help it if they attack us, that they commit murders and atrocities, that they can only control themselves...
Poisonous jealousy thrummed through my veins.
It's the flaw that brings out the beauty.
It's okay, he informs me. Your grandfather is teaching me how to play poker. If I know Grandad, that means what he'll really be teaching Sam is how to cheat.
I think you impressed him with the sheer force of your stupidity.
I step out of my second life the same way I stepped out of my first, holding too few things and with great uncertainty about what will happen next.
I left mad behind a long time ago. The world it is the way it is.I can only fix my little piece of it
I am going to keep on defying you. I am going to shame you with my defiance. You remind me that I am a mere mortal and you are a prince of Faerie. Well, let me remind you that means you have much to l...
He leans in and closes his eyes. Most of all, I hate you because I think of you. Often. It’s disgusting, and I can’t stop.
Great. Lookout. I'm a lookout. Another thing to put on my college applications. What do I do if I see someone?Val looked back. I'm not sure, actually.
Downstairs, Grandad's warning Barron about something. His voice swells, and I catch the words, In my day we were feared. Now we're just afraid.
But I didnt do anything wrong.. Which is stupid of course, things dont happen to people because they deserve them.
Be bold, be bold, but not too bold. Be good, but not too good. Be pretty, but not too pretty. Be honest, but not too honest. Maybe no one got lucky. Maybe it was too hard.