It is passing strange, what a fluid thing is one's own identity.
Io sono Phèdre nó Delaunay de Montrève, e sono unica.
In the general course of things, when beauty passes, the flower bows its head upon the stem and fails. Sometimes, though, when the petals droop, a framework of tempered steel is revealed within.
I eyed him. Are you really Jamaican?He returned my gaze evenly. Why do you think I'm not, sistah?I don't know, I said. I have to admit, pretty much everything I know about Jamaica comes from watching...
I discovered that we liked each other. But I was fearful of giving free rein to my emotions. Fearful that all those emotions and longings I suppressed would spill forth, rendering me bitter and cruel.
I did not like this place. Everything about it conspired to say, You do not belong here, you are not welcome here.
Hard, his hands on my shoulders; my head rocked with the force of his fury as he shook me. Ah, Elua, it was sweet! The violence of it was spark to tinder for me.
By the way, if you're ever conversing with an actual vampire, do refer to the House of Shadows as Twilight Manor. There's a reason vampires aren't known for their senses of humour.If you accidentally...
And in so doing, mayhap we reshaped the gods themselves. Now that was a thought made me shudder to the bone. I wondered if it were true, and if it were, what would happen when some deity bent out of t...
Ambition untempered by caution is like a river in flood. It leaps from its natural channels to forge the shortest course, and it sweeps away all in its path. Do not get swept away,
Training in the Fortress of the Winds, I’d never developed a full appreciation for the power of disguise. Oh, I understood it on an intellectual level—it was Brother Yarit’s disguise that had allowed...
Pain redeems all. It is the awareness of life, a reminder of death.
I'm going so far out on a limb here, you might as well call me a squirrel.
I will be your friend, then, for the ancient Hellenes said a good friend may stand between a man and his moira. Do you know what that means?''Fate.' I answered unthinking...
How strange, how compelling a pain; to cause injury to a loved one.
Hey, sister buzz-kill, she said languorously to Jen. What crawled up your ass and died?I don't know, Jen retorted. What died and crawled up ass?There were times I regretted being an only child. This...
Genius requires an audience. For all his cleverness, Delaunay was an artist and as vulnerable as any of his kind to the desire to vaunt his brilliance. And there were few, very few, people capable of...
Feeling foolish, I scowled at her. Does it amuse you to mock me, my lady? A little. Refreshed by sleep, her eyes sparkled unrepentantly. You are so very serious, my shadow.
Betimes I have heard people bewail the fact that our destinies are shrouded in mystery; I think, though, that it is a blessing of sorts. Surely if we knew what bitterness fate held in store, we would...
As often as not, we forge our own chains. And from those, not even Adonai Himself can free us. We must do it ourselves.