He asked.I smiled. His face lowered toward mine and I knew what was coming. I knew it. But when his lips touched mine, I still jumped. he murmured.
You might want to pop your collar.Hey if the biker doesn't pop his, I'm not popping mine. Also? We're thirty years past that fashion faux pas.Yeah, but it still comes in handy when you're sporting a h...
Murder? You mean he's dead?No. He's resting comfortably, I said. People always sleep best with their heads at a ninety-degree angle. He looks comfortable, doesn't he?(Paige & Elena)
God, I loved him. I could insist I was okay with just being friends, that I'd find someone else and get over him, but I was fooling myself. There was no getting past this. I loved him, and fifty years...
Gabriel discourages emotional attachments the way most of us discourage door-to-door salesmen. They're inconvenient, intrusive, and liable to end up saddling you with something you never wanted in the...
Demons are a very human creation. You look for ways to explain evil, and instead of seeing it in yourselves, you offload the responsibility onto monsters. The monstrous exists in the mirror, not in th...
Dah-lin.
A knock came at the door. Everyone looked up. Elena's nostrils flared and she leaned over to whisper something to Clay. Fuck, he muttered. Keep talking, Jaime. It's only Cassandra. She can wait. Forev...
Mom says crap like that comes from people who've accomplished so little in life that they feel the need to lift themselves above someone, anyone. So they pick skin color or religion or sexual orientat...
Too bad Guy interrupted, I said as we snuck around the rear of the building. Otherwise, I could have just walked you down here before you changed back.His look said he wasn't dignifying that with a re...
I started rubbing my temples and she suggested I don't really get headaches. It just hurts me to think.
Yeah, I worry what will happen when we stop running. When we go back to school. When she meets other boys. Boys who don’t argue and snap at her. Boys who don’t obsessively worry about her. Boys that c...
Is that a no? I said. No. I mean.. He struggled for the smile again. I'm just waiting for the punch line. Something about making it date so I need to pay. Or you expecting flowers. Or.. He trailed off...
I'm not going anywhere, not without Chloe.Derek
Cosmo never speaks to my life. Its surveys always ask questions like How would you react if your lover announced he was taking a job in Alaska? and jumping for joy is never one of the options. Move to...
As a vampire, you must accept that every person you ever know will die, and you are the only constant in your life, the only person you can—and should—rely on.
I whispered down. Chloe said.Derek tried to stop her. She said it made sense for her to be in the trees with me in case of a ground attack, and that convinced him. Not that it mattered, I think—she'd...
The sense that the only thing better than being alone would be to be with someone who made you feel as safe and comfortable as you did when you were alone. He rose on his elbow to look down at Olivia.
Something hit the floor with a crack. Nate turned and looked down to see his cell phone on the floor. He patted his back pockets, as if to be sure it was his, then swore and reached down. The phone sl...
Sex, a switchblade, and motorcycle lessons. You really are making sure my night ends on a high note.