I understood that now. I wished I could have understood it then. I wished I could have said something in that last moment, before he let go.He'd told me it was okay. His last words to me.Why couldn't...
I thought I asked you to stay inside today.I was careful. She grabbed the lowest branch and swung up. I wanted to see Maya. I wanted to make sure she was coming over for dinner.I haven’t invited her y...
I think we should try to find Rafe.I turned to her. I know you liked him. Everyone’s focusing on me, but you lost him, too.No, I didn’t. He was yours.
I slid closer, feeling his arms close around me, tightening. Our lips touched--Derek? his dad called. Chloe?Derek let out a growl. I laughed and backed up.We seem to get a lot of that, don't we? I sai...
I said the same words he’d said to me before he’d let go.It’s okay.A twisted smile. No, not really. But it’ll be okay soon. Or as close as it can get.
I promise not to try to get you back into the woods. He paused. For at least forty-eight hours.I laughed. So you on a schedule.No, I’m impatient.
I know that just means you understand. At least, I hope you do.I do.
I had to take responsibility, even if it meant saying no to an authority figure, because I was the authority on me.
I glanced up to see Liz and smiled. Thank you. I just went along for the ride. After that happened- She waved at Derek. You know how blind people need Seeing Eye dogs? Well, apparently werewolves coul...
I collapsed onto the sofa with a sigh. Daniel plunked down beside me, then twisted to stretch out, legs going over mine.Oh my God, I said, shoving his feet off my lap. Do you know how bad those smell?...
How'd you communicate?Paper and pen. Amazing inventions. Anyway, once we were in Buffalo, I led him here. We couldn't figure out a way in and he got stressed and apparently that -- she waved at him---...
Her sister lifted her hands. 'No, I shouldn't. It's a private message for you.' B'it's for both of us,' she said, and pressed it into Moria's hand.
He pulled back, barely a fraction, but I knew he was hurt. Why was it so easy to do that these days? For both of us. He wouldn't want to talk about something, and I'de be hurt. Or I wouldn't want to t...
He called after me, How old am I, Maya?I turned. How the hell should I know? Whatever you’ve told the school, I’m sure it’s a lie anyway.I’m sixteen, just like you. Or like you will be tomorrow, from...
For the last hour of our trip Jeremy ran through the do’s and don’ts. Most of them were don’ts. The simple act of dining now came with even more rules than Miss Fishton had for the kindergarten sandbo...
Finally, we found someone who had stopped. It wasn’t for us, but only because he hadn’t made it that far. We rounded a bend to see a gray-haired guy getting out of his van, having pulled to the side t...
Faith was a strange thing, Moria reflected as she walked over to Tyrus. No one would argue that the ancestors did not watch over them and could not influence the living world, but customs changed, and...
Expecting to see a Doberman slavering at the fence, i followed his gaze to a little puff of white fur, the kind of dog women stick in their purses. I wasn't even barking, just staring and dancing in p...
Don’t be stupid. I have a gun. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the .45. Which will knock you on your ass if you try firing with a bad leg. Sit down before you fall.
Daniel and I kept running. We could see the ridge now. Safety. Just get--Something whizzed past me.Dan--! I whirled, shouting a warning, only to see him stagger backward, a dart embedded in his should...