Jeremy shifted to the left, blocking my view of Clay, as if we were Siamese fighting fish that wouldn’t attack if we couldn’t see each other. Come
I’m talking to Maya, he said, his voice so low it was almost a growl.Um, no, you’re stalking her.His whole body went rigid at that. His gaze flitted my way.We were just talking, I said. I didn’t mean...
I’m sorry, he said.About what?Yesterday. I made that bone-headed comment about werewolves, and you decided not to tell me yet.No, that’s not--Liar. It was a dumb thing to say.Um, no, I’m pretty sure t...
I’ll go, Clay said around a mouthful of cantaloupe. I’ve got a package waiting at the post office.I’m sure you do, I said.He does, Jeremy said. The postman left a card the other day.Books I ordered fr...
It's so easy to screw up. To make a choice that seems right. Then time passes and you look back and you say, 'How the hell did I do that?' Attitudes change. Insights change. Eventually things you were...
It was long past lunch time, but there were people at nearly every table, more milling around with trays. I stayed back just inside the door and scanned the sea of faces.Beside me, Simon murmured. One...
It was far from an ideal hiding spot. The crawl space wasn’t even three feet deep. Dirt floor. I didn’t want to think about what else was alive--or dead--down here.
It can’t be easy living out here. Two hundred people… She shook her head. It must be so isolating.It is. Corey turned to Daniel. If there were more kids here, I wouldn’t need to hang out with you. And...
If she was still wearing the muzzle and rope, then they----wanted it to look like she really escaped, Sam said.There’s blood on the rope, I said. That means she pulled free from whoever had her.Or the...
If Clay snarled and raged, he was a proper werewolf. If I did, I was a hysterical woman.
I've spent the last decade learning to stand firm and face my problems… or at least batter them until they're unrecognizable.
I was very strict on that point. No devouring classmates. Jeremy rolled his eyes. Other parents warn their kids not to talk to strangers. I had to warn mine not to eat them.
I tried to look away, but he caught my chin and kissed me and it was such a sweet kiss, and I felt so guilty, like I’d betrayed him, and my throat seized up and tears trickled down my cheeks, onto his...
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.He didn’t belong to any--I only started flirting w...
I squared my shoulders and threw open the truck door. Today or tomorrow, it’ll still be my first day back. I should face it and get it over with. Who knows? Something new and exciting might happen.You...
I see things and sometimes I recognize them, but they’re… He searched for the words. In the wrong place. Out of context. That’s it. Out of context.Like what?He hesitated, then shook his head. Nothing...
I saw that dark patch on her haunch and I knew when she was human, there’d be a birthmark in the same place. I knew what it meant for her. And I knew what it meant for me.Skin-walker.
I opted for the rear door, both as a courtesy and so she couldn't freak out about me showing up on her front doorstep for all of East Falls to see. Being the village pariah does make social calls most...
I never tell that story. I hate it. Hate, hate, hate it. I refuse to let my past explain my present. I grew up, I grew up stronger, I overcame it. End of story. From the time I was old enough to reali...
I live in the park, I said. I’m going to see a lot of wild animals.Still, mountain lions…Never seen one myself. He slid a sidelong look my way. Think you could fix that?, I thought, but just kept walk...