I tried to stand, but Daniel made me sit on the ground as he checked me out. He squeezed my shoulder and I winced.Just bruised, I said. I can walk.Rafe jogged over to us. She was driving? Is she okay?...
I swung onto the next branch as Rafe did the same on the other side. I felt the bear’s hot breath on my stockinged foot and snatched it away as his teeth clicked together. He roared in frustration, th...
I screwed up, I said. I’m sorry.You got the truck, Corey said. Seems like it worked to me.Yes, please make her stop, Sam called from the truck. She’s been apologizing since we got away and it’s really...
I saw a road, I blurted as Daniel rounded a bend in the path, Sam right behind him. There’s a road down there. I think there’s a cabin, too.What? Corey brushed past Daniel and Sam. A house? You saw a...
I remember the cat snarling. I remember Daniel backing up. And I remember Rafe, lying on the ground, saying, It’s okay. It’s okay over and over in this calm voice, completely calm, like he didn’t even...
I really don’t know why we even bother trying to be subtle around you.Neither do I. It’s not like he isn’t going to realize he’s being vetted as daughter-dating material.Rafe grinned. So we dating?No...
I pulled his hand from his eyes, and mouthed, What the hell?Play along, he mouthed back. Please.There was no teasing glimmer in his eyes. They pleaded with me so desperately that I felt a chill in my...
I opened the paper to an inner page where the piece continued. There were photos of two missing kids. Rafe and Nicole. How the hell did they get Rafe’s picture? Sam muttered.Those aren’t us, I said.Co...
I love that woman. The only thing I want is for her to be happy. I'll do whatever it takes to see that happen. Do you get that?
I looked up at him. His green eyes glittered in the dark, reflecting the moonlight like a cat's. His scowl had vanished. The defiance was gone, too, replaced by a tightness around his mouth, a worry t...
I leaned forward and kissed him. His eyes widened, then his lips parted and he kissed me back, mouth warm and firm against mine and that floating feeling washed over me and through me, and it was so a...
I had a stupid crush on a guy who barely tolerated me most of the time. Was that the kind of girl I was? Pick the jerk over the nice guy?
I glanced in the mirrors to see him racing along the side of the truck. He grabbed the door and yanked it open. I turned my attention back to the road. Daniel swung in, then slammed the door shut and...
I find fairies with cell phones disconcerting enough. Do they really need to use text talk?
I finally tracked down Derek. He was alone in the library, thumbing through a book.Found you. I said on a sigh of relief.He turned. His lips curved in a quarter smile, gaze softening in a way that did...
I finally snapped out of it when I realized we’d started walking uphill. I blinked and looked around. Fewer trees. More rocks. Ahead? Pitch black. I had to crane my neck way back to see stars dotting...
I don’t want to lose it.He took it. Before I could pull my hand back, he caught my wrist and tied the bracelet around it.Problem solved.I tried to glance down at it, but his fingers slid under my chin...
I don’t know what to think, he interrupted. What happened in the forest, when I yelled at that guy…I thought I’d hit him without realizing it. I was mad enough, seeing him pointing that gun at you. Bu...
I don’t know what a hard-ass feminist is. I’m a feminist, which only means that I think men and women deserve equal treatment. Hardly a groundbreaking concept. But I’m sure you’re about to give an exa...
I didn’t think. I shoved Kenjii into the safe nook between the front seats and scrambled toward the door as the helicopter jolted again, righting itself.Daniel lunged for me and missed. Wind rushed in...