“ There you are, Cardan says as I take my place beside him. How has the night been going for you? Mine has been full of dull conversation about how my head is going to find itself on a spike. Holly Black
“ You said you were allowed to lose it,' some part of her reminded herself. 'Not yet, not yet. Holly Black
“ I'm going to take off your gag. And if you try to bite me or grab me or anything, I'll hit you with this thing as hard as I can as many times as I can. Understood? Holly Black
“ She took a deep breath, Last chance. Are you in need of rescuing? His expression turned very strange, almost as if she'd struck him, Yes, he said finally. Holly Black
“ Go ahead. Insult me. His eyebrows go up. I don't take commands from mortals, he says with his customary cruel smile. Holly Black
“ Tana would sit near the door to the basement with fingers in her ears, tears and snot running down her face as she cried and cried and cried. And little Pearl would toddle up, crying, too. They cried… Holly Black
“ Cardan grins at me as though we've been great friends all our lives. I forgot how charming he can be--and how dangerous that is. Holly Black
“ That was seven years ago. The doctors told her father the memory would fade, like the big messy scar on her arm, but neither ever did. Holly Black
“ You think I don’t deserve him, I say to Cardan.He smiles slowly, like the moon slipping beneath the waves of the lake. Oh no, I think you’re perfect for each other. Holly Black
“ Behind Tana there was the sounds of splintering wood, as though something very large had hot the door. No, she said softly, Oh no. No. Leave me, said Gavriel. .....Shut up or I might, she told him. Holly Black
“ But kissing Locke never felt the way that kissing Cardan does, like taking a dare to run over knives, like an adrenaline strike of lightning, like the moment when you've swum too far out in the sea an… Holly Black
“ Cardan looks at me as though he's never seen me before. He looks at me as though no one has ever spoken to him like this. Maybe no one has. Holly Black
“ Be careful, Aidan called from the bed. You don't know what he might do. We all know what you'd do, though, don't we? Holly Black
“ Maybe it was that nearly everyone else was dead and she felt a little bit dead too, but she figured that even a vampire deserved to be saved. Maybe she ought to leave him, but she wasn't going to. Holly Black
“ Are you sure? Aidan asked, Gavriel's still a vampire. He warned me about you and about them. He didn't have to. I'm not going to repay that by- she hesitated, then frowned. What did you call him? Tha… Holly Black
“ I'm sorry,' she said to each of the dead as she unzipped and unfastened their things, 'I'm sorry Courtney. I'm sorry Marcus. I'm sorry Rachel. I'm sorry Jon. I'm sorry I'm alive and you're dead. I'm s… Holly Black
