“ Because, my dear Eric, I have tasted the secret knowledge. I know how much to say and when to pull back. I know what to see and not see. And now that I have become whole again, I can never go back. Al… Melika Dannese Lux
“ Maybe I had been making a greater monster of him than he really was, or maybe I was still under his influence, for I was certain that he wanted me to believe he was no more than a harmless man who hap… Melika Dannese Lux
“ I’m not asking for your forgiveness. I have done no wrong according to my kind. I never meant to turn you. I just wanted to have a little fun with you before they took you away. Melika Dannese Lux
“ A decision made during a moment of weakness can ruin your life. To date, I had made three. Melika Dannese Lux
“ She rounded on me with such ferocity that for a moment I didn’t recognize her. A flash of fangs, a dark gleam in her blacker-than-night eyes. It was the most vampiric I’d ever seen her. Melika Dannese Lux
“ He was mocking me. I could see his mouth beginning to lift in a maddening smirk, a smile that was half sardonic and half secretive, as if the fate of the world depended on the answer to a riddle only… Melika Dannese Lux
“ Thirteen years of friendship had bonded us together more thoroughly than if we had been born of the same mother. Even at this late stage, I was unwilling to let him go. Melika Dannese Lux
“ Affronts to her reputation pierced her to the heart, though I couldn’t understand why, since she had very little character left to defend. Melika Dannese Lux
“ Tell me, Eric,” he said, licking a droplet from the corner of his mouth. “Have you ever tasted blood?” My mouth was so dry I could barely find the voice to answer him. “What an odd question...” “But a… Melika Dannese Lux
