But inside or out, I was alone, and I was beginning to wonder if I always had been, if I always would be.

Dreaming led to disappointment, and disappointment to a kind of depressed funk that wasn’t easy to shake. Better to stay in the gray than get eaten by the dark.

Breathing him in wasn't enough, I wanted to inhale him. The leather, the smoke, the sweetness.

Because she knows what it's like to live in a world of black, and black, and the tiny bit of white, but when she escaped it, she didn't find the rainbow of colors, the dresses, the singing, the dancing. She only found ugliness.

I had to be alone for a little while, but I'm okay now." "All right. But next time, don't go where I can't find you.

But inside or out, I was alone, and I was beginning to wonder if I always had been, if I always would be.

Up! you bag of bones!" "Magister? Gods i was hoping that was a dream....... You're disturbing Ms. Mirabil!!! "She's awake!! North said, kicking off his covers and kneeling beside my bed, a bright smile on his face. "Hullo my beautiful beautiful darling, feeling better today??