Religion?" I asked more firmly. Patch dragged a hand thoughtfully along the line of his jaw. "Not religion ... cult." "You belong to a cult?" I realized too late that while I sounded surprised, I shouldn't have. "As it turns out, I'm in need of a healthy female sacrifice. I'd planned on luring her into trusting me first, but if you're ready now...

My history is long, and not much of it is good. I can't erase it, but I'm determined not to make another mistake. Not when the stakes are high, not when it comes to you.

That's really eco-friendly of you," Vee told Marcie. "Recycling Nora's old trash.

Patch grinned down at me. “I’m hard to resist.

Keep in mind that people change, but the past doesn't.

The higher up, the harder the fall.

Light had a way of keeping the monsters of my imagination at bay.