You want a blood relative to lead your army? Get Marcie. She likes ordering people around. She'll be a natural.

I wanted to imprint his touch, his taste, even the scent of him so solidly inside me that no one could take them away from me.

A feeling of violation swayed inside me, making me feel as if Id been shoved off a high platform without warning. I was falling, and I feared the sensation far more than hitting bottom. There was no end; just a constantsense of gravity having its way with me.

Something doesn't look right," Vee said. "Is the tire supposed to look like that?" I banged my head against the nearest tree trunk. "So we've got a flat," Vee said. "What now?

I think I'm more of a guardian angel girl.

Biggest dream?” I was proud of this one because I knew it would stump him. It required forethought. “Kiss you.” “That’s not funny,” I said, holding his eyes, grateful I didn’t stutter. “No, but it made you blush.

Boys everywhere take note: That was a kiss.