Me?" All the crappiness of the day, of the last few weeks, zeroed in on this high and mighty B with an itch, and the scared-rabbit feeling faded.

Taking a deep breath that smelled of rain, she was poised to move when a hand clasped her elbow. Memories of another hand grabbing her sent panic shooting through her veins. She swung around. "Whoa. You okay?" Lucas lightened his clasp around her arm. Kylie caught her breath and stared up at the werewolf's blue eyes. "Yeah. You just...surprised me. You need to whistle when you come up on me.

She simply stood there and waited for him to show her the next move. And hoped it only involved sword fighting and not seduction.

Kylie turned and the spirit of the murderous woman stood beside her. 'You did this, didn't you?' 'Why would I burn up my own phone?' Derek asked.

When we care about people, we sometimes overstep our grounds.

She already had a headache-she didn't want to add 'get tortured' to today's to-do list.

Whatever you are, whatever gifts you end up getting, you’ll find that time will make those changes less scary as well.