I live in the present because the future is always chancy. When it comes to being with you, I'm willing to take the risk.

Jason settled back on the bench. 'I hate to break this to you, but as a rule, wizards are nasty people. They're powerful, capricious, ruthless, egotistical, used to getting their own way. That's being kind.

You didn't have to go to the fireworks with him. Or - or let him fondle you." "Fondle?" Raisa raised her eyebrows, "When did I mention fondling?

Falling in love was like falling off a cliff. It felt pretty much like flying until you hit the ground.

If he even survives." She shivered, and Amon put his arm around her, drawing her into his steady warmth. "It's that bad?" Raisa nodded. "He looked...he looked awful, Amon. Willo doesn't know if he'll...She's worried about him. My mother died, and I never got to tell her that I loved her, that I finally understood - just a little anyway. If Han dies too, I don't know what I'll do.

Did the destruction of one dream leave a vacuum that required filling with another? Is a broken heart more vulnerable?

He swept Raisa up into his arms and kissed her like it was his first, last, and only