Nobody else will ever be able to save me if I’m not fighting as hard as I can to save myself.

But nothing was a important as escaping Evernight or the ‘destiny’ my parents and teachers had decided for me. I had only one chance to be free and to be with the guy I loved. I intended to take it.

That buy is totally cracked out," Vic said one day, as we walked past Balthazar in the great hall. I don't think he's on alything." I didn't mean, for real. If he was cracked out for real, he'd probably be having more fun, right?" Vic shrugged. "Balty looks like he's not having any fun. He looks like he never had any. Like he wouldn't know fun if it started dancing around yelling 'I'm fun' in his face.

Is this what it means to die? Lucas thought. Because I’m not scared of it anymore. Not if it means I finally get this close to you.

He’d protect me and shelter me forever. But I was beginning to realize that being sheltered came at a price.

You gotta learn how to take a compliment, because I'm not going to stop making them.

All of my best friends are dead people. Someday I've got to figure out how that happened.