My experiences thus far had me planning to throttle the first Tudor historian I met upon my return for gross dereliction of duty.

Remember the past - and await the future.

She was like a camera that had been chronically out of focus until someone came by and twisted the lenses into alignment.

there’s nothing more powerful than human fear—not magic, not vampire strength. Nothing.

My experiences thus far had me planning to throttle the first Tudor historian I met upon my return for gross dereliction of duty.

Wordlessly I looked back at him, astonished that a kiss on the palm could be so intimate.

Matthew kept hinting that his desire - for blood, chiefly- was so strong that it put everything else at risk. But vampires weren’t the only creatures who had to manage such strong impulses. Much of what qualified as magic was simply desire in action. Witchcraft was different- that took spells and rituals. But magic? A wish, a need, a hunger too strong to be denied- these could turn into deeds when they cross a witch’s mind.