Growing older is mandatory, but growing up is optional.

Vlad blinked, unsure where her question was coming from and, more importantly, where it was going.

To his amazement, he could already hear Henry snoring in the backseat. That guy could fall asleep on a car trip to the mailbox.

A label doesn't make something so. A label is just a word. It's what a person does that makes them who they are

I drive well! Says who your mom? No actually, she won't even get in the car with me.

Vlad's heart sank into his stomach, then squeezed its way down his leg and popped out of the hole in his shoe, where it struck the floor and broke.

Mulling this over, Vlad wiped her lip gloss from his lips with the back of his hand.Vampires, after all, didn't sparkle.