I could have fixed almost everything else, but death defeated me every time.

He strained to say something else. I leaned toward him. He focused on me. “Rape,” he promised. “Many, many times. Until you bleed . . .” “I’m so flattered.

You will not pass!” Roman thundered. Great. Now he had decided he was Gandalf.

He groaned and I saw his face. "Curran!" I would've preferred a homicidal lunatic. Oh, wait...

I will devour you. I will lick your bones clean and crush them between my teeth. I will suck the marrow…” “That’s nice,” Kate said. “The shield.

I turned and bumped by head against his chest a few times. It was the nearest hard surface.

The kid was so handsome, he almost looked unreal.