That scent she threw off was not anything by Chanel. Unless they’d recently added a Tragedy line.

You've got nothing to worry about. The righteous do not always right, but their souls remain pure. -Lassiter the Angel

I think you and he need to talk. And once you do, I won’t have to worry about being jumped like a felon again.” Blay frowned. “He and I have nothing to say to each other—” “With all due respect, the ligature marks around my neck would suggest otherwise.

It finally happened, he thought as he burrowed under his shirt and took hold of his heavy cross. All his life he’d wondered why he’d never fallen in love, and now he knew: He’d been waiting for this moment, this woman, this time. The female is mine, he thought. - Manny

Fine. If I can't have you, then you do the taking. Have all of me, part of me, a small piece, whatever you want. Just please, have something.

And bottom line, without John by her side, everything seemed to be just a big, resounding meh.

Man, it was a good thing vampires didn't get cancer. Lately he'd been chain-smoking like a felon.