She smiled for the first time, and he almost had to look away, as if something that nice didn’t belong in such a glum and gray place, as if he had no right to look at her expression.

No. I kind of accepted it, in a way. That saving you was worth losing what we might've had.

A roar cut through the melee: a booming growl, a noise that might come out of a she-bear protecting a cub. It was Alec- and suddenly bodies were flying everywhere.

Hunger. It's like an animal trapped inside you, Thomas thought.

Next time I'll pat you on the freaking back for stating the obvious.

She smiled for the first time, and he almost had to look away, as if something that nice didn’t belong in such a glum and gray place, as if he had no right to look at her expression.

The betrayal meant he couldn't trust her anymore, and his heart told him he couldn't forgive her.