The weird, weird thing about devastating loss is that life actually goes on. When you're faced with a tragedy, a loss so huge that you have no idea how you can live through it, somehow, the world keeps turning, the seconds keep ticking.

fang will be the first to die

You love him so much it feels like you can't go on without him. You feel like you might die without him.

Honesty is always good, except when it's better to lie.

As a maternal figure, I always try to keep the flock safe, of course. But I admit, it did my heart proud to see the instant blood-lust pop into Gazzy’s blue eyes and to see little Angel automatically tense up and get into fighting stance, ready to rip someone’s head off. They were just so — so dang adorable, sometimes.

This is my brain: O This is my brain after making out with Fang: * It's very sad.

I was always a good student, but I didn't read that much until I was 18 and I was working my way through college.