My heart has jet lag.

He didn't just kiss, he claimed ownership. Took her mouth with urgency, as if his life depended on his kissing her.

The single greatest advantage anyone can take into any battle is hope.

When I thought I'd killed him, I felt more alone than I've felt in a long time. Like I couldn't stand walking through this city knowing he wasn't in it. Like somehow, as long as he was out there somewhere, if I was ever really in trouble, I knew where I could go and while maybe he wouldn't do exactly what I wanted him to do, he'd keep me alive. He'd get me through whatever it was to live another day.

Lust is a thing of the blood. Doesn't need head or heart.

The paranoid one's wards are still active. They keep me several feet from the building." "But not his car," I said, a smile tugging at my lips. Barrons would go nuts if he knew that V'lane had touched his Viper. And stretched out on it nude? He'd have an aneurysm.

Four: If you try to force yourself into my head, I will force myself into your pants.