Survival instincts are one of those things that never die.

That's more like it. You're much prettier when you aren't talking. True of most people, I've found.

I can't seem to keep my heart from leaking out of the cracks, like sand clutched in a fist.

Jack! "Where have you been,you miserable little creep?" He raised his eyebrows,a look of mock hurt on his face."This is the thanks I get?" "Give me that bat and I'll show you how grateful I am, coward!

Apparently being a mermaid is dead dull. I watched The Little Mermaid with her once a few years ago—she thought it was freaking hilarious. She couldn’t stop laughing about the shell-bra thing, given that mermaids aren’t mammals. Plus, as she put it, Prince Eric was far too hairy and “peach colored” for her taste. I always thought he was pretty hot, but then again, I am a mammal.

If I ever saw him again,he was going to get a proper introduction to Tasey.

Maybe I shouldn’t mouth off to the elemental I kinda hoped was my future mother-in-law.