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

Told you I was going to mess up your make up," he said, a smug grin on his face.

You stink like a faerie, all flowers and sunshine and evil manipulation.

She stared at him in that vapid, intoxicated way employed only by women under a vamp's control. Or the way I sometimes got when faced with cupcakes. Mmm. Cupcakes.

Streams of melting snow.

This particular type of human carries weapons slightly more lethal than your beloved pink monstrosity

I don’t want to be like her, like Vivian. I don’t want to hurt anyone. Am I going to hurt people?” “No one can make you do that, child. You are caught between two worlds, much like my own Lend. You will want the fire, you will want to be filled. It is your nature. I hope you do not fall, but she is much stronger than you are.” She smiled at me, reaching out as though she would wipe away my tears. “Cling to what is good in your life. Be good to my son.