Please don't worry. I will always come for you. I won't let you go until you understand that." "Then I refuse to understand," she said.

Trial by fire.' Roland whistled, patting Luce on the back. 'Show no fear.

The last thing we expect others to do, its the last thing they do before we learn we cannot trust them.

How easy it was to fall in love with every moment of her existence!

Luce and Daniel fell in love for the first- and the last- time

End times aren't supposed to be very pretty.

Across the room, she heard a loud clatter. She looked up to see that Roland ahd fallen out of his chair. The last time she'd glanced at him, he'd been leaning back on tw legs, and now it looked like gravity had finally won. As he stumbled to his feet, Arriane went to help him. She glanced over and offered a hurried wave. "He's okay!" she called cheerily. "Get up!" she whispered loudly to Roland.