When the pace of our feet matched perfectly, I felt a deep inner pang of satisfaction. I could have gone on walking like that forever, side by side with him. There had been few times in my life I had ever inhabited a moment so fully, with no loneliness lurking at the edges.

Tell me about our legal issues. And use small words. I don't like to think at this hour of the morning. It hurts." ~Leo to Merripen

I wondered how many times in my life I had done something just because I wanted to without weighing the consequences.

It's the perfect solution. We argue all the time. We can't stand each other. It's like we're already married.

But I think if it's the right person, you wouldn't have to work so hard at intimacy. I think—hope—it would just happen naturally. Otherwise, opening up to the wrong person..." I made a face. "Like putting ammo in their hands.

One can't help but marvel at the variety of ways that women had devised to make us look like flaming idiots.

Cam had once told her that the Rom believed the entire world was their home. As long as you were with your family you were home.