It's only because I've lived with brothers that I realize, after a moment, that he's not looking outside but rather inside, wrestling with something inside himself. And there's nothing for it but to wait.

She couldn't make it untrue.

Mutual, respectful, enduring love is completely attainable as long as you swear you won't settle for less.

Sometimes Ronan thought Adam was so used to the right way being painful that he doubted any path that didn’t come with agony.

I want you." Feeling the grip of his hand in mine, the brush of skin on mine, seeing the way he moved in front of me, equal parts human and wolf, and remembering his smell - I ached with wanting to kiss him.

Could others hold him?" His face remains the same. "There are no others. You're the only one." I swallow. "I can hold him.

You're assuming they would listen to me," I said. Cole lifted his hands off the roof of the Volkswagen; cloudy fingerprints evaporated seconds ater he did. "We all listen to you, Sam." He jumped to the pavement. "You just don't always talk to us.