It felt wrong to be so proud of something that I had absolutely nothing to do with, but I couldn't help myself.

his voice was centuries old

Who need to read about real life when there's dragons. Come on!

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

The piebald mare paws at the sand; I see her digging out of the corner of my eye and hear her grinding her teeth. That bridle's her curse, this island her prison. She still smells of rot.

I started down but Sam caught my arm and knelt down himself to look. "For crying out loud," he said. "It's a racoon." "Poor thing," I said. "It could be a rabid baby-killer," Cole told me primly. "Shut up," Sam said pleasantly.

Don't give me that look. I'm not trying to find out who you are. I don't care who you are. I just want to know why it is you are the way you are.