“Don’t worry, there are many safeguards in place. Unless you want me to have Logan explain—” “No! I trust you.” He clutched his hands to his chest. “She… Gasp… Trusts me! Call for medical aid stat!” I swung at him, but he grabbed my wrist and pulled me to my feet. Snaking his arms around my waist, he said, “We need to celebrate this momentous occasion.” "What are we celebrating?" Jacob Ashon, Riley's father, asked from the doorway.

Reviewing our fight, I asked Janco, “Why do you rhyme when you fight?

Sorry. An overdeveloped nurturing instinct comes with being a healer.

Valek's thoughts returned to Yelena. An icy finger of loneliness touched the emptiness inside him. She was in Sitia, where she needed to be to learn about her magical powers, but she had taken his heart with her.

Pretty stupid,” I called after his retreating form. “To give up before all possible solutions have been tried.

I'd wish you luck, but I don't think it would help," "Why not?" "My lady, you make your own luck.

There is a reason for everything. You might not be able to figure it out, and time might have made us all forget it, but the reason is there all the same.