Wolf," said Ran, enunciating it very carefully. "What an unusual name. Did your parents give it to you?" "Does it matter?" said Wolf, tossing away his bone. "I'm only making conversation." "I'd prefer silence," Wolf said, a growl in his tone.

My only mistake was in waiting too long to be rid of you", Adri said, running the washcloth between her fingers. "Believe me, Cinder. You are a sacrifice I will never regret.

If you honestly believe that," said Thorne, stowing the gun again, "then you really don't recognize true value when you see it.

It would be easy to abuse a person when they never recognized it as abuse.

Hello?" A girl again. "I know you can hear me. I'm sorry my friend is such a wing nut. You can just ignore him." "That's usually what we do," said the other feminine voice.

She briefly wished she did have some sort of magic so she could shoot a bolt of lightning through his head.

Besides, if you are who you claim to be, that makes you my true queen. Therefore, you have my loyalty.