The first thing we did was change all the clocks so that her siblings thought it was bedtime, then put them to bed ignoring their plaintive protests that they were not tired. They wept themselves to sleep soon enough.

Weight doesn’t matter. It really doesn’t. I mean, it does if you’re a model or whatever.

Susannah." My dance partner's breath was soft against my cheek. "Susannah...." Yeah. In my dreams. In real life, the voice calling my name wasn't a bit masculine. That's because it belonged to a twelve-year-old boy.

It was also, however, a favorite place for novices to stand and wait for innocent students to slip up by talking too loudly between classes. No novice has ever been created that could keep Gina quiet, however.

Adam gave me a scandalized look. "Fraternizing with the enemy!" he cried. "For shame, wench!

Remember... life is short. Each moment you have is precious. Treasure every second. Don't spend them doing anything you don't love.

But then I remembered something Grandmere had once assured me of: No one has ever died of embarrassment-never, not once in the whole history of time.