The problem, of course, was that turning into a monster was the brighter of my two choices. Choice Number 1: I turn into a vampyre, which equals a monster in just about any human’s mind. Choice Number 2: My body rejects the Change and I die. Forever. So the good news is that I wouldn’t have to take the geometry test tomorrow.

What dark secrets do you keep hidden from the world? Where would you go if no one could find you? What would you do if no one could see you?

Can I flirt with another guy to make him jealous?" "Oh no." She laughed, still holding my hands. "That will unleash something you can't handle. You don't mess with men that way.

They done Wrong Like ink from a busted pen Thrown away 'cause of someone else Used up But he come back Dressed in night Fine as a king With his queen The wrong Made right So right.

A heart's a hard thing to live without. I should know. I've tried it," he said.

Then, with an enormous rush of meadow-filled wind, the green candle went out, and my best friend died.

I closed my eyes and rested my head against his chest, wishing sincerely that Rhiannon would get hit by a bus.