I still didn't look at him. I was afraid if I did that, I would turn around, run back to him, and hurl myself into his arms.

And, as Stevie Rae would have said, Kalona was as wrong as manboobs.

Plus, according to my mother, memories change like people do, especially if there's enough alcohol involved-Aphrodite

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.

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.

Arrayed in a new body another mother may someday give birth so that with stronger limbs and brighter mind the old soul shall take the road to earth again.

Like pleasure, beauty should be savored and enjoyed