Here's a newsflash from the only High Preistess you have left at this dang school: Zoey isn't dead. And believe me, I know dead. I've been there, done that, and got the frickin' T-shirt." - Stevie Rae

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.

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.

We stand separate from the world because of our gifts. Never forget that, because you may be sure the world never will.

That don't look good," Kramisha said. "Not good at all." She paused and then her eyes went from me to Heath, whose attention was so focused on me I swear he didn't look like he would notice if a giant white elephant in a tutu danced around the room. "Ain't that the human kid who was down here before?

But sometimes you gotta do stuff you don’t want to do.

Loving him didn't fix anything. Loving him didn't change anything. Loving him simply made everything else bearable.