Anna followed, keeping a sharp eye out for things he might back into or over. She wondered if Isaac did this all the time-and, if so, how he avoided getting photos in the paper with captions like "Local Alpha Trips Over Child" or "Wolf Versus Street Sign, Street Sign Wins.

Take a note: it usually works better if you wait until I do something stupid before getting mad at me.

Some people are boys longer than others.

The best way for me to protect you is to encourage you to be able to protect yourself.

I thought you were dead. Stupid. As if I'd die without taking you with me.

She'd never have allowed herself to be held by anything as mundane as a few bars and a reinforced door

If there was such evil in the world, was it possible that there was good, too?