"Jerks," I muttered. Then I brightened. "Oh, hey. Doughnuts."

Rose and Dimitri moved almost as one entity, like a matched pair of wolfes or lions, both wary and deadly as they studied their surroundings, taking no detail or person for granted.

What are you? An after school special?

You have an interesting set of morals," he observed. "Breaking out of jail is okay. But steal a car, and you sound totally outraged.

He shook his head in mock sympathy. "I tell you, Sage. Sometimes I think I am the one who needs to take out the restraining order on you.

"Jerks," I muttered. Then I brightened. "Oh, hey. Doughnuts."

I felt my heart breaking all over again. Why? Why had this happened to us? Why was the universe so cruel?