Look, Rose. You don't have to keep up with the hard-to-get thing. You already got me.

You will lose what you value most... It hadn't been me that Rhonda was talking about. It hadn't even been Dimitri's life. What you value most. It had been his soul.

Hey show some respect. They’re real people with names. Carla and Krissy” He frowned. “Or was it Missy?

Sex had been amazing, but it wasn't a magical cure for everything. Damn. Somewhere along the way, I'd picked up common sense.

I sighed and gestured toward him. "I'll take him." In an undertone, I added, "Don't let me down, Zmey.

You should know better.ʺ ʺIʹve never known better,ʺ he countered. ʺYou should know that.

Adrian ordered a martini, earning disapproving looks from his father and me. "It's barely noon," said Nathan. "I know," said Adrian. "I'm surprised I held out that long too.