Maybe under all that guilt and certainty that he couldn't love again, he still wanted me. I would have liked to have found out. But I didn't have the time. Instead, I punched him.
Richelle MeadIt was near curfew time, and I was dropping him off for the night. He shook his head. "Rose, I don't know if you're crazy or not, but I'm actually starting to think you might be the best guardian- or soon-to-be guardian- out there." "Did you just give me a serious compliment?" I asked. He turned his back on me and headed inside his dorm. "Good night.
Richelle MeadIn this one terrified moment, my mind couldnโt focus on any of it. โIโve forgotten everything.โ โNo, you havenโt.โ His voice in the darkness was calm and reassuring. He smoothed back my hair and pressed one of those half kisses to my forehead. โJust relax and focus." โHis reasonable words centered me and allowed the gears of logic that ran my life to take over again.
Richelle MeadCan you come over to Amberwood? I need you to help me break curfew and escape my dorm.โ There were a few moments of silence. โSage, Iโve been waiting two months to hear you say those words. You want me to bring a ladder?
Richelle MeadRose Hathaway: "Was he right?โ Dimitri Belikov: "Who?โ Rose Hathaway: "Victorโฆhe said it couldn't have worked. The necklace.โ Dimitri Belikov: "What do you mean?โ Rose Hathaway: "The spell. Victor said you had to want meโฆto care about meโฆfor it to work. Did you? Did you want me?โ Dimitri Belikov: "Yes, Roza. I did want you. I still do. I wishโฆwe could be together.โ (Vampire Academy)
Richelle MeadBoth Christian and Adrian had worried there would be some piece of Strigoi left in him, but their fears had been about violence and bloodshed. No one would have guessed this: that living as a Strigoi had hardened his heart, killing any chance of him loving anyone. Killing any chance of him loving me. And I was pretty sure that if that was the case, then part of me would die too.
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