I need you,ʺ said Lissa. ʺI hear that from women a lot,ʺ said Adrian.

Dimitri Belikov had arrived.

Where are the dogs?" I asked. "At training," he said. "I have a friend who's an expert dog trainer, and he's giving them some stealth lessons. He used to work for a local K-9 unit." I didn't think it was in the Chihuahua genetic code to ever be stealthy.

...and motioned me toward a spot next to a middle-aged Moroi in a very formal and very designer black suit. The suit screamed, I'm sorry the queen is dead, and I'm going to look fashionable while showing my grief

I don't suppose you offered to help?" "Sage," Adrian declared. "These hands don't do manual labor." He knocked another ball into a hole. "You want to play?" "What? With you?" "No, with Clarence." He sighed at my dumbfounded look. "Yes, of course with me.

I'll find you. There is no place in this world you can hide from me. I'm watching. Love, Dimitri

We try to do what's right, or rather what other say is right. But sometimes, when that goes against who we are...you have to choose.