Isn’t it obvious, Sage? No, of course it isn’t. I did it so I’d have a reason to be around you — one I knew you couldn’t refuse.

I get in that kind of situation all the time, Comrade. It's not a big deal." Anger replaced my fear. I didn't like being treated like a child. "Stop calling me that. You don't even know what you're talking about." "Sure I do. I had to do a report on the R.S.S.R. last year.

Anyone who takes a hit for Adrian Ivashkov deserves some credit.

It was something of a mystery how a couple of teenage girls had managed to escape detection for two years, especially when one of them was a privileged Moroi princess and the other a delinquent dhampir with a disciplinary file so long that it broke school records.

I just told you to be quiet. That's one step away from asking you to wash my laundry and make me a sandwich.

Did you know that it's a lot harder to put organs back in the body than it is to get them out?

Why not see which is brighter: your aura or the sun?