It wasn't the kind of touch that said, Hey, I've got a plan, so hang in there because we're going to get out of this. It was more like the kind of touch that simply said, You aren't alone. It was really the only thing he could offer. And in that moment, it was enough.

Maybe you don't need beauty sleep, but some of us aren't so lucky.

It’s easy to want peace and love in hypothetical situations—then reality sets in, and sometimes we have to do what’s ugly.

Fortunately for Dimitri, I had his back.

The problem with having so many people call me by nicknames was that when someone called me by my actual name, it usually meant something serious was happening.

Dimitri. I hadn't known he was here. His eyes were on me too,dark and endless. Only I couldn't read what he was feeling. His face betrayed nothing, but there was something in his eyes...something intense and intimidating. The image of him ready to take down that group of guardians flashed through my mind,and something told me that if I asked,He would fight his way to me through this courtroom and do everything in his power to rescue me from it.

People have always had a fascination with the supernatural going back to the beginning of time and with vampires in particular. This phenomenon is not new.