I couldn't stop staring at the cave, back where Dimitri was, back where half of my soul was.

I tried to dredge up the same reaction other girls had around Marcus, but nothing happened. No matter how hard I tried, I just didn't have that same attraction His hair was too blond, I decided. And his eyes needed a little more green.

Oh my God," he said. "A kind word from Rose Hathaway. I can die a happy man.

Adrian sighed. "I knew you staying out of trouble was too good to be true.

He thought there was no hope for him. Me? I can't imagine a world without hope.

We studied our angels for a few moments more, looking at where we had lain side by side in that sweet, quiet moment. I wished what I’d said was true, that we had truly left our mark on the mountain. But I knew that after the next snowfall, our angels would disappear into the whiteness and be nothing more than a memory.

Maybe I was in love, but I was still me, after all.