Fortunately for Dimitri, I had his back.

Are you some kind of mutant human? Like a fire user? And I use mutant as a compliment, you know. I wouldn’t think less of you.

It occurred to me that I was standing face to face with the hero of a love story nearly as dramatic as my own.

Life and death were so unpredictable. So close to each other. We existed moment to moment, never knowing who would be the next to leave this world.

Oh,” she said. “You can rest assured that I will kill him. Mostly this is to emphasize what I said before: no more time to lounge around and decide with no consequences. For every moment you waste deliberating today, the Oak King will be in the hands of my torturers, experiencing the most excruciating pain. Your delay extends that agony.” “Oh, irony,” murmured Dorian.

So that's how you're going to fix the family problem. Little Dragomirs. Good idea.

I can pick a lock. How do you think I got into my parents' liquor cabinet in middle school?