Sure," said Adrian. "I bet going in there and kicking down the door will change their minds. Take Rose with you, and you guys'll make a really good impression.

I looked him in the eye. “I will always love you.” Then I plunged the stake into his chest.

She was right about something else too," Dimitri said after a long pause.... "That I do still love you.

Life, unfortunately, doesn't seem to care what we want.

Coming to my rescue?' 'Of course. It's what we do. I rescue you; you rescue me. We just take turns whenever the other needs it.

...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

His fingers never ceased to amaze me. They could break a man's neck, bandage a wound, and slide sensually across bare skin.