What?" I asked uneasily. "Why are you looking at me like that?" He shook his head, the smile rueful now. "Because sometimes, a person can get so caught up in the details that they miss the whole. It's not just the dress or the hair. It's YOU. You're beautiful. So beautiful, it hurts me.
Richelle MeadMentorโs Official and Complete Procedural Handbook on Initial Succubus Intake and Probationary Period (Abridged). โAbridged?โ I spun toward Jerome. โTell me youโre getting back at me for the time I accused you of wearing Old Spice.โ โThat oneโs still coming,โ said the demon. โThis oneโs for real.
Richelle MeadYou're burned into my mind forever. There is nothing, nothing in this world that will ever change that." And it was memories like that that made it so hard to comprehend this quest to kill him, even if he was a Strigoi. Yet...at the same time I had to destroy him. I needed to remember him as the man who'd loved me and held me in bed. I needed to remember that that man would not want to stay a monster.
Richelle MeadThe best jury of your peers that youโll ever find isโฆwell, you. Only you know what youโre capable of and what you want to be.
Richelle MeadFor a moment, I was captivated as I studied them side by side. My mother: the perfect picture of guardian excellence and decorum. My father: always capable of achieving his goals, no matter how twisted the means. Uneasily, I began to understand how Iโd inherited my bizarre personality.
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