No, thank you," said Adrian. "These hands don't sully themselves with fighting.

You should know better.ʺ ʺIʹve never known better,ʺ he countered. ʺYou should know that.

I think I’ve got something else to help center my life.

Are you sleepwalking?' A voice asked behind me. "I was testing dorm security," I said. "It sucks.

I love you, and beneath all that logic, calculation, and superstition, I know you love me too.

I lost track of day and night too. My time was divided into Dimitri and not-Dimitri. He was my world. When he wasn't there, the moments were agony.

She heard Adrian say to Christian, ʺYou know, your shirtʹs kind of grungy-looking. Seems like you could put in a little more effort since youʹre dating a princess.ʺ