You have an interesting set of morals," he observed. "Breaking out of jail is okay. But steal a car, and you sound totally outraged.

The tension between us kicked up a notch, and I realized that along with our bodies being nearer, so were our lips.

Adrian's new research partner stepped through the door, and I knew the uneasy peace we'd just established in Palm Springs was about to shatter. Dimitri Belikov had arrived.

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

Eerily, the coronation was kind of a reverse of Tatianaʹs funeral. What was the old saying? The queen is dead. Long live the queen

Besides, I could hardly complain to the administration that I was being forced to learn magic.

Not me. Give me honesty anytime.