Adrian tipped my face up toward his and kissed me. Like always, the world around me stopped moving. No, the world became Adrian, only Adrian.

Don't beat yourself up over what you could have or should have done. The past is gone. Move on to the future.

My mind... It's who I am. I think I'd rather suffer any other injury in the world than have my mind tampered with.

I left her there crying as I walked toward the gate. A piece of my soul had died when Dimitri had fallen. Turning my back on her now, I felt another piece die as well. Soon there wouldn't be anything left inside me.

Bound by Love, But sworn to Kill.

Oh my God," he said. "A kind word from Rose Hathaway. I can die a happy man.

Yeah. Rose." Jill sighed and stared vacantly ahead. "She's all he sees when he closes his eyes. Flashing dark eyes and a body full of fire and energy. No matter how much he tries to forget her, no matter how much he drinks . . . she's always there. He can't escape her.