We need to be together." "Why?" I asked softly. The word was carried away on the wind, but he heard. "Because I want you." I gave him a sad smile, wondering if we'd meet again in the land of the dead. "Wrong answer," I told him. I let go

I thought I'd finally get to relax with Dimitri.

Honor, I thought. For real: the guardians should have taught it. Because I hadn't learned it.

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

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

Sometimes talking to you is like talking to myself: pretty damned annoying.

But I didn't know about the other story." "What other story?” "About how you and Adrian Ivashkov are—" "No, whatever you heard it’s not true." "But it was really romantic" "Then it’s definitely not true.