When we were almost to the other campus, I felt the weird nausea hit me. I called a warning to Christian, just as a Strigoi grabbed him. But Christian was fast. Flames wreathed the Strigoi's head. He screamed and released Christian, trying frantically to put the flames out. The Strigoi never saw me coming with the stake. The whole thing took under a minute. Christian and I exchanged looks. Yeah. We were badasses.

Oh God. She probably thinks we were off doing—you know—romantic type, um, things—

Is he having a party?" "Dorian is a sociable king. He likes keeping people around him, mostly so he can mock them.

Whether it's simply some fierce animal joining of mates or a sublime merging of souls, she is mine, and I am hers.

We take what what we can get.

A loud booming noise interrupted us, and we saw a flash of light off to my right. People near the other garages screamed. "There, you see?" asked Abe, quite pleased with himself. "A new gate. Perfect timing.

You forgot my first lesson: don't hesitate.