I clung to that spark of hope, nurturing it into a small flame that chased some of the shadows in my heart away.

Life’s like that. As we grow and change, some things we’ve experience before take on new meaning. It’ll happen for the rest of your life.

Sage,” Adrian declared. “These hands don’t do manual labor.

I looked him in the eye. “I will always love you.” Then I plunged the stake into his chest.

I spent the rest of the day doing little more than that. I skipped dinner. I shed a few tears. But mostly, I just sat on my bed thinking and growing more and more depressed. I also discovered the only thing worse than imagining Dimitri and Tasha together was remembering when he and I had been together. He would never touch me again like that, never kiss me again.

I was so awash in sensory overload that I was caught completely unaware when he did push me away

Back to prison. Maybe if you fake a heart attack, I can make a break for it. (Rose Hathaway says to Lissa Dragomir)