There was no reason for Bella Swan to cross paths with me. She would be avoided like the plague she was.

I'll always be waiting in the wings Bella

Stupid, shiny Volvo owner.

Never before had I recognized the ring of majesty that was in Billy Black's voice, though I realized now that this authority had always been there.

All the lines that held me to my life were sliced apart in swift cuts, like clipping the strings of a bunch of balloons. Everything that made me who I was - my love for the dead girl upstairs, my love for my father, my loyalty to my new pack, the love for my other brothers, my hatred for my enemies, my home, my name, my self - disconnected from me in that second - snip, snip, snip - and floated up into space.

Just because I’m resisting the wine doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate the bouquet.

I felt like I was staring out across an ocean that I was going to have to swim from shore to shore before I could rest again.