They wouldn't let me play; only Alice would play games with me anymore.

"Victoria?" she hissed. "Laurent?" I nodded, a teensy bit alarmed by the expression in her black eyes. I pointed at my chest. "Danger magnet, remember?"

No, I had never intentionally caused anyone physical pain, but I had hurt Ian deeply enough just by hurting myself. Human lives were so impossibly tangled. What a mess.

No one dressed by me ever looks like an idiot.

The Seeker needed a nice long lifetime eating sunshine.

You can have me the way i am — bad behavior included — or not at all.

Jasper chuckled, shaking his head. " You truly are one frightening little monster.