I was so distracted when walking out of the restroom that I hadn't noticed Rose standing nearby with Dimitri Belikov. They stood arm in arm, smiling at my surprise. I hadn't seen Dimitri tonight, and his black and white guardian attire told me why. He was on duty here and had undoubtedly been one of the shadows darting among the trees of the greenhouse, keeping a watch on everyone. He must be on break now because there was no way he'd be standing so casually here, even with Rose, otherwise. And really, "casual" for Dimitri meant he could still leap into battle at any moment. They were a striking couple. His dark-haired, dark-eyed looks matched hers, and they were both dazzlingly attractive. It was no wonder Adrian had fallen for her, and I felt surprised at how uncomfortable that memory made me. Like Sonya and Mikhail, there was a bond of love between Rose and Dimitri and Rose that was almost palpable.
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RICHELLE MEAD I lost track of day and night too. My time was divided into Dimitri and not-Dimitri. He was my world... RICHELLE MEAD And what makes you so certain I won't enlighten the world about your romantic indiscretions?" <... RICHELLE MEAD We aren't fighting right now." I blurted out. He gave me a sidelong look. "Do you want to... RICHELLE MEAD Strigoi have red eyes, " I explained. "Do his eyes look red?" The boy leaned forward. "No. The... RICHELLE MEAD Dimitri. I hadn't known he was here. His eyes were on me too,dark and endless. Only I couldn't ... RICHELLE MEAD Rose Hathaway: "You see something you like?" Dimitri Belikov: "Get dressed. RICHELLE MEAD Dimitri: "you and I will both be Lissa's guardians someday. I need to protect her at all costs. If a... RICHELLE MEAD I sprang toward him with the stake, hoping to catch him by surprise. But Dimitri was hard to catch b... RICHELLE MEAD Dimitri: "She might be wild and disrespectful, but if she has potential—" Rose: "Wild and dis... RICHELLE MEAD Rose Hathaway: "what's with all the running, anyway? I mean, I realize the importance of stamina and... RICHELLE MEAD VAMPIRE ACADEMY: Rose- See something you like? Dimitri- Get dressed. LAST... RICHELLE MEAD You're beautiful in battle," said Dimitri. His cold voice carried to me clearly, even above the roar... RICHELLE MEAD ...but Dimitri...well, my former lover and instructor was in a category all his own. His fighting sk... RICHELLE MEAD Dimitri Belikov: "Now get back to your room—if you can manage it without throwing yourself at some... RICHELLE MEAD I don’t belong to anyone. I make my own choices." "And you’re with Adrian," said Dimitri.<... RICHELLE MEAD Jack Broughton was a fighter, the father of boxing. He had a fondness for flowers and his sister nam... EMMA RICHLER Dimitri is dead," she said. It was a statement, not a question, but she was looking to m... RICHELLE MEAD How is Angeline?" asked Dimitri. "Is she improving?" Eddie and I exchanged glances. So much for... RICHELLE MEAD I noticed in the hallway a black janitor and I wondered why he was standing there. And he had a mop ... JAMES MEREDITH Once, when Tom was over here, to tease Rose, I asked him, "Before she was born, can you remember? We... HILARY MCKAY We stood there for a minute or two, with John swaying gently against my arm. 'I'm feeling better,' h... GEORGE MARTIN He saw that I was shy, and at the time I was still scared of feeling with another person, so he put ... ALLEN GINSBERG Stop fighting me!" he said, trying to pull on the arm he held. He was in a precarious pos... RICHELLE MEAD I don't know. This college would probably have the same problem the last one did." I frow... RICHELLE MEAD (On WWI:) A man of importance had been shot at a place I could not pronounce in Swahili o... BERYL MARKHAM He burst in the door like he'd expected to find us, and in that horrible moment, with him raging lik... RICHELLE MEAD Dmitri was in my arms. RICHELLE MEAD Rose's work of art took her all day, including two playtimes, story time, and most of lunch. At... HILARY MCKAY Don't touch her," he growled. There was a note in his voice that would of scared me if it had b... RICHELLE MEAD The door opened, and it was like an apparition materializing before me, some sort of heavenly m... RICHELLE MEAD Then the best thing I can do is—" He froze. The brown eyes that had been narrowed with... RICHELLE MEAD I just could not take it in. Magnus was vulnerable in a way because he was hopelessly shy and had ne... FRANCIS JONES I wasn't fooled. He was avoiding looking at me. "There's nothing to talk about." "I knew you'd ... RICHELLE MEAD No, I can just read you. Finally. I can't believe how blind I was. I can't believe I never noticed. ... RICHELLE MEAD I know what it felt . . . like when I . . . thought you were dead, and-" A small gasp for breath, an... DIANA GABALDON Abe held my gaze a bit longer and then broke into an easy smile. ʺOf course, of course. This is a f... RICHELLE MEAD I looked him in the eye."I will always love you." Then I plunged the stake into his chest. It ... RICHELLE MEAD The tree was so old, and stood there so alone, that his childish heart had been filled with compassi... KARL OVE KNAUSGåRD Straightaway, they started chatting and telling me their names: Fred and Rose West. I was surprised ... STEPHEN RICHARDS I felt like someone had ripped my heart out and tossed it across the other side of the room. There w... RICHELLE MEAD Find one thing. One thing that's beautiful. Anything. Anything that shows you you're not one of them... RICHELLE MEAD She was a very pretty woman. She had dark red hair and her eyes -- her eyes are just like mine, Harr... J.K. ROWLING The others cast themselves down upon the fragrant grass, but Frodo stood awhile still lost in wonder... J.R.R. TOLKIEN You act young," he said, "because you are young. But you know things, Roza. Things people older than... RICHELLE MEAD Geno told them why I was there, and they all came down off the truck and looked me over — I guess ... DREXEL DEAL As he rose to his feet he noticed that he was neither dripping nor panting for breath as anyone woul... C.S. LEWIS I want to back up to this whole caring about me thing,” he said, surprising me as he made his way ... JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Do you think that's, like, REAL bacon?" I whispered to Sydney and Dimitri. "And not like squirrel or... RICHELLE MEAD Then Deborah stood at the wicket gate, the boundary, and there was a woman with outstretched hand, d... DAPHNE DU MAURIER Adrian tipped my face up toward his and kissed me. Like always, the world around me stopped moving. ... RICHELLE MEAD Rose: "Wow. You beat up your dad. I mean, that's really horrible... what happened. But, wow. You rea... RICHELLE MEAD God, I got lucky. If I'd hurt it, it would have put me out of practice for a while.” Smiling,... RICHELLE MEAD No," Dimitri interrupted gently. He moved his face toward mine, our foreheads nearly touching. "It w... RICHELLE MEAD I looked into his eyes and he looked into mine. They were very dark, empty, unfeeling and cold. I fe... ANNETTE BROWN Is he... is Dimitri a Strigoi?" Mason hesitated only a moment, like he was afraid to answer me... RICHELLE MEAD It was not the thought that I was so unloved that froze me. I had taught myself to do without love.<... KURT VONNEGUT JR. It felt like I was living in two worlds. There was one world which was a daylight world and another ... LAURIE MATTHEW I followed along because really, it was hard to say no to Dimitri Belikov about anything. RICHELLE MEAD Seeing him like this, dressed just for her in so patent a manner, she could not hold back the fiery ... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Linc, I have no idea what you're talking about. I actually thought that was kind of unbelievable as ... JESSICA SHIRVINGTON Ethan’s voice was choked. “I realize now, what my father felt. When I left home. He must have fe... TOM DEADERICK Everyone was a rose but even more complex than a mere flower. Everyone was made up of infinitely lay... MARY BALOGH I just had a cart here and was taking groceries off here and loading them into a cart and looked up ... ADAM SIMPKINS The training part," I guessed. "Yup. You're going to be Dimitri's partner." A ... RICHELLE MEAD She was right about something else too," Dimitri said after a long pause. My back was to him, but th... RICHELLE MEAD And Harry remembered his first nightmarish trip into the forest, the first time he had ever encounte... J.K. ROWLING He sighed and then focused his eyes right on me. It was like drowning, drowning in seas of green. Th... RICHELLE MEAD That was my first kiss," she said. "My first real one." He brought his head close, resting his ... VERONICA ROSSI We stood there, looking at each other, saying nothing. But it was the kind of nothing that meant eve... JENNY HAN Her hands warming on tea looked like chunks of knitting a child had felted in grubby palms. Enough d... LAUREN GROFF She took me to her room and stood me in front of her dresser, which was covered in a pillowcase with... STEPHEN CHBOSKY But then Mikhail told us something that stunned us even more - the reason the picture was so importa... BOB LAY We were both quiet a long time and I was about to fall back asleep in the curve of his arm with his ... KRISTEN ASHLEY Roza, my self-control is ten times stronger than yours." I opened my eyes, shifting to look int... RICHELLE MEAD But also... well, you and I will both be Lissa's gaurdians someday. I need to protect her at all cos... RICHELLE MEAD Whoa, Dimitri," I said, tossing my bag on the floor. "I realize this is actually a current hit in Ea... RICHELLE MEAD Geez, Vi, you didn’t need to break your own leg to get out of going to the dance with Grady Spence... KIMBERLY DERTING It had only been two days – two days – since he’d seen her last, and yet he’d missed her eve... ANGELA B. WADE Hush!’ said the Cabby. They all listened. In the darkness something was happening at la... C.S. LEWIS Okay?Okay ?" People in the hall stared at us. I realized I was practically shouting. "He's out... RICHELLE MEAD I remember the moment when it hit me. I was walking down Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side, an... MATISYAHU Stop. I don't do you favors, Alec. I do things for you because - well, why do you think I do them?"<... CASSANDRA CLARE His dark blue shirt was plastered to his chest, covered with werewolf goop and tears. "Now we both n... LAURELL K. HAMILTON As the bus took us north on a connection of dark farm roads and smaller highways, I started to wonde... DANA REINHARDT I love you, Roza." He kissed me again. "I'll always be here for you. I'm not going to let anything h... RICHELLE MEAD Ah, those two. In a fight, they’re lethal. Around each other, they melt. RICHELLE MEAD What's with all the running, anyway? I mean, I realize the importance of stamina and all that, but s... RICHELLE MEAD ROSE: I love you, Jack. JACK: No...don’t say your goodbyes, Rose. Don’t you give up. ... JAMES FRANCIS CAMERON I was kind of mad at myself at 17 because I was 5 up after 11 and now he was coming back at me. I ju... EDOARDO MOLINARI It was something of a mystery how a couple of teenage girls had managed to escape detection for two ... RICHELLE MEAD Almost halfway down the aisle, she saw someone she wasn't expecting, and she almost stumbled on her ... MELISSA DE LA CRUZ
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RICHELLE MEAD Yet, it had been Dimitri’s gentleness and thoughtfulness mixed with that deadliness that made him ... RICHELLE MEAD How do you feel right now?" "I hurt like hell." "You'll feel worse tomorrow." "So?"<... RICHELLE MEAD Do you know anything about silent films?" "Sure," I said. "The first ones were developed in th... RICHELLE MEAD Ah, well,ʺ said Abe, idly studying his fingertips. ʺI have it on good authority thereʹs going to ... RICHELLE MEAD A gun I had been brought down by a gun. It was practically comical. Cheaters, I thought. I’d spent... RICHELLE MEAD Do you know what I see in you now? The usual aura. A steady golden yellow, healthy and strong, with ... RICHELLE MEAD I see how it is,” I snapped. “You were all in favor of me breaking the tattoo and thinking on my... RICHELLE MEAD Because I can't help doing it," he said with a shrug. "And hey, if I keep loving you, maybe you'll e... RICHELLE MEAD Not into older guys, huh?" asked Adrian once we were alone. 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"Let me know when you want to start practice again. And thanks for...t... RICHELLE MEAD Call me crazy for asking this, but, um, are Lissa and I going with you?" "No" "No?" "... RICHELLE MEAD Guardian Belikov is the princess's guardian now," said Kirova, "Her sanctioned guardian." RICHELLE MEAD You might be surrounded by clouds, but you'll be like sunshine to me. RICHELLE MEAD You look confused," said Adrian. I shook my head and sighed. "I think I'm just overthinking thi... RICHELLE MEAD They’re waiting for you. Go on in.” Adrian leaned close to Keith’s ear and spoke in an ominous... RICHELLE MEAD Relax, having kids is years away. But can you imagine? Your brains, my charm, our collective good lo... RICHELLE MEAD I loved you!" he yelled. He jumped up out of his chair so quickly I never saw it coming. "I loved yo... RICHELLE MEAD Who is he?" "An idiot, said Adrian. "Makes me look like an upstanding member of society. RICHELLE MEAD Yeah? Can you draw a skeleton riding a motorcycle with flames coming out of it? And I want a pirate ... RICHELLE MEAD You, know I'm the Queen's favorite great nephew, Well, yeah I'm her only great nephew, but that's no... RICHELLE MEAD Don't worry, little dhampir. You might be surrounded by clouds, but you'll always be like sunshine t... RICHELLE MEAD You've asked me out tons of times." "Not really. I've made inappropriate suggestions and freque... RICHELLE MEAD I know how devastated you must be to miss me, but leave a message, and I'll try to ease your agony RICHELLE MEAD That means nothing," said Abe with a shrug. I had a feeling that if I stood and suddenly confessed t... RICHELLE MEAD Hello," I said stiffly. His smile split into a full grin."So nice to see you again." "Alwa... RICHELLE MEAD You think that I'm so manipulative and scheming, Miss Sage? It's all for them. For my loved ones fir... RICHELLE MEAD He smiled willingly. "Well, I always aim to help others in need." "Yeah," a new voice suddenly ... RICHELLE MEAD I expected Abe to yell for everyone to shut up or something like that. Of course, Nathan had been tr... RICHELLE MEAD So, I want to try to spend more time with Dad." Abe glanced at Rose."You see that?" He said. "N... RICHELLE MEAD Who are these people?" my mother asked. "Guess," replied Abe flatly. "Who would be foolish enou... RICHELLE MEAD Well, well, well," I said. "If it isn't the people responsible for unleashing Rose Hathaway on the w... RICHELLE MEAD Abe swept in, resplendent in a gray and yellow suit that coordinated bafflingly well with Adrian's p... RICHELLE MEAD Ah, Belikov," said Abe, shaking Dimitri's hand. "I'd been hoping we'd run into each other. I'd reall... RICHELLE MEAD I have it on good authority there's going to be a new 'gate' opening up soon over on the south side ... RICHELLE MEAD She reached out and touched the bright colors of the cashmere scarf, her face filled with wonder as ... RICHELLE MEAD Was this all part of your plan as my lawyer? I don't recall explosive escapes being part of the lega... RICHELLE MEAD What have you gotten me into?" I hissed at him. "Me? What have you gotten yourself into? Couldn... RICHELLE MEAD Don't fight them anymore.I'm going to go with them." "No. I won't let them take you." "You... RICHELLE MEAD Because it gives him and excuse to be around her--without making it look like he gave in first. That... RICHELLE MEAD You approve?" I asked, spinning around. He slipped an arm around my waist. "Unfortunately... RICHELLE MEAD You forget: I have an addictive personality. I'm addicted to you. Somehow I think you could do all s... RICHELLE MEAD Dimitri. I hadn't known he was here. His eyes were on me too,dark and endless. Only I couldn't ... RICHELLE MEAD I'm sorry." "Be sorry you lied," he said, pressing a kiss to my forehead. "Don't be sorr... RICHELLE MEAD That," I told Tatiana, "is the most fucked-up law I have ever heard. RICHELLE MEAD As he looked at me, he seemed to send a message of his own: that he would still fight for me, that h... RICHELLE MEAD In an undertone, I murmured, "This isn't over. I won't give up on you." "I've given up on you,"... RICHELLE MEAD What are you, Rose Hathaway? Are you real? You're a dream within a dream. I'm afraid touching you wi... RICHELLE MEAD Yeah, that's exactly what I want. To help my girlfriend get her old boyfriend back." He turned away ... RICHELLE MEAD I'll find you. There is no place in this world you can hide from me. I'm watching. Love, Dimitr... RICHELLE MEAD Well, you've finally got a license to kill. It's about time. RICHELLE MEAD You guys didn't really think you could go off on a party weekend without me, did you? Especially her... RICHELLE MEAD I don't know. This college would probably have the same problem the last one did." I frow... RICHELLE MEAD If I could dream, I know I'd dream about you.I'd dream about the way you smell and how your dark hai... RICHELLE MEAD Don't touch her," he growled. There was a note in his voice that would of scared me if it had b... RICHELLE MEAD Checkmate, bitch. RICHELLE MEAD Damn it," I muttered. "What?" asked Adrian. "I hate when you're the sane one... RICHELLE MEAD You're beautiful in battle," said Dimitri. His cold voice carried to me clearly, even above the roar... RICHELLE MEAD Dreams, dreams. I walk them; I live them. I delude myself with them. It's a wonder I can spot realit... RICHELLE MEAD He has no right to threaten my boyfriends. I'm eighteen. An adult. I don't need his help. I can thre... RICHELLE MEAD Sweat isn't a bad thing," he said, leaning his head against the wall thoughtfully. "Some of the best... RICHELLE MEAD It’s okay. Everything’s going to be okay. You can let go of the sword." "I can’t. I can�... RICHELLE MEAD That's pretty hot," he said. "Punching me in the eye?" "Well, no. Of course not. I meant t... RICHELLE MEAD By the way, my name's Rose Hathaway. I'm seventeen years old, training to protect and kill vampires,... RICHELLE MEAD Sometimes you wake up from a dream. Sometimes you wake up in a dream. And sometimes, every once in a... RICHELLE MEAD what's your name?" what?" i asked, squinting at the light. your name." I reconized Dr. Ole... RICHELLE MEAD Don't judge the past by the standards of today. It won't work. They're incompatible. RICHELLE MEAD You were wrong. She really is the new general in town." I smiled back, hoping he wasn't aware o... RICHELLE MEAD And I thought the whole point of my education was that violence IS the answer. RICHELLE MEAD I steeled myself for the next response. I knew it was going to be one of the Zen life lessons. [...]... RICHELLE MEAD I love you, Roza." He kissed me again. "I'll always be here for you. I'm not going to let anything h... RICHELLE MEAD