If you don't have anything useful to offer, then get out of here and let us wait until hunger weakens Sonya." And by get out of here, I meant: foolishly think you're going to leave so that I can knock your heads together and drag you back to the guardians.


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"Like or like?

"Oh, there's a difference?
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"Oh I b...
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Then the best thing I can do is—"

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What If Following Her Heart
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Do not do that again," he said stiffly.
"Don't kiss me back then," I retorted.
He stared a...
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He was too perfect, despite being one of the most imperfect people I knew.
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"I know," I agreed.

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How do you feel right now?"
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A gun I had been brought down by a gun. It was practically comical. Cheaters, I thought. I’d spent...
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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.
"You're imagining things," I said. ...
RICHELLE MEAD
You forgot another lesson: Never turn your back until you know your enemy
is dead. Looks like w...
RICHELLE MEAD
There's nothing worse than waiting and not knowing what'll happen to you. Your own imagination can b...
RICHELLE MEAD
You know what we need?"

"A new plan?" asked Lissa.

"A miracle?" asked Eddie....
RICHELLE MEAD
Well, that depends, I suppose. I heard someone once say that men dance the same way they have sex. S...
RICHELLE MEAD
There are little gems all around us that can hold glimmers of inspiration.
RICHELLE MEAD
I always love seeing what worries you. Strigoi? No. Questionable food? Yes.
RICHELLE MEAD
Ah, my daughter,ʺ he said. ʺEighteen, and already youʹve been accused of murder, aided felons, an...
RICHELLE MEAD
What hope is there?" I asked. "If even angels fall, what hope is there for the rest of us?
RICHELLE MEAD
He's hot like, the kind of hot that makes you stop walking on the street and get hit by traffic.
RICHELLE MEAD
You fixed yourself. You didn’t need me.”

“No, Sydney.” My voice was ragged. “I ...
RICHELLE MEAD
It’s Adrian Ivashkov logic. Don’t try to understand it. Just roll with it.
RICHELLE MEAD
No matter how long or how difficult, we will undo whatever that Moroi boy has done to you."
RICHELLE MEAD
Centrum permanebit.
RICHELLE MEAD
Whether it's simply some fierce animal joining of mates or a sublime merging of souls, she is mine, ...
RICHELLE MEAD
Throughout history, people with new ideas—who think differently and try to change things—have al...
RICHELLE MEAD
You're better than this. Better than whatever it is you're going to do now.
RICHELLE MEAD
You see something you like?
RICHELLE MEAD
I find more peace with you.
RICHELLE MEAD
None of the bravado he usually showed was there. I guess there was "usually" and then there was bein...
RICHELLE MEAD
What is it you’re interested in exactly?” the man asked
slowly. “Just the color?”
...
RICHELLE MEAD
But I couldn't help myself, couldn't help the way I felt as I recalled the bliss and rush of a vampi...
RICHELLE MEAD
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 don’t belong to anyone. I make my own choices."
"And you’re with Adrian," said Dimitri.<...
RICHELLE MEAD
Even I make mistakes." I put on my brash, overconfident face. "I know it's hard to believe—kind of...
RICHELLE MEAD
Any life worth living is going to have risks
RICHELLE MEAD
You're my flame in the dark. We chase away the shadows around each other.
RICHELLE MEAD
I’m not dangerous,” I breathed.

He brought his face toward mine. “You are to me.”...
RICHELLE MEAD
I'll just love you whether you want me to or not.
RICHELLE MEAD
God might work on mysterious ways, but hell worked on efficient ones.
RICHELLE MEAD
Adrian smiled and clasped my hands, taking a few steps toward me. "And as for who you are, you’re ...
RICHELLE MEAD
Je t'aime Roza...je serais là pour toi. Je ne laisserais jamais rien t'arriver.
Et je ne laiss...
RICHELLE MEAD
What were good and evil, really, but stupid categories? Stupid categories
that restricted peopl...
RICHELLE MEAD
Did you just use juxtaposition in a sentence?"
"Yes, Sage" he said patiently. "We use it all t...
RICHELLE MEAD
But what are loyalty and caring really worth?"
"To me? Everything.
RICHELLE MEAD
I want her to be happy. It's worth sacrificing myself." -Eddie
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He's been out for a while," she said. "You ready to take a break?"
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and afterward, after it was done, it was too much, and I felt like I was going to... I don't know......
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She felt so much emotionally, she would say, that a physical outlet - physical pain - was the only w...
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Well...I'm on birth control"

I was drinking the water again and choked on it. It took sev...
RICHELLE MEAD
I should go," I said thickly. "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
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That means nothing," said Abe with a shrug. I had a feeling that if I stood and suddenly confessed t...
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Hello," I said stiffly.
His smile split into a full grin."So nice to see you again."
"Alwa...
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You think that I'm so manipulative and scheming, Miss Sage? It's all for them. For my loved ones fir...
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He smiled willingly. "Well, I always aim to help others in need."
"Yeah," a new voice suddenly ...
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I expected Abe to yell for everyone to shut up or something like that. Of course, Nathan had been tr...
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So, I want to try to spend more time with Dad."
Abe glanced at Rose."You see that?" He said. "N...
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Who are these people?" my mother asked.
"Guess," replied Abe flatly. "Who would be foolish enou...
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Well, well, well," I said. "If it isn't the people responsible for unleashing Rose Hathaway on the w...
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Abe swept in, resplendent in a gray and yellow suit that coordinated bafflingly well with Adrian's p...
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Ah, Belikov," said Abe, shaking Dimitri's hand. "I'd been hoping we'd run into each other. I'd reall...
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I have it on good authority there's going to be a new 'gate' opening up soon over on the south side ...
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She reached out and touched the bright colors of the cashmere scarf, her face filled with wonder as ...
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Was this all part of your plan as my lawyer? I don't recall explosive escapes being part of the lega...
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What have you gotten me into?" I hissed at him.
"Me? What have you gotten yourself into? Couldn...
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Don't fight them anymore.I'm going to go with them."
"No. I won't let them take you."
"You...
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Because it gives him and excuse to be around her--without making it look like he gave in first. That...
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You approve?" I asked, spinning around.

He slipped an arm around my waist. "Unfortunately...
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You forget: I have an addictive personality. I'm addicted to you. Somehow I think you could do all s...
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Dimitri.
I hadn't known he was here. His eyes were on me too,dark and endless. Only I couldn't ...
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I'm sorry."

"Be sorry you lied," he said, pressing a kiss to my forehead. "Don't be sorr...
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That," I told Tatiana, "is the most fucked-up law I have ever heard.
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As he looked at me, he seemed to send a message of his own: that he would still fight for me, that h...
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In an undertone, I murmured, "This isn't over. I won't give up on you."
"I've given up on you,"...
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What are you, Rose Hathaway? Are you real? You're a dream within a dream. I'm afraid touching you wi...
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Yeah, that's exactly what I want. To help my girlfriend get her old boyfriend back." He turned away ...
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I'll find you. There is no place in this world you can hide from me. I'm watching.
Love, Dimitr...
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Well, you've finally got a license to kill. It's about time.
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You guys didn't really think you could go off on a party weekend without me, did you? Especially her...
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I don't know. This college would probably have the same problem the last one did."

I frow...
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If I could dream, I know I'd dream about you.I'd dream about the way you smell and how your dark hai...
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Don't touch her," he growled.
There was a note in his voice that would of scared me if it had b...
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Checkmate, bitch.
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Damn it," I muttered.

"What?" asked Adrian.

"I hate when you're the sane one...
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You're beautiful in battle," said Dimitri. His cold voice carried to me clearly, even above the roar...
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Dreams, dreams. I walk them; I live them. I delude myself with them. It's a wonder I can spot realit...
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He has no right to threaten my boyfriends. I'm eighteen. An adult. I don't need his help. I can thre...
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Sweat isn't a bad thing," he said, leaning his head against the wall thoughtfully. "Some of the best...
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It’s okay. Everything’s going to be okay. You can let go of the sword."
"I can’t. I can�...
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That's pretty hot," he said.
"Punching me in the eye?"
"Well, no. Of course not. I meant t...
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By the way, my name's Rose Hathaway. I'm seventeen years old, training to protect and kill vampires,...
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Sometimes you wake up from a dream. Sometimes you wake up in a dream. And sometimes, every once in a...
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what's your name?"
what?" i asked, squinting at the light.
your name." I reconized Dr. Ole...
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Don't judge the past by the standards of today. It won't work. They're incompatible.
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You were wrong. She really is the new general in town."
I smiled back, hoping he wasn't aware o...
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And I thought the whole point of my education was that violence IS the answer.
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I steeled myself for the next response. I knew it was going to be one of the Zen life lessons. [...]...
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I love you, Roza." He kissed me again. "I'll always be here for you. I'm not going to let anything h...
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