Did you think you could stop me? I'll burn the world down to save her.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT At least I don't look like a Christmas tree."
"You look like the star atop the tree.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Look at the time." I tipped my chin toward the clock. "It's past midnight. It's January second. You ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I've always found that the most beautiful people, truly beautiful inside and out, are the ones who a...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Goodness, I was already a dork most of the times. I didn't need to be a drunk or high dork.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Daemon!" Dee called from the kitchen. "I need your help!"
"We should go see what she's doing be...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Honestly, as much as I love my brother, I’m not sure how I feel about him hanging out in your bedr...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I'm not leaving, Kitten. You're going to do this."
My mouth opened as did the door behind us. S...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I didn't want to spoil the mood. This was probably the longest Daemon and I had ever spoken without ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I was feeling the height of bitchiness.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Oh, dear God and baby Jesus in the manger, my eyes!” Dee shrieked. “My eyes!
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I have the feeling we just made a deal with the devil, and he's going to come back and want our firs...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Daemon pressed his forehead against mine. "Oh, I still want to strangle you. But I'm insane. You're ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Ash is going to kick your ass, Daemon."
Daemon's grin went up a notch. "Nah, she likes my ass t...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Your mail could've waited." Daemon followed me into the kitchen. "What is it? Just books?"
Grab...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT How long have you been standing there?"
"Just long enough to see you give Daemon the middle fin...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Jesus.” Blake rubbed his throat. “You have anger management problems. Its like a disease.”
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Embarrassed someone would see you and think you’re capable of reading?”
“I do have a repu...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I didn't eat all of it."

"Oh, so it ate itself?" Dee shrieked so loudly I thought I heard...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT So the dickhead had a name. Daemon—seemed fitting. And of course his sister would be as attractive...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Swimming was the last thing I wanted to do. Drowning him? Maybe.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I love you, Katy. Always have. Always will.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Daemon: I checked out your blog.
Katy: Stalking me again, I see. Do I need to get a restraining...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I don't think he meant to kiss me," I said finally.
"What? Did he slip and fall on your mouth? ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT You look like you got more of a bath than the car. I never
thought washing a car would be so ha...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Beautiful face. Beautiful body. Horrible attitude. It was the holy trinity of hot boys.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Why are you such an ass?" The words came out before I could think twice.
"Everyone has to excel...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I wouldn't give up being a Sentinel for the world. Or being the Apollyon. I rock."
"Wow. You're...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I wanted him to meet Ainsley. She was super important to me. I made my decision. “I...I would like...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT You need something," he said, and when I stared at him, he added, "Your face."
"My face?"
...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Just because I’m human doesn’t mean I’m weak.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I shrugged. “Actually, I didn’t tell her much of anything. She must’ve put two and two togethe...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT A smell of burned hair and cotton wafted into the air as I spun toward my desk. There was a low whin...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Is this what you do with your spare time?” he asked me, ignoring his sister.

“What—...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT You’re such an ass. Has…anyone ever told you that?”
He flashed a genuinely amused smile. ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Seth glanced back over his shoulder at the door. “Alex, you’re starting to worry me. Insult me�...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT So...uh, you're a Team Edward kind of guy?'

He snorted. 'No. I'm Team James or Team Tyler...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT You don't look like an alien!' It seemed important to point that out.

He arched a brow. ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT ALEX: “How come you smile when you knock me down?”

AIDEN: “It’s the little things...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Holy Hawt Chemisty, Batman!
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Okay. I’m ready to move onto something else, like practicing with knives or defense against the da...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT So? What are you going to do about it? Throw your mashed potatoes at me? I'm consumed by terror.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Ever since I’ve met you, I’ve wanted to break every rule.” Aiden turned away, the muscles in h...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Aw, did you just fall?"
"No." I rolled onto my back, wincing. "I attacked the floor.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Say it."
"Say what?"
"Tell me what you told me earlier."
"I love you."
"That's a...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I always liked you. From the moment you first flipped me off.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I lost myself the moment I found you.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT He seemed to be staring at the chain hanging from the ceiling fan. Seconds later, he confirmed this ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT You grew up too fast, baby."

Didn't always feel that way, especially this morning when I ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Oh no I know that look. What are you thinking?
That this is the most ridiculous declaration of ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT We stared at each other for several moments, neither of us speaking or moving, and then I was in fro...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Oh, shimmer down, Hunter. You're too testy. How many times have I've told you that you need to chill...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I’ve always found that the most beautiful people, truly beautiful inside and out, are the ones who...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Deacon laughed. "Oh, you're so going to be the next person who gets hit. I'm putting money on that."...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT And that was the thing about truths and secrets. Sometimes the truth didn't need to be known. The li...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Flipping to the front, I caught Aiden's gaze and offered a sympathetic smile.

"Skittles?"...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Whatever you do, don't break my brother's heart. You are his world. And if you leave it, it will des...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT -¿Kitten?
-¿Si?
Sus ojos eran hermosos cuando se encontraron con los míos, luminosos y ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Are you two you know?" Jacob pointed at us. " Together? Together? "
I didn't get a chan...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT You drive me fucking insane sometimes."
I drove myself fucking insane.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Remind me," he paused, drawing in a stuttered gasp, "to never piss you off again. Christ, are you se...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I think it's obvious if you're wanted here or not."
"Daemon," hissed Dee, her cheeks red. She t...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Supongo que hay dos tipos de personas en el mundo: los que se sientan alrededor de un fuego a mirar ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I have never seen a
man break the way he did. And he broke. Set half the damn Covenant on fire....
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Without thinking, I moved again, reaching out and touching the hand
resting near my thigh. Call...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I frowned as my fingers throbbed. “Wait a sec. There’s a chance I can’t work with fire and you...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Once I got home, though, and saw several packages on my front porch, all the crap from the day disap...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I checked out your blog.'
Oh. Dear. Baby. Jesus. How did he find it? Wait. More importantly was...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I understood books. I did not understand boys—especially alien boys.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I want to back up to this whole caring about me thing,” he said, surprising me as he made his way ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT And I know things are...screwed up between us. I know that. Even if you tell me you'd rather hump a ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I’m not sure I want to go to prom. I’m not sure I want to share you with anyone.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Thanks,” I muttered and added under my breath, “Douchebag.”

He laughed, deep and th...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT When people inexplicably dissapeared into thin air, it was usually because they had a new zip code. ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT How did you know I was different?”

“You mean besides the obvious obsidian, the alien...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Will you show me what you really look like? You don't sparkle, do you?
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT That's the funny thing about trying to escape. You never really can. Maybe temporarily, but not comp...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I blame boobs.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Since when do you care about rules?"
"I'm a changed person."
"When did you change? Just n...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT You know what? Lets go." I shot Aiden a defiant look. "Come on Seth. Let's go continue our lovers' q...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT You know what?” His breath was warm against my cheek. “There are a lot of stupid things to do, b...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Then Kyler kissed me, and I stopped thinking about words and languages, because there was nothing be...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I love you,” he said, and he kissed me again. Feral. Possessive. I gasped out, “I love you too.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Well, you know, after we talked about it, I knew I had to say something to her soon. You… you gave...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT but Kyler...yeah, he put the 'oo' in swoon.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT If you want a woman with a tight little kitty, the find one with itty bitty titties!
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT My brows rose. “You want your jeans off?” She pressed her cheek against my chest and tapped my l...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT It’s alright. I mean, sex can be messy sometimes and these things happen and… I really need to s...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Syd, are you not wearing a bra?” Before I could answer, his hands drifted up further, until the fi...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT What else do I deserve?” One side of his lips tipped up. “Everything, baby, you deserve everythi...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT You’re standing by yourself talking about tits?” Kyler asked from behind me. I gave a little shr...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Sometimes words weren’t enough— they couldn’t cover the feeling. This was one of those times. ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Now about these jeans…” “What about them?” He winked, and damn if he didn’t look good doin...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT An arm snaked around my waist, pulling me to a stop. For the first time in my life I was literally s...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Instead he was staring at me like he was seconds away from getting up and storming across the bar an...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I will never regret being with you, Syd. Never. And I wish I could go back and relive those h...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Okay. This was good. This was heading somewhere I’d— “I want to strangle you,” she said, her...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Kyler half-jumped half-threw himself toward my open window. I was wussy. Closing my eyes, I balled m...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT You’re weird.” “I know.” I lifted my head so my chin rested on his chest. “But you love me...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT How you’ve always felt?” “I’ve loved you my entire life,” he said, eyes locked on mine. �...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT How much snow are they calling for?” “Somewhere between a lot and holy fuck.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT How...how do you feel about me?”
“I think it’s pretty obvious.”
“Let’s just sa...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT We can't lose you," she said after a few moments of awkward as hell silence. "You have to understand...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I'm sure I look like a drowned cat."
"You look fine. The wet look works for you."
I scowle...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Am I glowing?"
"Like a Christmas tree."
"Not just the star?"
The bed moved a little, ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT You’re breaking my heart.”
At the sound of Rider’s voice, I wheeled around, clutching my ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Dee loves it here. Before you came, she spent most of her days here."
To Daemon, my arrival was...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT „It’s okay. It’s over.” He slipped back into his human form, pulling her against his chest, ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT „Did you just…clean a dish?” Dee backed away slowly, blinking. She glanced at Daemon. “The w...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Ah, i just know. That's my talent, if you were wondering. I just know things." She rolled her eyes, ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT You really shouldn’t trust a soul in this game. Not when everyone has something to gain or lose.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I almost rushed Roth right then and threw my arms around him, but a low growl rumbled from behind me...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Either way, excitement hummed through me as we headed out to the garage. I’d never seen an exorcis...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT People are assholes, Mouse. You already know that.” He paused as he scooped some of my hair back, ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Don't you want to know what cookies is a code word for?"
"No! Good God, no!
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT He can be...” Heat started to flow across my cheeks. “He can be very...protective.”
Jayde...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT There was a pause, then his lips stretched into a smile. "You're right."
Hell froze over. Pigs ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT A soft smile curved up her lips, and my gut dropped a little. A smile…I’d never known a smile co...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT When in doubt, get the fuck out.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT May I ask why you’re passing notes to Aiden?” He eyed the letter like it was a bomb.
“It�...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT You'll become the center of someone's world one day. And he'll be the luckiest son of a bitch on thi...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Are you lost, Lea? This isn't where they're handing out the free pregnancy tests.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Seth threw me a mischievous grin. “I can’t have Marcus just walking in on us. What if I want to ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I want to get to know every freckle and every curve on a personal level.”

“I think y...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT As class ended, Hector announced, “I’m hungry.”
“ okay,” Rider responded as I said t...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I’d been given opportunities others hadn’t and I’ve been wasting them, and now I have to reall...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I am not her. I will never be her.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT M: How do you feel about me?
R: I think it's pretty obvious.
M: Let's just say I need deta...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I just never thought I'd get to see how beautiful you'd become
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT But... but home should be more than that,” I told him now. “Life... it should be more than that�...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT You're beautiful, too. I mean, you're hot,” I blurted out. “But I always knew you would be.” m...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Don't even know why, but I got to that part, and I...God, it hit me, you know? The truth of those da...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Nothing lasts forever, Mouse.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT we were best friends.” pausing, he finally looked over at Ainsley. “But I think I've been replac...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Forever was the fire-breathing dragon inside me that had shed the fear like a snake shedding skin. F...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Cool. I'm quiet, too."
I arched a brow.
He laughed. "Okay. I'm not quiet. I'm sure if yo...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Oh. Oh, wow. This was going downhill fast even though Rider looked like he wanted a bucket of popcor...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT The past never went away and it was not designed to do so.
It would always be there, and it sh...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Life was weird.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I forgot about everything. Because it wasn't that important. Something else was. Living life with.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT The dimple appeared. “ I like staring at you.” my brows rose. he chuckled. “ that kind of soun...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Forever was knowing moments of weakness didn't equate to an eternity of them.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I'm scared of everything,” I admitted, Voice hushed. “ everything. My biggest fear is forever th...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Hoping never really got us anywhere, did it?
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Life can be all too brief.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT You’re safe now,” Rider said. “I here. You’re safe, Mouse. And I know you might not believe ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT No one else. It was me who had to carry myself over the finish line, and all I needed to remember wh...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT As long as it’s what you’re passionate about, go for it.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT In their minds, they still had forever. But we knew better. Forever was something we all took for gr...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT This speech wasn’t forever. Being embarrassed as not forever. None of this was forever. But trying...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT We've been separated. But we had never really been apart.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT -She understands.”
“Understands what?” I whispered. Rider’s gaze held mine again.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT It was all about trying, and that was what I would do. I would try.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Forever was something we all took for granted, but the problem with forever was that it really didn'...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Very

dangerous… much like kisses from those who walk among the gods. Intoxicating, swee...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Bisbigliò: «Perché sei qui, Layla?». «Sono qui... sono qui perché è qui che sono felice, qui ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Okay. Stop. All of you. This gossipfest about my virginity is not something I want to continue.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT The demon?" Roth scoffed. "That's 'Your Highness' to you.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT A.Coward," he repeated, and I briefly considered picking up the vase in the center of the island and...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT LAYLA: "You boinked Lilith."
ROTH: "Boinked?" Roth chuckled under his breath and then said, "Go...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I'm going to be okay." His eyes held mine as he stepped closer lining his booted feet with mine."Not...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I dare a lot more than that." Roth's skin seemed to thin his face becoming sharp angles."I will not ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT If losing Sam had taught me anything, it was to seize life-seize everything it had to offer, includi...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT But I wasn't done. Staring into eyes that were as bright and beautiful than any tawny jewel, I said ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I got you," Roth, said, propping me up. "Always." Always. The word bounced around inside me like a P...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Some girl named Eva has him convinced that you put out after one beer."
"What?" My voice was as...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Double crap on a cracker the size of my butt
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT He returned my smile with a half grin. "So what do you blog about? Knitting? Puzzles? Being lonely?
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Are you not going to talk? Just sit there and stare at me like a creeper?"
Aiden cracked a half...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Sorry. Sorry. Don't hit. Bitches be scary when they hit.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I would be clapping like a seal right now if I weren’t so fucking hung over, just so you know. Ins...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Scars, whether physical or emotional, could be not just a representation of survival but also a stor...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT You know what they say about boys next door...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I couldn't stop staring at his mouth when he spoke. I bet he knew how to kiss. Perfect kisses too, o...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT People do the damndest things when they’re in love, Alex. Look at what your mother did. It’s a d...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Dogeared pages were Antichrist of book lovers everywhere.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT You and that damn pen.”
“You love it.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Your life isn’t about all you can’t do. It’s about what you can do.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT "Don't be scared of Bambi" the demon said. "She's only curious and maybe a little bit hungry."
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Hey!” Dawson yelled from the front door. “I think Dee caught the microwave on fire. Again. And I...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT A few seconds after he stepped out into the hallway and closed the door behind him, there was a fles...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Daemon was the pissy pink elephant in the room with a bad attitude.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Holy Hottie-McHotters!
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I’m supposed to meet Ainsley for lunch and then...we’re hanging out.”
He was silent for a...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT People tend to look on the beliefs of the past as being primitive and unintelligent, yet we are seei...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT My heart cracked. Daemon never begged.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT It had always been Roth; from the moment he swaggered into that d- alley, where I'd been unsuccessfu...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I've been waiting a long time to run tests on someone like you, " he said to Daemon, voice high-pitc...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Shit,” he said. “That was awkward as hell to witness.”
“True dat,” Keira murmured. JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Standing, Rider lifted his arms and stretched. His shirt rode up, baring a sliver of his stomach. My...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Screw being a better person.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT how could he explain what happened? 'hey, honey, i'm an alien and apparently i just doused you with ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Apollo stepped toward Athena. “Let’s break down this idea step-by-step. How would we be able to ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Me and Katy look adorkable in extraterrestrial
highway shirts. You would just look stupid. You ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT So I was thinking, there're eighty-six thousand, four hundred seconds in a day, right? There're one ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Hot or not, there went my tenuous grip on my temper. 'I don't need you looking out for what's best f...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Aiden… I can’t see anything.”
“That’s the point.”
“Well, thanks, Captain Obv...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Whispers followed me down the hall. Ignoring them was harder than I´d imagined. Every Cell in my bo...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT My last conscious thought was of my biggest mistake- not the boy beside me, but the one i could neve...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Sometimes you have to know when to let hope go.
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT