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21 " No one who truly belonged to Faerie could ever call another place home. "
― Karen Lynch , Relentless (Relentless, #1)
22 " I pulled the power back to me until my hands grew hot again. The pain lanced through me but I barely felt it past the anger building inside me. I sent power shooting back through the baby with the force of a lightning strike. That much energy could stop a heart completely but there was nothing to lose now. "
23 " I always knew one day I’d have to leave here to go to college but that seemed so far away. Now my chest ached at the thought of leaving it all behind, of the prospect of never seeing it again. "
24 " Roland reached over to take my hand. “You can’t possibly be evil no matter what you are. I think evil is a choice and you choose to be good. In fact, your demon is probably dormant because you are too good for it. "
25 " Compassion and kindness are powers unto themselves if wielded correctly. Look at these beasts – they will serve no other master now. Yusri al-Hawwash will not be happy to lose two valuable servants along with his cargo. "
26 " I'd fought to protect Nate from monsters, but I forgot they came in human form too "
27 " After this, he’d probably try to lock me in my room forever, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Nate helped him. My lips curved into a small smile. They could try. Oh "
28 " Our eyes met, and the look in his took my breath away. I’d seen Nikolas angry plenty of times, but that was nothing compared to the unbridled fury I saw in him now. I knew Nikolas the man, but it was the demon warrior who stood before me, and the demon was raging. "
29 " The savage beauty in his face stole my breath as he pulled his blade from the vampire on the ground and pivoted to meet the female’s second attack. Half demon or not, at that moment he was the most glorious thing I had ever seen. The "
30 " And I will say that you are without a doubt the biggest pain in the butt I’ve ever met.” I couldn’t hold back my smirk. “The biggest pain, really?” He grinned back. “Yes, but I do like a challenge. "
31 " The world isn’t evil, even if there are bad things in it. "
32 " Aren’t you going to yell at me or something?” He shrugged without looking up from his sandwich. “Will it make you tell me what you were doing today?” “No.” “Then why don’t we just have a pleasant meal instead?” I "
33 " I remembered his teasing laughter that night at my place and the look in his eyes whenever he was furious with me. We were like two magnets constantly pushing at each other, and as much as he aggravated me, I had grown used to having him around. I could almost hear him saying “I told you so” at the mess I’d landed in this time, "
34 " My breath caught. I whirled around, and there he was, standing like a vengeful angel between us and the woods. "
35 " Nikolas’s commanding voice rang across the short distance between us and sent tendrils of warmth through my frozen limbs. He was here. He’d asked me to trust him and swore to keep me safe, and he had come for me. No matter what happened now, I knew my trust had not been misplaced, and I felt a small flare of happiness in spite of my dire situation. Eli "
36 " His face was no longer hidden in shadows, and I found myself gazing into a pair of steel gray eyes that looked at me with such intensity I almost forgot to breathe. Mutely I stared at him while my stomach twisted with a sensation I could not put into words, and I felt a touch against the back of my mind like the flutter of butterfly wings. I experienced the strangest sense of recognition, though I knew I had never seen him before, and deep inside me something stirred like a cat uncurling from a long nap. The "
37 " My watcher stood in front of the lighthouse, arms folded and a shuttered expression on his face. When I faced him, he moved slightly and I saw the set of his jaw and the stormy stare that I was starting to think he reserved just for me. Lucky girl. "
38 " I’d faced vampires and a pack of crocotta, but put me in front of a cute boy and I had no idea what to do. Samson "
39 " What? You think vampires are messy?” I scoffed as I passed him. “Try tangling with the homecoming queen. "
40 " Poor Chris. He didn’t seem like a bad sort, and he was going to develop a complex if he kept losing me. “You’re "