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21 " She continue kissing me with that ferocity, so much so that her lips lightly scraped my teeth. It was only a few drops, but as the sweet metallic taste of her blood touched my tongue, a blinding ecstasy flooded my body. "
― Richelle Mead , The Fiery Heart (Bloodlines, #4)
22 " She kept the wish to herself, as she should have, and simply blew out the candle.I clapped and whistled and then dove into my own cupcake, dying to know how my creations tasted. And seeing as I’d done the hard work—frosting and decorating—I felt like I could take credit and call them my creations. All Cassie had done was get the ingredients, come up with the recipe, and do all the measuring and mixing. "
23 " I won’t lie. Walking into a room and seeing your girlfriend reading a baby-name book can kind of make your heart stop.“I’m no expert,” I began, choosing my words carefully. “Well—actually, I am. And I’m pretty sure there are certain things we have to do before you need to be reading that. "
24 " No matter how long or how difficult, we will undo whatever that Moroi boy has done to you."I managed a wavering smile, tasting blood in my mouth. "You sure about that, Dad? Because he's done everything to me. "
25 " You want to be an alchemist so badly? Don't wait to react to the immediate problem.Plan ahead. Look at the big picture and you won't ever have to deal with that problem.Better to save yourself from a major catastrophe than drag your feet over a bunch of little inconveniences. "
26 " He's been out for a while," she said. "You ready to take a break?"Hopper could exist in this living form or be transformed into a small statue, which helped avoid uncomfortable questions when people came by. Only she could transform him though."Yeah. He keeps trying to eat my paints. And I don't want him to watch me kiss you goodbye. "
27 " Rowena Clark and I had met on the first day of our mixed media class. I’d sat down at her table and said, “Mind if I join you? Figure the best way to learn about art is to sit with a masterpiece.” Maybe I was in love, but I was still Adrian Ivashkov.Rowena had fixed me with a flat look. “Let’s get one thing straight. I can see through crap a mile away, and I like girls, not guys, so if you can’t handle me telling you what’s what, then you’d better take your one-liners and hair gel somewhere else. I don’t go to this school to put up with pretty boys like you. I’m here to face dubious employment options with a painting degree and then go get a Guinness after class.”I’d scooted my chair closer to the table. “You and I are going to get along just fine. "
28 " Did Belikov bend the rules of time and space to get here so fast? He can do that, right? "
29 " Escape plan number seventeen," I told her. "Run away and open a juice stand in Fresno.""Why Fresno?""Sounds like the kind of place people drink a lot of juice. "
30 " Moroi shied from the sunlight but as I watched Sydney, I knew without a doubt that humans had been made for the sun. "
31 " Not everything about me is cute.""That's true, some things are cute. The rest are sexy. Astonishing, agonizingly sexy. It's a wonder I can get anything done at all, when all I ever think about is the way your lips taste or how your fingertips feel on my skin or how your legs are...""Adrian, shut up. "
32 " An image of Sydney's face appeared in my mind's eye, calm and lovely.I believe in you.My anxiety faded.I took a deep breath and met the gazes of all those watching me in the room.Who was I to do this?I was Adrian Ivashkov.And I was about to kick some ass. "
33 " Centrum permanebit. "
34 " Our lips met hungrily, and his clever artistic hands wrapped around my hips. A sudden buzz from my regular cell phone startled me from the kissing."Don't," said Adrian, his eyes ablaze and breathing ragged."What if there's a crisis at school?" I asked. "What if Angeline 'accidentally' stole one of the campus buses and drove it into the library?""Why would she do that?""Are you saying she wouldn't?"He sighed. "Go check it. "
35 " My boyfriend was insanely sexy, vampire or not, and I couldn't keep my hands off him. "
36 " I'm guessing whatever 'ways' you have in mind aren't Jill-appropriate either." "Put your books away and I'll show you. "
37 " You think that I'm so manipulative and scheming, Miss Sage? It's all for them. For my loved ones first. My people second. And yes, I suppose I'm in the mix there too, but don't think for an instant I wouldn't sacrifice myself if it could save someone I love. And don't think for an instant that I wouldn't do terrible, unspeakable things if it could save someone I love. "
38 " You might not believe this, but there is no one like her at this school.""Oh I believe it," I said, thinking back to the time Angeline had forgotten her locker's combination and tried to get into it with an axe.No one was really sure where she'd gotten it from. "
39 " Melbourne, I always knew you'd need to learn about this kind of thing. I 'd just kind of hoped you'd learn it on a real guy. "
40 " Is Hopper celebrating with you?”“Hopper? Why would—” My mouth snapped shut for a few moments. “Oh. I, uh, kind of forgot about him. "