hathaway

You are not a perfect woman.You have an evil temper, you__e as blind as a mole, you__e a deplorable poet, and frankly, your French accent could use some work._ Supporting himself on his elbows, Leo took her face in his hands. __ut when I put those things together with the rest of you, it makes you into the most perfectly imperfect woman I__e ever known.

I've never wanted to be loved. And God Knows no one's done it yet.

I love you, Marks. My heart is completely and utterly yours. And unfortunately for you, the rest of me comes with it.

I love you, he thought, looking at Win. I love every part of you, every thought and word... the entire complex, fascinating bundle of all the things you are. I want you with ten different kinds of need at once. I love all the seasons of you, the way you are now, the thought of how much more beautiful you'll be in the decades to come. I love you for being the answer to every question my heart could ask.

She was right about something else too," Dimitri said after a long pause. My back was to him, but there was a strange quality to his voice that made me turn around."What's that?" I asked."That I do still love you."With that one sentence, everything in the universe changed.

All right, then,_ she snapped, __o as you please! Perhaps afterward we could manage a coherent discussion._ Twisting beneath him, she flopped onto her stomach.Christopher went still. After a long hesitation, she heard him ask in a far more normal voice, __hat are you doing?_____ making it easier for you,_ came her defiant reply. __o on, start ravishing.__nother silence. Then, __hy are you facing downward?___ecause that__ how it__ done._ Beatrix twisted to look at him over her shoulder. A twinge of uncertainty caused her to ask, __sn__ it?__is face was blank. __as no one ever told you?___o, but I__e read about it._ Christopher rolled off her, relieving her of his weight. He wore an odd expression as he asked, __rom what books?___eterinary manuals. And of course, I__e observed the squirrels in springtime, and farm animals and-__he was interrupted as Christopher cleared his throat loudly, and again. Darting a confused glance at him, she realized that he was trying to choke back amusement.Beatrix began to feel indignant. Her first time in a bed with a man, and he was laughing.__ook here,_ she said in a businesslike manner, ____e read about the mating habits of over two dozen species, and with the exception of snails, whose genitalia is on their necks, they all__ She broke off and frowned. __hy are you laughing at me?Christopher had collapsed, overcome with hilarity. As he lifted his head and saw her affronted expression, he struggled manfully with another outburst. __eatrix. I__ . . . I__ not laughing at you.___ou are!___o I__ not. It__ just . . ._ He swiped a tear from the corner of his eye, and a few more chuckles escaped. __quirrels . . .___ell, it may be humorous to you, but it__ a very serious matter to the squirrels.

Your... Your aura. It's... amazing. It's shining. I mean, it always shines, but today... Well I've never seen anything like it. I didn't expect that after everything that happened.'I shifted around uncomfortably. If I lit up around Dimitri normally, what on earth happened to my aura post-sex?

Sometimes talking to you is like talking to myself: pretty damned annoying.

Тhere isnʹt much I wouldnʹt do for you. Тhe stupider, the better.

But once in a while . . . I don't know. I feel so close, Rose. So close to the edge. Like if I allow myself one small misstep, I'll plunge away and never come back. It's like I'll lose myself.

By the way, my name's Rose Hathaway. I'm seventeen years old, training to protect and kill vampires, in love with a completely unsuitable guy, and have a best friend whose weird magic could drive her crazy.Hey, no one said high school was easy.