“Are you going to tell me what that was about? Adam asked as we went back upstairs.Sometime, I told him. When we're telling ghost stories around a campfire, and I want to scare you.”

“All right," Mom said. She gave Samuel a stern look,"Now I don't know what's going on between you and my daughter and Adam Hauptman-""Neither do we," I mutteredSamuel grinned "We have it pretty well...”

“I dont know who you think you are my mothers voice was low and dangerous but if you dont get out of my way right this instant, it wont matter.Adam was the Alpha werewolf in charge of the local pa...”

“My mother raised her eyebrow, and murmured, And to think I was always worried that you didnt have any friends. I suppose I should have been counting my blessings.”

“One of the oddest things about being grown-up was looking back at something you thought you knew and finding out the truth of it was completely different from what you had always believed.”

“Knowing someone desires you is the greatest aphrodisiac”

“I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting the leaves,Like tissue on some vast, incredible gift.”

“I love you. It hurts more than anything ever has, but I do. So don't you dare tell me I don't. Don't you ever say it again!”

“Whoever said that the past isn't dead had it backward. It's the future that's already dead, already played out.”

“He stepped back with exaggerated courtesy. But when I walked past him, he swatted my rump. Hard enough to sting.You need to be more careful, he growled. Keep interfering in my business and you migh...”

“Adam has always had . . . heroic tendencies.I touched Adams arm. Hes my hero.There was another pause. . .That is the most romantic thing Ive ever heard you say, Bran said. Be careful, Adam, or youl...”

“He stepped back with exaggerated courtesy. But when I walked past him, he swatted my rump. Hard enough to sting.“You need to be more careful,” he growled. “Keep interfering in my business and you m...”