“Once I learned, I went online and ordered every romance novel I could find. They're fairy tales for grown-ups.”

“That means life itself is a fairy tale. Like the characters, we all live and love and search for a happily-ever-after.”

“Aren’t all fairy tales based in fact? You yourself are supposed to be nothing more than a myth.Pandora’s box is a story parents read to their children at night,” she countered. “That means life itself is afairy tale. Like the characters, we all live and love and search for a happily-ever-after.”

“He turned, throwing over hi shoulder, ”And if he growls at you, even once, he’s out. He looks wild.”I am, Riley snapped inside her head.Do not laugh, she thought to herself.Her dad paused at the door. “Where does it stay while you’re at school?”It. Nice. “Outside.”“You could be inviting flees into our home, Mary Ann.”No. Laughing. “He’s clean, Dad. I swear. But if I spot a single little bug, I’ll bathe him.”That could prove interesting, Riley said.”

“I hate this Gladiator shit," Sabin muttered."Yes, well, where do you think the Romans learned from?"Sabin sputtered for a minute. "You're trying to tell me Harpies are responsible for this? That the Romans learned from them?""I must try only if you are lacking intelligence.”

“When I find my consort, I plan to stab him in the heart before he can cause me a moment's unease. -Taliyah”

“I have to know""What? What do you have to know?""What you taste like." Another step.What happens when you know?" she rasped."I stop wondering. Stop dreaming of you every night, thinking of you every minute of every day." Another step closer. "I think you wonder, too. I think you dream of me and wonder. You hate yourself for it. You hate me for it, but you cannot stop.”