“She sucked a breath and held it as something consumed her. Something else entirely.”

“He tries not to think about The Core...but he couldn't deny it...they were all becoming something else entirely. Darwin's Children”

“Oh, yeah. He's dead, a voice inside her head confirmed. "No way!" Brianna backed away from him, looking around the room in panic. Yeah, you're right. That lack of pulse probably means something else.”

“You know, the world is all about balance. You lose something here... maybe somebody else picks it up over there.”

“They would ask people to dosomething that is wrong? I thought angels were...” She stumbled, trying tothink of a word to describe her preconceived notion. “Angelic," Jaycie Lerner”

“Haylee thought of all the supernatural creatures that could kill her... a vampire or even a vampire slayer, and became angry at the idea a fairy might end her life tonight.”

“He realized, even if she didn’t, that John possessed greatwisdom as well as great power. Sometimes, making a real human connection was more effective than the power of persuasion and the threats of a sociopath put together. And that was totally awesome.”