“an almost chemical change seemed to dissolve and recomposethe very elements of his body. A rigour passed over him, blood roseinto his cheeks, his forehead, and there was a steady thumping inhis ears. It was first love.”

“Travis pulled me next to him, situating the covers over us. I rested my cheek against his chest, and he kissed my forehead once more, locking his fingers together behind me.”

“Perhaps, but this Awakening felt very different from those in the past. A peculiar sensation seemed tospread throughout his body, propelled by the very beating of his heart. Within his veins, lycan bloodmixed with his own, merging in an unexpected alchemical reaction. He felt a change come over him, afundamental transformation in his very nature. Power such as he had never known surged through hisveins. His eyes snapped open, revealing a pair of jet-black orbs. Hybrid eyes.”

“With painstaking rumination, the tips of his fingers grazed over my neck, a deafening silence. I didn't move as his hand paused at the base of my throat. He listened to the arrhythmic beating of my heart, my pulse thumping beneath his fingers. He kissed me along my neckline and throat. I almost burst apart from the longing. My blood burned for him.”

“Over my dead body was his first thought. His second? No, Over Carls.”

“Over my dedad body, was his first thought. His second? No, over Carl's.”