“I won't have any paste-related crimes laid on my head.”

“His eyes were slitted and intense, like he might need to have sex at any moment.”

“It appeared that spending my formative years getting smacked around by my dad may have earned me the privileged of getting smacked around by a bunch of vampires.”

“I was leaving.Finally.For good.There was only one way I'd ever return to the town of Christmas, Florida, and it involved my dead body.”

“The world doesn't revolve around you, Drew.""Well, my world does.”

“Maybe we'll have vampire prom."He shot me an appalled look. "What is this, Twilight?”

“I am roots in the earth. I am water that flows. I am grounded. I am Watcher.”