Richelle Mead

I've lost someone, too; someone I loved. I know how you feel."- Does it get easier?"Yes. But you'll never be the same again.

Every relationship is different. Everyone loves differently.

It__ a tricky art, working with them in their purest form,_ she mused. __imultaneously simple yet infinitely complex._ It sounded like my relationship with Adrian.

We fell into silence, both of us keeping our own secrets of what we'd suffered in the other's absence. I wondered if we were trying to protect each other or simply didn't want to admit to our own fears and weaknesses.

But with Dimitri, I never felt like I had to be anything more what I already was. I didn't have to entertain him or think up jokes or even flirt. It was enough to just be together, to be completely comfortable in each other's presence..

Yet, it had been Dimitri__ gentleness and thoughtfulness mixed with that deadliness that made him so wonderful. The same hands that wielded stakes with such precision would carefully brush the hair out of my face. The eyes that could astutely spot any danger in the area would regard me wonderingly and worshipfully, like I was the most beautiful and amazing woman in the world.

Vladimir did great things__o could she. Besides, they come first, right?""Not always."I stared. I'd had they come first drilled into me since I was a child. It was what all guardians believed. Only the dhampirs who'd run away from their duty didn't subscribe to that. What he said was almost like treason."Sometimes, Rose, you have to know when to put yourself first.

I also had to come tonight to apologize. If you need to go to Mexico to finish this process off, then I understand. I was wrong to criticize you for it or even imply that I had some kind of say in it. One of the greatest things about you is that in the end, you always make smart decisions. Can__ always say the same for myself. Whatever you need to do, I__l support you.

I know I__ not supposed to say this, but I love you.

No matter how long or how difficult, we will undo whatever that Moroi boy has done to you." to me.

Well, you can think what you want, so long as you remember - no matter how ordinary things seem between us - I'm still here, still in love with you, and care about you more than any other guy, evil or otherwise, ever will.

The best jury of your peers that you__l ever find is_well, you. Only you know what you__e capable of and what you want to be.

In this one terrified moment, my mind couldn__ focus on any of it. ____e forgotten everything.___o, you haven__._ His voice in the darkness was calm and reassuring. He smoothed back my hair and pressed one of those half kisses to my forehead. __ust relax and focus." __is reasonable words centered me and allowed the gears of logic that ran my life to take over again.

I used to think you were weak and just didn't fight back ... but now, honestly, I think you're actually pretty tough. It takes a hell of a lot of strength to not complain and lash out.

Seth's quote from his book:"And if I only couldI'd make a deal with God and I'd get Him to swap our places"-"Running up that Hill" by Kate Bush

I had a standing agreement with god. I'd agree to believe in him, barely, so long as he let me sleep in on Sundays.

So...Mason, Eddie, and Mia went to Spokane to hunt Strigoi?""Yes.""Holy shit. Why didn't you go with them? Seems like something you'd do."I resisted the urge to smack him. "Because I'm not insane! But I'm going to go get them before they do something even stupider.

God might work on mysterious ways, but hell worked on efficient ones.