vincent

Ah, Evie,_ she heard him say softly, __ must have a heart, after all_because right now it aches like the devil.___nly your heart?_ she asked ingenuously, making him laugh.He lowered her to the bed, his eyes sparkling wickedly. __lso a few other things,_ he conceded. __nd as my wife, it__ your duty to ease all my aches.

Walking around nude in front of humans was not a good way to keep a low profile with the community. It was an excellent way to make new friends, though.

I had no desire to hear another woman tell my boyfriend how hot he was. If I wanted him to know, I'd damn well tell him myself.

You were my single greatest adventure.

We were the only humans - the only forms of life, in fact - for hundreds of miles in each direction, unreaching and unreachable as we rocketed back towards civilisation.

Vincent laughed. "No, you still need to look like a Helian.""So I should burn everything to a crisp?""Well, that would definitely get your mother's attention, but I think that she's looking for something more sophisticated and less... scary.

They're terrified of us Firefly, all of them are.""Well, good," I replied, forming a tiny ball of flames in my fingertips, which were curled round the handle on the back of the bike. "They should be.

He ran his finger along my jawline and down my neck. "The wait will be fun, but it's not going to be easy.