Quotes by Kimberly Derting

He loved her.Jay Heaton, her best friend since childhood was in love with her. He didnt say it but she knew that it was true.And the part that really freaked her out, the part that caught her completely off guard, is that he wasnt alone. Because even though shed been denying it for a long, long time, it had always been there... waiting beneath the surface of their friendship. And now that it was out there was no going back. And it was so weird to even be thinking it but...... she was in love with him too.

Hey, A-D-D,” she called out to Claire, “come over and try these on.

The citizens of Ludania would finally be free, no longer forced into a class system that determined what language they could speak, what jobs they could do, or who they could be

In the privacy of my dreams, Im a warrior.

Eden will stay with you. I glanced up at the blue-haired woman who watched us. She promises to take good care of you. Right, Eden?Eden nodded, curt and no-nonsense, a soldier to the bones.I glanced back at Angelina. You trust her, dont

Trust had become a commodity that few could afford.

Now it was just the two of us, Max and me. And about a thousand other people around us.

She once again thought about how badly she wanted to crawl back beneath the mound of already cooling blankets that covered her bed like an inviting nest.

Jules stood up and stretched gracelessly. “Let’s hurry up and pay before she”-she indicated Claire with a flick of her thumb-“sees something shiny and we lose her again.

I was rolling the dead warrior over to steal his cloak, too, knowing it would be far too large on me, when I noticed the blade stashed in the back of his belt. It was solid in my hand, and its blade was sawlike. It would be perfect for gutting the Astonian queen and her traitorous paramour.- Charlaina di Heyse

He stood straight then, moving to stand directly in front of me as he dropped low and bowed dramatically. Your Majesty.

I miss the smell of him. I miss his lips and his strong arms. I miss him.

But I knew something that Elena hadnt. That the measure of a true queen didnt lie in her magic. It had more to do with who she was, and what she was willing to give of herself, than it did with the powers she possessed- Charlaina di Heyse

The sounds she heard bouncing off the walls around her were those of defeat.