The Arum are nothing more than what a human would call a parasite. They are not worth the filthy floor you lie upon.

Oh, shimmer down, Hunter. You're too testy. How many times have I've told you that you need to chill out, take a vacay. Disney World is really fun this time of the year. you should check it out.

Do you think he looked for the house that was already decorated in black and white? I asked, wondering how we ended up with angel-palooza.Probably. He needed a place as deep and dark as his troubled thoughts. Arum are goth like that.

Luc blinked innocently. That little fuck. "I gave you a piece of opal and a Luxen to nom-nom on.

We stared at each other for several moments, neither of us speaking or moving, and then I was in front of her, pulling her to my chest, breathing in her scent as I went down on my knees, bring her with me. Her arms went around me and she held on just as tightly as I held her. It was then when I realized I was still in my true form. She was light against my darkness.Serena hadn't backed away or hesitated. She accepted me, all of me. She always had.

I smiled then—a big, toothy idiotic smile— and Serena didn't see it. Her eyes were closed, which was good, because I was turning into one big vagina.