Life and death were so unpredictable. So close to each other. We existed moment to moment, never knowing who would be the next to leave the world. I was still in it, barely, and as I looked up from the ashes, everything around me seemed so sweet and so beautiful. The trees. The stars. The moon. I was alive — and I was glad I was.
Shadow Kiss: A Vampire Academy Novel (ed. Penguin, 2008) - ISBN: 9781440697180