Richelle Mead - The Fiery Heart (2013)

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It's Adrian Ivashkov logic. Don't try to understand it. Just roll with it.

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Whereas Angeline's antics made me want to pull out my hair sometimes, Trey found them endearing.

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You fixed yourself. You didn't need me. No, Sydney. My voice was ragged. I do need you. You have no idea how much I need you.

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Um, thanks, she said. It was nice to see one woman finally immune to that accent. That wasn't to say Rose wasn't a sucker for accents. She just preferred hers from the other side of Europe.

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As long as we're together, that's how we'll be. No trembling. No faltering. We're unstoppable.

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Sydney had been horrified to discover my home library consisted of a bartending dictionary and an old copy of Esquire, and at her pleading, I'd promised to read something more substantial. I was trying to think deep thoughts as I read Gatsby, but mostly I wanted to throw some parties.

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But all I could see was her. No skill of mine, no artist anywhere, could've immortalized how gorgeous she was. It was impossible to believe she'd ever had any doubts about her body. The firelight shone on her skin, golden and perfect, making her look like some radiant goddess of legend. I wanted to kneel before her and offer eternal obedience.

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Sydney spent a lot of time on my bed these days. Unfortunately, it wasn't with me.

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Did Belikov bend the rules of time and space to get here so fast? He can do that, right?

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My boyfriend was insanely sexy, vampire or not, and I couldn't keep my hands off him.

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Maybe instead of stalking her, you should go out with someone else." He sighed. "You don't think I've tried? How can anyone compare? You might not believe this, but there is no one like Ageline at this school.

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Is Hopper celebrating with you? Hopper? Why would— My mouth snapped shut for a few moments. Oh. I, uh, kind of forgot about him.

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She snuggled back under the blanket with me, turned toward me so that she could rest her head on my chest. I hear your heart, she said. Do you check every once in a while, just to make sure I'm not undead?

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If she just wanted to come home at night to eye candy with good hair, I could probably be that reasonably well.

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Somehow, Sydney had an internal clock that told her when time was up. I think it was part of her inherent ability to keep track of a hundred things at once. Not me. In these moments, my thoughts were usually focused on getting her shirt off and whether I'd get past the bra this time. So far, I hadn't.

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Well...I'm on birth control" I was drinking the water again and choked on it. It took several moments of coughing before I could gasp out. "What?" "It takes a while for it to start working, so I figured I should be prepared, just in case." "Just in case," I repeated, still dumbfounded.

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She stared at me with concern a few moments longer and then relaxed a little. "Okay. But if you need anything—" "I know, I know. Call on the Love Phone.

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Sydney, I'm so happy to see you again. If there's anything I can do for you, please let me know. And you must be Neil." "Your majesty." Neil swept her a bow so low that his forehead touched the ground. Above him, Adrian rolled his eyes. "Easy there, Lancelot," Adrian said. "I don't think bowing is required when she's in jeans and bunny slippers.

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Escape plan #5: Open an alpaca ranch in Texas, one that requires all blond-haired, brown-eyed, brainy girls to wear sexy cowgirl outfits.

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Love is... An old memory with Adrian came back to me, and some of the turbulent emotion I always carried within me these days welled up in my chest. It was stupid, feeling so lovesick when he'd been gone less than a day, but I couldn't get him or the ways he described love out of my head.... a flame in the dark. A breath of warmth on a winter's night. A star that guides you home.

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Melbourne, I always knew you'd need to learn about this kind of thing. I 'd just kind of hoped you'd learn it on a real guy.

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I still couldn't stop the sick feeling rising in my stomach. This could be a disaster. How? If anyone even finds it—and it's not just sitting under a table right now—they'll just have a good laugh at our sappy talk. No one's going to be like, 'Aha! Proof of an illicit human-and-vampire affair.

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I brought my lips down to hers, and it was like everything that had ever happened to me had simply been a warm-up for this moment, that this was where my life truly began.

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He's been out for a while," she said. "You ready to take a break?" Hopper could exist in this living form or be transformed into a small statue, which helped avoid uncomfortable questions when people came by. Only she could transform him though. "Yeah. He keeps trying to eat my paints. And I don't want him to watch me kiss you goodbye.

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You want to be an alchemist so badly? Don't wait to react to the immediate problem. Plan ahead. Look at the big picture and you won't ever have to deal with that problem. Better to save yourself from a major catastrophe than drag your feet over a bunch of little inconveniences.

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Angeline's been hanging out with that dhampir. I just saw them walking off together. Is something going on with them?" "Which dhampir?" I asked. "The one with the fake British accent." "I don't think it's fake." "Well, whatever." Even I could read the jealousy in Trey's features. "What's up with them?" "Pretty sure there's nothing." "Then why are they always together?" Because she's trying to get over you, I thought.

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I won't lie. Walking into a room and seeing your girlfriend reading a baby-name book can kind of make your heart stop. I'm no expert, I began, choosing my words carefully. Well—actually, I am. And I'm pretty sure there are certain things we have to do before you need to be reading that.

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Not everything about me is cute." "That's true, some things are cute. The rest are sexy. Astonishing, agonizingly sexy. It's a wonder I can get anything done at all, when all I ever think about is the way your lips taste or how your fingertips feel on my skin or how your legs are..." "Adrian, shut up.

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We're suckers for this, Sydney. Men. You've got me completely helpless right now. You're so beautiful and alluring, and we guys can't help ourselves. We fight wars for you, cajole you... and you put up with us. We have it easy here in bed. She turned my face toward hers. This wasn't exactly difficult for me. But we still have it easy. You're the strength, the pillars... our defenders, our children's defenders.

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Whether it's simply some fierce animal joining of mates or a sublime merging of souls, she is mine, and I am hers.

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