Richelle Mead

Love gone awry, secret crushes, an upcoming holiday ski trip, and a recent attack by Strigoi has got Rose and the Academy on edge, especially when Rose's friends set off to fight Strigoi and end up in desperate need of a rescue by Rose and Christian. Original.

Vampire Academy

Frostbite

Beyza

"I knew... I knew what Lucas and Moira had become, but that still didn't prepare me. Mentally, physically, or emotionally. I think if I had to live through it again, I still wouldn't be ready. But after that night, I looked at myself -and realized how defenseless I was. I'd spent my whole life expecting guardians to protect me and take care of me.

I decided that I didn't want to die that way, not without putting up a real fight and do everything I could to protect myself and those I love."

I can't get physical with you because when I do, I just think about the other guy I actually want. You're just a stand in.

You would be the perfect man, if there wasn't the 

I was kissing Mason, but in my head, I was with Dimitri. With my eyes closed, it was easy to pretend.

But when I opened them and saw Mason's eyes, I knew he was with 

I wiggled out of his reach. "No... don't"

Mason stopped immediately because that's the kind of guy he was.

"I... But... why? That was a once-in-a-lifetime thing. You could have had a baby And she... she was, you know, into you..."

"Yes, yes she was. Is. And that's why I had to say no. I couldn't return that... couldn't give her what she wanted. Not when... Not when my heart is somewhere else.

You were right, about how I fight to stay in control. No one else has ever figured that out - and it scared me. 

Tasha Ozera is an amazing woman. She's beautiful and she's brave. But she doesn't-"

"I knew that. But I still wanted the relationship. I knew it would be easy and that she could take me away from you, I thought she could make me forget you."

"Because it's wrong for us to be together"

"But more importantly because we're going to be Lissa's guardians and need to focus on her - not each other"

"Well, the way I see it, we aren't Lissa's guardians 

I steeled myself for the next response. I knew it was going to be one of the Zen life lessons. 

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