richellemead-vampireacademy01-vampireacademy-110824015328-phpapp02
"Thanks for the books." He didn't say anything. "The ones you gave to Mason.” "Oh, I thought you meant the other books.” Smartass. "Aren't you going to ask what they were for?” "Your business. Just figured you were bored being suspended.” "I'd have to be pretty bored for that.” He didn't laugh at my joke. "What do you want, Rose? I've got places to be.” I knew he was lying, but my sarcasm no longer seemed as funny as usual. "I want you to, uh, hang out with Lissa again.” "Are you serious?" He studied me closely, suspicion all over him. "After what you said to me?” "Yeah, well…Didn't Mason tell you?…” Christian's lips turned up into a sneer. "He told me something.” "And?” "And I don't want to hear it from Mason." His sneer cranked up when I glared. "You sent him to apologize for you. Step up and do it yourself.” "You're a jerk," I informed him. "Yeah. And you're a liar. I want to see you eat your pride.” "I've been eating my pride for two weeks," I growled. Shrugging, he turned around and started to walk away. "Wait!" I called, putting my hand on his shoulder. He stopped and looked back at me. "All right, all right. I lied about how she felt. She never said any of that stuff about you, okay? She likes you. I made it up because I don't like you.” "And yet you want me to talk to her.”
When the next words left my lips, I could barely believe it. "I think…you might be…good for her.” We stared at each other for several heavy moments. His smirk dried up a little. Not much surprised him. This did. "I'm sorry. I didn't hear you. Can you repeat that?" he finally asked. I almost punched him in the face. "Will you stop it already? I want you to hang out with her again.” "No.” "Look, I told you, I lied—” "It's not that. It's her. You think I can talk to her now? She's Princess Lissa again." Venom dripped off his words. "I can't go near her, not when she's surrounded by all those royals.” "You're royal too," I said, more to myself than him. I kept forgetting the Ozeras were one of the twelve families. "Doesn't mean much in a family full of Strigoi, huh?” "But you're not—wait. That's why she connects to you," I realized with a start. "Because I'm going to become a Strigoi?" he asked snidely. "No…because you lost your parents too. Both of you saw them die.” "She saw hers die. I saw mine murdered.” I flinched. "I know. I'm sorry, it must have been…well, I don't have any idea what it was like.” Those crystal-blue eyes went unfocused. "It was like seeing an army of Death invade my house.” "You mean…your parents?”
- Page 126 and 127: "Tell her we'll be at the clinic,"
- Page 128 and 129: "We should go," I said abruptly. "W
- Page 130 and 131: "I know. Ignore them.” "I hate it
- Page 132 and 133: Lissa stared at him, her eyes wide
- Page 134 and 135: Jesse's nervous look turned to one
- Page 136 and 137: A feeling of heartache and sympathy
- Page 138 and 139: Thirteen THE AFTERMATH OF JESSE AND
- Page 140 and 141: "Sure," said Lissa, smiling at her.
- Page 142 and 143: "Your hands." He swore in Russian.
- Page 144 and 145: There was something dangerous in hi
- Page 146 and 147: "With the way you worry more about
- Page 148 and 149: about you a lot. I guess that's not
- Page 150 and 151: Healing cripples and blind people?
- Page 152 and 153: "You're welcome," he said drily. "I
- Page 154 and 155: "Tell him I need St. Vladimir's boo
- Page 156 and 157: Today I healed the mother of Sava w
- Page 158 and 159: "Yes! You have to leave. You're bou
- Page 160 and 161: Everyone knew Mr. Nagy drank all th
- Page 162 and 163: two of us had been all over each ot
- Page 164 and 165: She stared at me, shocked. "He's ju
- Page 166 and 167: and clenched it, nails digging deep
- Page 168 and 169: Sixteen THE NEXT DAY, IT FULLY hit
- Page 170 and 171: That gave me an idea. "Is it possib
- Page 172 and 173: "You don't think it does? Do you kn
- Page 174 and 175: "Come on, Rose. This is the way it
- Page 178 and 179: He shook his head. "The guardians w
- Page 180 and 181: Seventeen A FEW DAYS LATER, LISSA f
- Page 182 and 183: "Hey, do you guys—oh my God!" she
- Page 184 and 185: I turned back to Dimitri. "She's su
- Page 186 and 187: I'd never met anyone else who took
- Page 188 and 189: "You've got three thermal shirts an
- Page 190 and 191: "I hate him," she said. Her voice w
- Page 192 and 193: "Even if I was crazy?” "No," I sa
- Page 194 and 195: "Without your clothes?" She handed
- Page 196 and 197: He moved forward to stop me. "Be ca
- Page 198 and 199: "How'd you manage to buy this? I sa
- Page 200 and 201: And just like that, a million thoug
- Page 202 and 203: He stared stonily ahead. "It was pr
- Page 204 and 205: Lissa pushed herself into Christian
- Page 206 and 207: I'd forced my way into her head, an
- Page 208 and 209: "Did you tell them about the 'other
- Page 210 and 211: desperate and depressed one from th
- Page 212 and 213: Fifteen minutes later, we cut acros
- Page 214 and 215: Mason gave Jesse a sharp poke in th
- Page 216 and 217: Twenty MY MOUTH DROPPED OPEN. "Uh
- Page 218 and 219: Mia scandal and, petty or not, seei
- Page 220 and 221: He just sat there, and I suppressed
- Page 222 and 223: him, urging me closer. An instinct
- Page 224 and 225: Twenty-One I'D NEVER BEEN COMPLETEL
"Thanks for the books." He didn't say anything. "The ones you gave to Mason.”<br />
"Oh, I thought you meant the other books.”<br />
Smartass. "Aren't you going to ask what they were for?”<br />
"Your business. Just figured you were bored being suspended.”<br />
"I'd have to be pretty bored for that.”<br />
He didn't laugh at my joke. "What do you want, Rose? I've got places to be.”<br />
I knew he was lying, but my sarcasm no longer seemed as funny as usual. "I want you to, uh,<br />
hang out with Lissa again.”<br />
"Are you serious?" He studied me closely, suspicion all over him. "After what you said to me?”<br />
"Yeah, well…Didn't Mason tell you?…”<br />
Christian's lips turned up into a sneer. "He told me something.”<br />
"And?”<br />
"And I don't want to hear it from Mason." His sneer cranked up when I glared. "You sent him<br />
to apologize for you. Step up and do it yourself.”<br />
"You're a jerk," I informed him.<br />
"Yeah. And you're a liar. I want to see you eat your pride.”<br />
"I've been eating my pride for two weeks," I growled.<br />
Shrugging, he turned around and started to walk away.<br />
"Wait!" I called, putting my hand on his shoulder. He stopped and looked back at me. "All<br />
right, all right. I lied about how she felt. She never said any of that stuff about you, okay? She<br />
likes you. I made it up because I don't like you.”<br />
"And yet you want me to talk to her.”
Change language