Little mouse," a voice said through the keyhole. "Don't you know the more you wriggle, the greater the cat's delight?

Keep going' she told herself, 'Don't look back.' But she looked anyways.

He whom the gods love dies young.

He let out a hiss of pain,then smiled that crooked, sheepish smile he always fell back on when he was caught doing something bad. "Sorry. I-I didn't mean to. I just- I've been lying here for hours, thinking about blood.

Allow me to explain how my whole life has prepared me for this moment. I am used to girls screaming, and your screams – will be sweeter than another’s cries of love.

Tana. In all my long life, though there were many times I prayed for it, no one has ever saved me. No one but you.