...."Penryn, who are you talking to?" My mother sounds almost frantic now.

"Just my own personal demon, Mom.Don't worry.He's just a little weakling."....

...."Oh." She sounds calm suddenly, as if that explains everything....

I'm not an actress and I suck at lying. I am also far from being a seductress. It's hard to practice the art of seduction when you're always pushing your kid sister around in her wheelchair. Not to mention that daily jeans and baggy sweatshirt do not a seductress make.

Why were the other angels attacking you?"

"It's impolite to ask the victim of violence what they did to be attacked.

Don't let my appearance fool you, Penryn. I am not human. The Daughters of Men are forbidden to Angels.

You're not Fallen are you?"
"From everything I've heard, that would just make me more sexy to you Daughters of Men. What is it that you all see in bad boys?

It's about time you showed some sense. You should be afraid."
"I'm shivering because I'm freezing."
"You're cute when you're afraid."
I give him a dirty look. "Yeah, you're cute when you're afraid too."
"You mean I'm devastatingly handsome when I'm not afraid. Because you've never seen me afraid.