A year. We'd known each other only a year, but we'd lived a lifetime in it.

“How?" I demanded. "How could you have screwed this one up?""When I got in, they…”

“Nothing he said could change what I think of you. I've had my mind made up abou…”

“Who was I to do this? I was Adrian Ivashkov.And I was about to kick some ass.”

“Rose, I cheat at cards and buy liquor for minors. But I would never, ever force…”