Literature

Twenty-sixIT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE to believe. The Strigoi were practically right next door to us, waiting for nightfall so that they could finish their escape. Apparently, in the chaos of…

Twenty-fiveDEAD OR TAKEN AWAY. It wasn’t enough that the Strigoi had come and attacked us, that they’d killed Moroi and dhampirs alike. They’d also carried some off. It was something…

Twenty-fourTHE WHOLE WORLD WAS still. At this time of night, there were no birds or anything, but it seemed quieter than usual. Even the wind had fallen silent. Mason looked…

Twenty-threeOTHERS IN THE HALL stopped and stared. I felt like I had just been hit in the face. Only it hadn’t been my face. It had been Lissa’s. I shifted…

Twenty-twoDEIRDRE THE COUNSELOR must not have had much of a life, because she scheduled our next appointment on a Sunday. I wasn’t thrilled about it, seeing as it wasn’t just…

Twenty-oneI COULD HARDLY WAIT for my day to end. I’d promised Lissa I’d hang out with her and the others after school. It should have been fun, but the minutes…

Twenty”Lets talk about your mother.” I sighed. “What about her?” It was my first day of counseling, and so far, I wasn’t impressed. Last night’s Mason sighting was probably something…

NineteenLISSA HAD BEEN MY best friend ever since elementary school, which was why keeping so many secrets from her lately had hurt so much. She was always open with me,…

EighteenEVERYTHING BECAME FUZZY after that. I had vague impressions of moving in and out of consciousness, of people saying my name, and of being in the air again. Eventually, I…

SEVENTEENOUT ON THE RUNWAY, Christian stood near the entrance to the plane, along with a few of the other guardians. Lissa ran off to talk to him, leaving me and…

Sixteen”SO ARE YOU,” HE TEASED. “Yeah, but I just thought – ” “That I was human? Because of the bite marks?” “Yeah,” I admitted. No point in lying. “We all…

Fifteen”I…WHAT?” “You heard me. I don’t know how far things have gone, and honestly, I really don’t want to know the details. That’s not the point. The point is that…

FourteenABOUT A HALF HOUR before my alarm was scheduled to go off the next morning, I heard a knock at my door. I expected it to be Lissa, but a…

ThirteenWHEN WE GOT BACK to our rooms, I made up an excuse to Lissa about how I needed to go take care of some guardian stuff. She was eager to…

Introduction DfE (2013a) enunciates that the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is a set of statutory guidelines which all childcare providers (including schools, nurseries and children’s centres) must adhere to…

TWELVEIF YOU’D ASKED ME six months ago, I would have said there was no way I’d be happy to run into Mia Rinaldi at the Royal Court. She was a…

ElevenWE STEPPED OFF THE plane and were immediately hit with wet, blustery weather. Sleet cracked into us, far worse than the flaky white stuff falling back in Montana. We were…

TenTHE NEXT DAY, MY guardian duties with Christian resumed. Once again, I found my own life put on hold for someone else’s. “How was your penance?” he asked as we…

NineWITH SO MANY MOROI tracing their roots back to Eastern Europe, Orthodox Christianity was the dominant religion on campus. Other religions were represented too, and I’d say all in all,…

EightFOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS, I followed Christian around without incident. And as I did, I found myself growing more and more impatient. For one thing, I was discovering that…