~+*+~ CHAPTER ONE ~+*+~
"I had to give him credit for stepping up to a lost cause, though considering our sketchy relationship, I still wasn't sure why he had. My biggest theories were that he didn't trust royals and that he felt paternal obligation. In that order."
- Rose Hathaway (Last Sacrifice)
Rose: "So what are you doing here? I know it's not just a fatherly visit. You never do anything without a reason."
Abe: "Of course not. Why do anything without a reason?"
Rose: "Don't start up with your circular logic."
Abe: "No need to be jealous. If you work hard and put your mind to it, you might just inherit my brilliant logic skills someday."
- Rose Hathaway and Abe Mazur (Last Sacrifice)
Rose: "This room. .. it's so small. I can't breathe. It'll kill me before any executioner does."
Abe: "I highly doubt it. You've fearlessly fought groups of Strigoi, yet you can't handle a small room?"
- Rose Hathaway and Abe mazur (Last Sacrifice)
"Sometimes the greatest tests of our strength are situations that don't seem so obviously dangerous. Sometimes surviving is the hardest thing of all."
- Abe Mazur (Last Sacrifice)
"Abe had not earned his reputation as zmey—the serpent—for nothing. He was always calculating, always looking for an advantage. It seemed my tendency toward crazy plots ran in the family."
- Rose Hathaway (Last Sacrifice)
"I believe my sweet daughter is capable of murder. But not this one."
- Abe Mazur (Last Sacrifice)
~+*+~ CHAPTER TWO ~+*+~
"Tatiana was as annoying in death as she had been in life."
-Rose Hathaway (Last Sacrifice)
Lissa: Arn't there any. I don't know, sleeveless options?"
The saleswoman's eyes widened.
Saleswoman: "No one has ever worn straps to a royal funeral. It wouldn't be right."
Adrian: "What about shorts? Are they okay if they're with a tie? Because that's what I was gonna go with"
The woman looked horrified.
- Lissa Dragomir, Adrian Ivashkov, and Saleswoman (Last Sacrifice)
~+*+~ CHAPTER FOUR ~+*+~
Rose: "Oh no. You had Christian blow up ancient Moroi artifacts."
Eddie: "Of course not. Other fire users would be able to tell if he did."
Rose: "Well that's something." I should have had more faith in their sanity. Or maybe not.
Mikhail: "We used C4."
- Rose Hathaway, Eddie Castile, and Mikhail Tanner (Last Sacrifice)
"Well, I'm supposed to be crazy, right? And there isn't much I wouldn't do for you. The stupider the better."
- Adrian Ivashkov (Last Sacrifice)
"My illustrious father turned and gave me one of those charming smiles that could lure the unwary to their doom."
- Rose Hathaway (Last Sacrifice)
Rose: "And what are you going to do exactly?"
Adrian: "Prove that your innocent. Or, well that you didn't kill my aunt. I've known for a while you arn't all that innocent."
- Rose Hathaway and Adrian Ivashkov (Last Sacrifice)
Rose: "We're already going to have trouble going out of Court. We'll be stopped--if we can even get to the gate. There are going to be cars lined up for miles!"
Abe: "Ah, well I have it on good authority there's going to be a new 'gate' opening up soon over on the south side of the wall."
Rose: "Oh lord. You're the one who's been doling out C4."
...
A loud booming noise interrupted us, and we saw a flash of light off to my right. People near the garagees screamed.
Abe: "There you see? A new gate. Perfect timing."
- Rose Hathaway and Abe Mazur (Last Sacrifice)
"Ah my daughter. Eighteen and already you've been accused of murder, aided felons and acquired a death count higher than most guardians will ever see. I couldn't be prouder."
- Abe Mazure (Last Sacrifice)
~+*+~ CHAPTER FIVE ~+*+~
Rose: "Did you hotwire this car? Did you steal this car?"
Dimitri: "You have an interesting set of morals. Breaking out of jail is okay. But steal a car, and you sound totally outraged."
- Rose Hathaway and Dimitri Belikov (Last Sacrifice)
~+*+~ CHAPTER SIX ~+*+~
"That's why your doing this? Because Lissa told you to?"
- Rose Hathaway (Last Sacrifice)
With great effort, I pushed my questions to the side for the time being. We were still fugitives, still undoubtedly pursued. Sydney's car was a brand new Honda CR-V with Louisiana plates and rental sticker.
"What the hell? Is this daring escape sponsored by Honda?"
- Rose Hathaway (Last Sacrifice)
~+*+~ CHAPTER NINE ~+*+~
Sydney: "You're Tainted because you joined the modern world and left behind their backward ways for you're own messed up customs."
Rose: "Hey. We're not the ones with overalls and banjos."
Dimitri: "Rose," chastised Dimitri, with a pointed look at the door. "Be careful. And besides we only saw one person in overalls"
- Sydney Sage, Rose Hathaway, and Dimitri Belikov (Last Sacrifice)
~+*+~ CHAPTER TWELVE ~+*+~
Angeline: "Fine, I guess it's okay then. Go ahead."
Rose: "Huh? What's okay?"
Angeline: "It's okay if you marry my brother."
- Angeline and Rose Hathaway (Last Sacrifice)
~+*+~ CHAPTER NINETEEN ~+*+~
Christian: "Worst .Timing.Ever."
Adrian: Adrian studied Lissa and then looked at Christian sprawling on the bed on the far side of the suite. "Huh, So that's how you're going to fix the family problem. Little Dragomirs. Good idea."
Christian: "Yeah, that's exactly it. You're interrupting official Council business."
...
Christian: "Sleep first. Shower later. I'll sleep with you."
Lissa: "Sleep or sleep?"
Christian: "Real sleep. You need it. Of course, afterward if you want to conduct any official Council business..."
Lissa: "I swear, if you say 'Little Dragomirs', you can sleep in the hall."
- Christian Ozera, Adrian Ivashkov and Vasilisa Dragomir (Last Sacrifice)
~+*+~ CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO ~+*+~
"I'm Backing down now. I really do love you. That's why I am doing this."
- Christian Ozera (Last Sacrifice)
~+*+~ CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX ~+*+~
Rose: "Your Time To Sleep, Comrade"
Dimitri: "You can get more rest if you need it"
Rose: "No I'm fine. And remember, you're not-"
Dimitri: "I know, I know. I'm not General."
Rose - Oh lord. We finished each others jokes.
- Rose Hathaway and Dimitri Belikov (Last Sacrifice)
~+*+~ CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT ~+*+~
Dimitri: "Sloppy. They should have switched cars."
Rose: "That's Sydney's. It's not technically stolen, so it's not on any police lists. Besides, something tells me Victor and Robert aren't hot-wiring pro like somepeople are."
We'd left a string of stolen cars across the Midwest.
Dimitri nodded, like I'd actually just complimented him.
- Dimitri Belikov and Rose Hathaway (Last Sacrifice)
~+*+~ CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE ~+*+~
Lissa: "It's Adrian."
Christian: "Well, at least his timing is better than usual."
Adrian: "Get up, guys. We've got a visit to pay."
Christian: "I am not hanging out with Blake Lazar again."
Adrian: "You and me both."
- Vasilisa Dragomir, Christian Ozera and Adrian Ivashkov (Last Sacrifice)
~+*+~ CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO ~+*+~
Abe: " What's going on?"
Rose: "The usual, old man. Danger, insane plans...you know, the stuff that runs in our family."
- Ibrahim Mazur, and Rose Hathaway (Last Sacrifice)
Rose: "Oh my God. It worked."
Jill: "Now What?"
Rose: "Now we reestablish the Dragomir line and call out a murderer."
Adrian: "Oh, is that all?"
- Rose Hathaway, Jillian Mastrano and Adrian Ivashkov (Last Sacrifice)
Rose: "We need the room's attention. We've got a way to settle this whole argument."
Adrian: "Well, we've at least got a way to start another one."
- Rose Hathaway and Adrian Ivashkov (Last Sacrifice)
~+*+~ CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX ~+*+~
"I don't know, but I think it's going to be good"
- Rose Hathaway (Last Sacrifice)
~+*+~ CHAPTER ? ~+*+~
"What I did ... What I did was unforgivable"
- Rose Hathaway (Last Sacrifice)
Rose: "See something you like?"
Dimitri: "Lots"
- Rose Hathaway and Dimitri Belikov (Last Sacrifice)
Rose: "Was this all part of your plan as my lawyer? I don't recall explosive escapes being part of the legal training."
Abe: "Well, I'm sure it wasn't part of Damon Taru's legal training."
- Rose Hathaway and Abe Mazur (Last Sacrifice)
"A gun. I had been brought down by a gun. It was practically comical. Cheaters, I thought." Rose Hathaway"
- Rose Hathaway (Last Sacrifice)
"I loved you! I loved you and you destroyed me. You took my heart and ripped it up. You might as well have staked me!" The Change in his features also caught me by surprise. His voice filled the room. So much grief, so much anger. So unlike the usual Adrian. He strode toward me, hand clasped over his chest. "I.Loved. You. And you used me the whole time."
- Adrian Ivashkov (Last Sacrifice)
"I stood on the precipice of something that would change my life. For the last week, Iʹd done a very good job of detaching myself from anything romantic with Dimitri. And yet . . . had I? What was love, really? Flowers, chocolate, and poetry? Or was it something else? Was it being able to finish someoneʹs jokes? Was it having absolute faith that someone was there at your back? Was it knowing someone so well that they instantly understood why you did the
things you did—and shared those same beliefs?"
- Rose Hathaway (Last Sacrifice)
"I had to give him credit for stepping up to a lost cause, though considering our sketchy relationship, I still wasn't sure why he had. My biggest theories were that he didn't trust royals and that he felt paternal obligation. In that order."
- Rose Hathaway (Last Sacrifice)
Rose: "So what are you doing here? I know it's not just a fatherly visit. You never do anything without a reason."
Abe: "Of course not. Why do anything without a reason?"
Rose: "Don't start up with your circular logic."
Abe: "No need to be jealous. If you work hard and put your mind to it, you might just inherit my brilliant logic skills someday."
- Rose Hathaway and Abe Mazur (Last Sacrifice)
Rose: "This room. .. it's so small. I can't breathe. It'll kill me before any executioner does."
Abe: "I highly doubt it. You've fearlessly fought groups of Strigoi, yet you can't handle a small room?"
- Rose Hathaway and Abe mazur (Last Sacrifice)
"Sometimes the greatest tests of our strength are situations that don't seem so obviously dangerous. Sometimes surviving is the hardest thing of all."
- Abe Mazur (Last Sacrifice)
"Abe had not earned his reputation as zmey—the serpent—for nothing. He was always calculating, always looking for an advantage. It seemed my tendency toward crazy plots ran in the family."
- Rose Hathaway (Last Sacrifice)
"I believe my sweet daughter is capable of murder. But not this one."
- Abe Mazur (Last Sacrifice)
~+*+~ CHAPTER TWO ~+*+~
"Tatiana was as annoying in death as she had been in life."
-Rose Hathaway (Last Sacrifice)
Lissa: Arn't there any. I don't know, sleeveless options?"
The saleswoman's eyes widened.
Saleswoman: "No one has ever worn straps to a royal funeral. It wouldn't be right."
Adrian: "What about shorts? Are they okay if they're with a tie? Because that's what I was gonna go with"
The woman looked horrified.
- Lissa Dragomir, Adrian Ivashkov, and Saleswoman (Last Sacrifice)
~+*+~ CHAPTER FOUR ~+*+~
Rose: "Oh no. You had Christian blow up ancient Moroi artifacts."
Eddie: "Of course not. Other fire users would be able to tell if he did."
Rose: "Well that's something." I should have had more faith in their sanity. Or maybe not.
Mikhail: "We used C4."
- Rose Hathaway, Eddie Castile, and Mikhail Tanner (Last Sacrifice)
"Well, I'm supposed to be crazy, right? And there isn't much I wouldn't do for you. The stupider the better."
- Adrian Ivashkov (Last Sacrifice)
"My illustrious father turned and gave me one of those charming smiles that could lure the unwary to their doom."
- Rose Hathaway (Last Sacrifice)
Rose: "And what are you going to do exactly?"
Adrian: "Prove that your innocent. Or, well that you didn't kill my aunt. I've known for a while you arn't all that innocent."
- Rose Hathaway and Adrian Ivashkov (Last Sacrifice)
Rose: "We're already going to have trouble going out of Court. We'll be stopped--if we can even get to the gate. There are going to be cars lined up for miles!"
Abe: "Ah, well I have it on good authority there's going to be a new 'gate' opening up soon over on the south side of the wall."
Rose: "Oh lord. You're the one who's been doling out C4."
...
A loud booming noise interrupted us, and we saw a flash of light off to my right. People near the garagees screamed.
Abe: "There you see? A new gate. Perfect timing."
- Rose Hathaway and Abe Mazur (Last Sacrifice)
"Ah my daughter. Eighteen and already you've been accused of murder, aided felons and acquired a death count higher than most guardians will ever see. I couldn't be prouder."
- Abe Mazure (Last Sacrifice)
~+*+~ CHAPTER FIVE ~+*+~
Rose: "Did you hotwire this car? Did you steal this car?"
Dimitri: "You have an interesting set of morals. Breaking out of jail is okay. But steal a car, and you sound totally outraged."
- Rose Hathaway and Dimitri Belikov (Last Sacrifice)
~+*+~ CHAPTER SIX ~+*+~
"That's why your doing this? Because Lissa told you to?"
- Rose Hathaway (Last Sacrifice)
With great effort, I pushed my questions to the side for the time being. We were still fugitives, still undoubtedly pursued. Sydney's car was a brand new Honda CR-V with Louisiana plates and rental sticker.
"What the hell? Is this daring escape sponsored by Honda?"
- Rose Hathaway (Last Sacrifice)
~+*+~ CHAPTER NINE ~+*+~
Sydney: "You're Tainted because you joined the modern world and left behind their backward ways for you're own messed up customs."
Rose: "Hey. We're not the ones with overalls and banjos."
Dimitri: "Rose," chastised Dimitri, with a pointed look at the door. "Be careful. And besides we only saw one person in overalls"
- Sydney Sage, Rose Hathaway, and Dimitri Belikov (Last Sacrifice)
~+*+~ CHAPTER TWELVE ~+*+~
Angeline: "Fine, I guess it's okay then. Go ahead."
Rose: "Huh? What's okay?"
Angeline: "It's okay if you marry my brother."
- Angeline and Rose Hathaway (Last Sacrifice)
~+*+~ CHAPTER NINETEEN ~+*+~
Christian: "Worst .Timing.Ever."
Adrian: Adrian studied Lissa and then looked at Christian sprawling on the bed on the far side of the suite. "Huh, So that's how you're going to fix the family problem. Little Dragomirs. Good idea."
Christian: "Yeah, that's exactly it. You're interrupting official Council business."
...
Christian: "Sleep first. Shower later. I'll sleep with you."
Lissa: "Sleep or sleep?"
Christian: "Real sleep. You need it. Of course, afterward if you want to conduct any official Council business..."
Lissa: "I swear, if you say 'Little Dragomirs', you can sleep in the hall."
- Christian Ozera, Adrian Ivashkov and Vasilisa Dragomir (Last Sacrifice)
~+*+~ CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO ~+*+~
"I'm Backing down now. I really do love you. That's why I am doing this."
- Christian Ozera (Last Sacrifice)
~+*+~ CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX ~+*+~
Rose: "Your Time To Sleep, Comrade"
Dimitri: "You can get more rest if you need it"
Rose: "No I'm fine. And remember, you're not-"
Dimitri: "I know, I know. I'm not General."
Rose - Oh lord. We finished each others jokes.
- Rose Hathaway and Dimitri Belikov (Last Sacrifice)
~+*+~ CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT ~+*+~
Dimitri: "Sloppy. They should have switched cars."
Rose: "That's Sydney's. It's not technically stolen, so it's not on any police lists. Besides, something tells me Victor and Robert aren't hot-wiring pro like somepeople are."
We'd left a string of stolen cars across the Midwest.
Dimitri nodded, like I'd actually just complimented him.
- Dimitri Belikov and Rose Hathaway (Last Sacrifice)
~+*+~ CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE ~+*+~
Lissa: "It's Adrian."
Christian: "Well, at least his timing is better than usual."
Adrian: "Get up, guys. We've got a visit to pay."
Christian: "I am not hanging out with Blake Lazar again."
Adrian: "You and me both."
- Vasilisa Dragomir, Christian Ozera and Adrian Ivashkov (Last Sacrifice)
~+*+~ CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO ~+*+~
Abe: " What's going on?"
Rose: "The usual, old man. Danger, insane plans...you know, the stuff that runs in our family."
- Ibrahim Mazur, and Rose Hathaway (Last Sacrifice)
Rose: "Oh my God. It worked."
Jill: "Now What?"
Rose: "Now we reestablish the Dragomir line and call out a murderer."
Adrian: "Oh, is that all?"
- Rose Hathaway, Jillian Mastrano and Adrian Ivashkov (Last Sacrifice)
Rose: "We need the room's attention. We've got a way to settle this whole argument."
Adrian: "Well, we've at least got a way to start another one."
- Rose Hathaway and Adrian Ivashkov (Last Sacrifice)
~+*+~ CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX ~+*+~
"I don't know, but I think it's going to be good"
- Rose Hathaway (Last Sacrifice)
~+*+~ CHAPTER ? ~+*+~
"What I did ... What I did was unforgivable"
- Rose Hathaway (Last Sacrifice)
Rose: "See something you like?"
Dimitri: "Lots"
- Rose Hathaway and Dimitri Belikov (Last Sacrifice)
Rose: "Was this all part of your plan as my lawyer? I don't recall explosive escapes being part of the legal training."
Abe: "Well, I'm sure it wasn't part of Damon Taru's legal training."
- Rose Hathaway and Abe Mazur (Last Sacrifice)
"A gun. I had been brought down by a gun. It was practically comical. Cheaters, I thought." Rose Hathaway"
- Rose Hathaway (Last Sacrifice)
"I loved you! I loved you and you destroyed me. You took my heart and ripped it up. You might as well have staked me!" The Change in his features also caught me by surprise. His voice filled the room. So much grief, so much anger. So unlike the usual Adrian. He strode toward me, hand clasped over his chest. "I.Loved. You. And you used me the whole time."
- Adrian Ivashkov (Last Sacrifice)
"I stood on the precipice of something that would change my life. For the last week, Iʹd done a very good job of detaching myself from anything romantic with Dimitri. And yet . . . had I? What was love, really? Flowers, chocolate, and poetry? Or was it something else? Was it being able to finish someoneʹs jokes? Was it having absolute faith that someone was there at your back? Was it knowing someone so well that they instantly understood why you did the
things you did—and shared those same beliefs?"
- Rose Hathaway (Last Sacrifice)
