"Gillian Lennox didn't mean to die that day" (Chapter 1, p. 10).

"An emotion she couldn't describe because there weren't any ordinary words for it" (Chapter 7, p. 51).

"And besides, witches didn't exist. They were just stories—like angels—or examples of New Age grown-ups acting silly" (Chapter 10, p. 81).

"He killed a kid" (Chapter 16, p. 127).

"It happened at Rashel's birthday party, the day she turned five years old" (Chapter 1, p. 136).

"Her mind exploded. That was the only way she could describe it. A noiseless, heatless explosion that shattered her completely" (Chapter 6, p. 169).

"It was sheer dumb luck, the same luck that had helped keep her alive so far tonight" (Chapter 14, p. 236).

"After all, the opposite of absolute ruthlessness is absolute tenderness—and when you ripped the one away, you were left with the other" (Chapter 17, p. 262).

"The werewolves broke in while Hannah Snow was in the psychologist's office...