" “You can say it too, you know.”

“Say what?”

“That I’m okay … for a vampire, ” he explained.

I shook my head, still smiling. “You’ll have a hard time getting any Alchemist to admit that. But I can say you’re okay for an irreverent party boy with occasional moments of brilliance. ”

“Brilliant? You think I’m brilliant?” He threw his hands skyward. “You hear that, world? Sage says I’m brilliant.”

“That’s not what I said!” "

Adrian Ivashkov/Sydney Sage, Bloodlines