Christian just sighed. "Ems, you know what it was like there," he said. "Even if you pretend for everyone else - and yourself - that you don't remember, that everything got locked away with that part of yourself that you let loose that night."

"You were that desperate to get out... but I didn't have powers, Emma. And I was sick. But I'm here, right now, and you can abuse me later, okay. Just...sit down, and get a cola, and tell me that you're away from Frost House. And all the stupid stuff girls talk about with school and boys and shit."