How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
I let out an uncontrollable whimper and opened my mouth to scream, but only a whisper escaped. I flung my weight forward, squirming and kicking and fighting to break free with every ounce of strength I had in me. But it was useless. My arms and legs moved in slow motion. My blood rushed cold, my veins darkening, mapping my skin with bluish-purple lines. (1.6)
Talk about a nightmare. The dreams that Gemma has every night are completely terrifying, even if she knows how they end. No matter how much she tries to escape, those icy demons always get her. What a bummer.
Quote #2
These unsolved mysteries left me with a massive sense of dread. I wasn't excited to go to astronomy on Monday. I even went to the extent of trying to fake sick so I could skip out on going to school. But that plan went to crap because Sophia hadn't bought my lame acting attempt at having the flu. (5.9)
All of this uncertainty and change in her life is starting to freak Gemma out. It's not enough that she feels emotions and develops a crush on a boy who clearly hates her—she has to contend with the fact that her "grandparents" are hiding some information from her as well.
Quote #3
I ran, but not very fast since the ground was one big accident waiting to happen. I kept telling myself nightmares didn't come true. Glowing, yellow-eyed monsters that kill people with their death chill aren't real. But as I felt the air abruptly descend to a bone chilling temperature, I freaked out. (5.90)
As much as Gemma tries to convince herself that her fears are unfounded, she can't help but feel intuitively that she should be scared. The idea of ice demons may be ridiculous, but Gemma can't shake the feeling that they're real and that they're coming to get her.
Quote #4
I heard a loud shriek, and through the icy windows I thought I saw a flicker of yellow. I could hear Alex and Aislin talking… something about getting out of here and transporting—whatever that was—but I couldn't seem to take my eyes off the frozen window to see what they were doing. I think I was frozen in terror—literally. (12.67)
Looks like Gemma wasn't silly to be afraid of the monsters from her nightmares after all, because they're real and they've invaded her field trip. The poor girl's so terrified she can't even move or run away.
Quote #5
"I can also sense when a person's afraid," Laylen remarked.
"I'm not afraid," I told him.
"I know." He stood up and dusted off his jeans. "Which makes you kind of weird." (15.105-107)
So Gemma is afraid of ice demons and cute boys (like Alex), but she's not afraid of being alone with a bloodsucking vampire. That seems perfectly logical… right? No wonder her peers think she's so weird.
Quote #6
We couldn't have just stopped back in the land of the living, where the lights shined brightly and it didn't feel like as soon as I stepped out of the car someone was going to jump out and stab me with a knife. Or jump out and freeze me to death. (17.32)
Gemma is enamored with all of the glitz of Las Vegas, but when Laylen pulls into a sketchy side street, she starts to get nervous. After all, they're not on vacation here; they're on the run from scary Death Walkers who want to bring on the apocalypse.
Quote #7
I hadn't realized how bad my palms were sweating. I wiped them on the front of my skirt as Alex jerked the door open. Behind it was a man lying on a bed. His eyes were shut, and a woman wearing an old fashion corset dress was kneeling over him. Her blond hair curled down her back and tracing her neck was a tattoo—the mark of immortality.
Noticing us, the woman rose up and bared her fangs. (18.20-21)
Oh geez, as if being chased by Death Walkers isn't scary enough, Gemma has to accidentally walk into a room where a vampire is busy sucking on some guy's neck. Creepy.
Quote #8
Trembling with fear, I sank to the floor, catching one last glimpse of those haunting yellow eyes before I closed my own. I hugged my knees to my chest and waited for the cold to suck the life out of me. This was the end of me. (19.16)
Gemma is so terrified of the Death Walkers that she can't imagine escaping from them, so she might as well just sit down and close her eyes while waiting for death. Maybe it will be quick and painless.
Quote #9
But I didn't, and it was too late now. A bony hand had already grabbed me by the ankle and was trying to jerk me beneath the water. I kicked and screamed and fought with every ounce of strength I had, but whoever the hand belonged to was strong. It pulled me under the ice-cold water and kept dragging me deeper and deeper underneath the water. (21.82)
Gemma should know better than to just go splashing into the lake in a vision when she doesn't know what's going on. Of course creepy things from the bottom of the lake are going to grab onto her ankle and pull her under.
Quote #10
Stephan walked up to me, the rock smoking madly in the palm of his hand. "It's time."
With tears streaming down my cheeks, blood dripping down my leg, and my heart breaking, I shook my head. This was it. This was the end of my life. As sad and short-lived as it was, I didn't want it to come to an end. (36.57-58)
Death Walkers are pretty scary, but Gemma is even more afraid of not being able to function or feel anymore. She doesn't want to die, but she also doesn't want to be a shell of a human being.