Rose pictured him standing at the boundary of the Ogletree house in that enormous fur cape, with a giant sword sticking over his shoulder, roaring at the top of his lungs and then being upset...

I’d missed him so much, it almost hurt. It started the moment I left the Keep and nagged at me all day. Every day I had to fight with myself to keep from making up...

Just stay close to us. If we get in trouble, we’ll kill everything.

Anger – a better alternative to caffeine.

Azdaha were no joke. … Not much is known about this dragon [the aforementioned Gandarw], except that he apparently had yellow heels. I wonder why that was such an important detail. I mean if I...

Your date appears to be hysterical,” Rene told me.”You think I should slap some man into him?

It’s not a loup cage, you know,’ I told her. ‘It’s a holding cell. Or safe room. or secure room. I don’t think Jim ever settled on a term he could live with.”Aha. It’s a...

I know it may come as a shock, but it’s sort of considered polite to wait for the consent of the woman. In fact, I’m pretty sure that if you don’t wait, you may have...

Raphael was a bouda and they viewed sex as a fun recreational activity that should be practiced vigorously and often.

Would you like me to install one of those child playground slides for you?

Everyone brought a pet. I feel left out.” An enthusiastic howl broke the silence, and Grendel bounded through the doorway. He galloped through the steak house, skidded on the floor, smashed into my chair, and...

I glanced at Derek. The boy wonder didn’t melt into a pile of goo, although his gaze was glued to Rowena’s chest. Avoiding eye contact. Good strategy.

Were you watching me sleep? Because I thought we agreed that’s creepy.

The rabbis paled. I’d managed to terrify holy men. Maybe I could beat up a nun for an encore.

Shane lowered his glasses on his nose and gave me his version of a severe stare.I leaned a little toward Luther. “Is this the part where I faint in fear?”Luther bit his lip. “He might...

Next to me, Saiman smiled. “We all want what we can’t have, Kate. I want you, you want love, and he wants to break my neck.

Both.

Don’t disrespect my donkey

We need a barn or one of those storage areas for the Broken vehicles.””A garage?”He gave her a short nod. “A private, relatively remote location, with thick walls to dampen the sound and preferably a...

Got any to spare?” I could’ve picked somebody rational. But no, I had to fall in love with this arrogant idiot. Come to the Keep with me, be my princess. Mourn me when your crazy...

Sh!t. F_ck sh!t.’….’Sh!t f_ck would have also been accepted.

You started the name calling.

If I fought for them and was crippled, they would all say nice things,and then they would replace me and forget I was ever there. You would stay with me. You would take care of...

Aha,” Andrea said. “I’m going to ignore that you just referred to yourself as ‘sugar woogums’.

If you don’t explain it all to me, I might strangle somebody.” Of course, Raphael might like that…

It was one of those idiotic things that could’ve been resolved in a split second. Tara had no right to touch Raphael, and once she did he had every right to punch her. She should’ve...

Curran snarled and hurled the rock against the mountain. The boulder flew, hit like a cannon ball, and rolled back down. Curran chased it, pulled another smaller rock out of the dirt, and smashed it...

Audrey turned to him, a sly little spark hiding in her eyes. “THe only man who gets to call me’love’ would be waking up next to me after a very, very fun night. Fun night....

Curran looked back at me. “Why is it you always attract creeps?””You tell me.” Ha! Walked right into that one, yes, he did.

Doode,” George said.He’d practiced all morning but still didn’t get it quite right. “Nope, more u, less oo. Duuude.””Dude.””Dude.””Okay, dude.” George nodded. “How’s it hanging?” Jack asked. “How am I supposed to answer that?” George...

Failure happened. The trick was to accept the risk and try anyway.

I need to fan myself.””No, you don’t.

My investigative technique mostly consisted of going through the list of interested parties and making as much noise as possible, until the culprit lost his patience and tried to shut me up.

She can tell you the height of the attacker from the trigonometry of the blood spatter, while I’m fuzzy on what trigonometry is.

Nice plan. Take the gullible outsiders, walk them around for a bit, then feed them to the giant tortoise.

I’d give him a cup of coffee and a big helping of a knuckle sandwich. Generosity was a virtue and I was in the mood to be extremely virtuous.

Don’t worry, he’s coming with me to investigate things.””In the city?” Jim asked.”Yes.””That’s a great idea. You both should go. To the city.”Curran and I looked at each other.”He’s trying to get rid of us,”...

Georgie, stop trying to resurrect the shoes. They were never alive in the first place.

Bad hobo.”The finger kept coming closer.

All his internal organs, with the exception of the heart, atrophied long ago. The throat makes for a very good storage cavity. People seem to prefer it to the anus.”Translation: be happy I didn’t pull...

I’m secure enough in myself to wear panties with bows on them. Besides, they are comfy and soft.””I bet.” He almost purred.I gulped.

I’m going to kick you in the head when I get home. Repeatedly.

You’ll lose.””What makes you so sure?””You have no discipline. All you do is tear down shit down. My father is a bastard, but at least he builds things. You turn cities into smoking ruins and...

Unfortunately, the Best Lord had condemned both vehicles as unsafe and instead I now leased a Pack Jeep I called Hector. Equipped with dual engines, Hector worked during magic or tech. He didn’t go very...

Curran strode toward me, eyes blazing. “If I let her go, I’ll need a replacement. Want to volunteer for the job.”He looked like he wouldn’t be taking no for an anser. I swiped Slayer from...

Rose put down her fork. “Lord Submarine…” “Camarine.” “Whatever.

Kate’s Speciality: Killing things, with much bloodshed. Talking trash, infuriating authority. Driving Beast Lord crazy.

No, you can’t,” a distant voice answered

Since I’ve moved here, you have shown up at my door eight times. I obey the laws, I pay my taxes, and I haven’t even gotten a parking ticket in my entire time as a...

I’ll call you,” he repeated.”If you call me, I won’t pick up the phone.””You will wait by the phone for my call, and when it rings, you will pick it up and you will speak...