I wouldn’t be able to do anything with my vampire horde except make it run around in a herd, but it would be a very impressive herd.

They really kicked me out?” “Refunded the tuition and everything.” Julie blinked a couple of times coming to grips with this tidbit. “So what happens now?” “I expect you’ll be a bum. Homeless and jobless...

In there?’She nodded.’You want us to go into the tortoise?’Another nod.’It’s alive.’Another nod.

If I lost him here, to this idiotic fight, after I fought and guarded him for two weeks, after I cried and thought he was dying, I would find him in the afterlife and I...

I mean to have you, Rose, you and all of your thorns. I’m a disagreeable and stubborn bastard, but I’m not a fool. You didn’t really expect me to pass you up, did you?

Mahon’s wife stared down at us. Her hands went to her hips. “Which one of you idiots wants to explain to me what the hell is going on?”With great effort I raised my arm and...

It took a qualified wizard to detect a summoning in progress. It required only a half-literate idiot with a twitch of power and a dim idea of how to use it to attempt one. Before...

I turned to leave and paused before the gap in the ruined wall. “One last thing, Your Majesty. I’d like a name I can put into my report, something shorter than typing out ‘The Leader...

If she died as a result of this journey, it wouldn’t be because of slavers. It would be because Richard’s inability to communicate would give her a heart attack.

You know what I like about you? You have no sense. You sit here in my house, you can barely hold a spoon, and you’re telling me ‘no’. You’d pull on Death’s whiskers if you...

Tiny gold sparks flared in his irises. “You’re in my rooms in my bathtub naked and you’re still mouthing off.”Did he expect anything different? “Hey, I didn’t kick or punch you in the throat. I...

You think he’s got ‘government badass’ tattooed on his chest?” I murmured.A faint grimace skewed Luther’s mouth. “And ‘I’d tell you but I’d have to kill you’ on his ass.

Juke glanced into her cup before tipping it down to her mouth. “Screw you!””Now come on, sugar, you know I don’t swing that way.””Whatever!

What happened?””You fell.””Really? What did I fall into?””My fist.””That explains the headache.

Kaldar almost never stops and thinks about the consequences of his actions. Something is fun or not fun, and my brother’s fun often lands him in interesting places such as jails or castles belonging to...

He raised his hand in a peaceful gesture. “You need to relax a bit, dove. Like Mouse over there. You trust me, don’t you, Mouse?””Nope!””Ahhh, I’m hurt. Nobody likes me.

Amy,” Elsie Moore said in her crackling voice, her gaze fixed on Declan. “I want you to get me a new bear. A blond one.

Did those nice church ladies come by again?” He nodded. “I asked them if a man died and then the woman remarried, and then the three of them met in heaven, would it be a...

Put your badass faces on and follow me.

And?” “You’re the exact opposite of him. You lack the capacity to love, so you want to smother mine as well.

Are you happy?When I can get out of my own way.And the rest of the time?The rest of the time I’m in a state of silent panic. I’m afraid it will end. I’ll lose him....

Curran and I mixed about as well as glycerin and nitric acid: put us together, shake a bit, and hit the deck as we exploded.

Don’t ask.

Help me, I can’t breathe, your ego is pushing all the air out of the room.

Here, you can touch it, since you’re my best friend.

So crosses don’t do anything against your kind?” Sean asked.”No,” Arland said. “There is no mystical force repelling us.””Then why?””We’re forbidden to kill a creature in a moment of prayer or invocation of their deity....

Were you worried about me?””No, I’m ranting for fun, because I’m a disagreeable bitch!

I know you’ll tell me to fuck off, but I think Curran loves you. Truly loves you. And I think you love him, Kate. That’s rare. Think about it–if he really stood you up, why...

What is wrong with you?Many, many things.

Damn boudas. I tell him he’s under siege and he goes to take a nap.

The kid was so handsome, he almost looked unreal.

Rumors said that if he got drunk enough, he sometimes got his jollies by stripping naked and scaring hikers out in the Broken into thinking he was Bigfoot.

Very well.” He sat cross-legged on the floor of the cage. “You haven’t run off so you want to talk. I will hear your explanation now.””Really, Your Majesty? So good of you to condescend. I’ll...

It’s awful to be rich and mind-boggingly handsome and have women fawn over you. My heart bleeds for you. Poor dear, how do you manage?

No more tubs for me.” I jumped off the bed and pulled on a pair of Pack sweats. “They make me lose all sense.”Curran sprawled on the bed with a big self-satisfied smile. “Want to...

No matter what happens, you will always be Pack. Because you have that loyalty and restraint. Not human, not whatever, but Kate. Unique and different, but not separate.

You know,” she said, stirring her tea, “the fastest way to get him off your back is to sleep with him. And tell him you love him. Preferably while in bed.”I smirked and the tea...

I looked at him. “You really need to work on your threats. I can’t tell if you’re threatening me or inviting me for tea.

Any messages for me?” Usually I got one or two, but mostly people who wanted my help preferred to talk in person.”Yes. Hold on.” She pulled out a handful of pink tickets and recited from...

Yep, Atlanta was burning. Again.

Curran let our a ragged snarl and punched the other wall. It burst and the entire wreck of the house came down in a fountain of dust. He shook his hand, his knuckles bloody.”Bricks are...

Have you ever met someone and felt… I don’t know how to describe it, felt a chance at having something that eluded you? I don’t know… Forget I said anything.”I knew what he meant. He...

He had the prettiest hair she had ever seen on a man: dark brown, almost black, and soft like sable, it fell down to his shoulders. She wondered what he’d do if she threw some...

You will show that thing to me and from now on, I will deal with them.”I opened my eyes really wide and fluttered my eyelashes at him. “I’m sorry, I must’ve missed your coronation ceremony....

We can get you a throne with snakes. I’ll stand next to you and roar at anybody who fails to grovel. Fear Kate Daniels. She is a mighty and terrible ruler. Grendel can anoint the...

I turned and bumped my head against his chest a few times. It was the nearest hard surface.

Had records so stellar, they had to lock their resumes in a drawer at night, so the golden light streaming from the pages wouldn’t keep them awake.

He’d laugh in my face, then I’d slice him to ribbons and then he’d break my neck

It’s a party house.””I hope for your sake it’s a very tame party.” If he brought me to some sort of sex orgy, he would fly right through one of those pretty windows, headfirst.

Awesome. I’d terrified the Legatus of the Golden Legion just by showing him my sword. If I waved it around, he’d probably explode.