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...

Enough,” Curran said. An unmistakable command saturated his voice. Jim clicked his mouth shut. I crossed my arms. “I’m sorry, is this the part where I fall to my knees and shiver in fear, Your...

Dear rabbis, I’m so sorry, I nuked your circle dude. Here is his head as a souvenir. Yeah, that would fly.

One day I’ll kill him, you know.I glanced at her. She was deadly serious.

Nope.

Well, when it became obvious that magic was going to wreck the computer networks, people tried to preserve portions of the Internet. They took snapshots of their servers and sent the data to a central...

I can’t give you the white picket fence, and if I did, you’d set it on fire.

At the door, Audrey called, “Are you coming?””No, just breathing hard, love.” He glanced at her and was rewarded by an outraged glare, followed by, “Oh, my God!

Nothing kills a party like an oversize metal hedgehog.

I don’t want it to be attributed to a loss of control on my part. When I throw you out of the window, I want there to be no doubt the act was deliberate.

Would you like to work here with me?We have no clients and the pay is shit.

People around me die. They drop like flies. I’ve gone through life leaving a trail of dead bodies behind me. My mother is dead, my guardian is dead, my aunt is dead—because I killed her,...

I hit him on the back of the neck. He submerged. Help. I’ve drowned the Beast Lord.

It was his eyes. When you looked into them, you saw chained violence baring teeth and claws back at you.

You!

What’s that?””That’s my attack poodle.

Im’s offspring stare at stars and make clocks that calculate useless happenings like the angle of a hawk’s claws as it strikes its prey. They demonstrate their contraptions and everyone marvels. My children get drunk,...

I suggest you give up now. According to my research, in a vampire-werewolf love triangle, the vampire always gets the girl.

I know it’s late, but could you find a book for me? It’s called The Slavs: Study of Pagan Tradition by Osvintsev.”Barabas sighed dramatically. “Kate, you make me despair. Let’s try that again from the...

He groaned and I saw his face. “Curran!” I would’ve preferred a homicidal lunatic. Oh, wait…

The Oracle rose. As one, the three witches bowed.”See?” Bran jerked his thumb at the three women. “That’s how a woman should treat a man. Next time you see me, I want you to do...

Well, check this out. Mine is bigger.

My father knew he was a bastard. He was the venomous serpent in a bed of roses. Apparently, he didn’t just acknowledge that fact, he beat people over the head with it. All that was...

The woman stared at the ruined body. Blood dripped from her arm. A fine spray of red covered her face –must’ve been cast off when she slammed down the cans. She wiped her face with...

Well, I thought I’d stick them into my nose and impersonate a walrus, but if you insist, I’ll swallow them.

Awesome.

I opened my eyes really wide and fluttered my eyelashes at him. “I’m sorry, I must’ve missed your coronation ceremony. Silly me.” from Clean Sweep

May I say that I am delighted that my favorite alpha is feeling better. Why, you’ll be running recklessly into danger against overwhelming odds anytime now.

Kate Daniels, trained negotiator. When in possession of some valuable information, give it away to the first sexy man you see with no guarantee of return.

Whatever storm was brewing, I’d find it and fight it. If it was the price of being with Curran, then I would pay it. He was worth it.

[…] The alpha-wolf has hurt himself […].” “What happened to the alpha-wolf?””LEGOs.””Legos?” It sounded Greek but I couldn’t recall anything mythological with that name. Wasnt it an island?”He was carrying a load of laundry into...

I have had it up to here with my wedding,” I said. “The other day Andrea tried to explain to me that apparently I am supposed to have a new thing, an old thing, a...

I realized that I’m a child.”William looked point-blank at her chest. “No.

His Majesty needs a can-I girl anyway. And I’m not it.””A can-I girl?” Andrea frowned. I leaned back. “‘Can I fetch your food, Your Majesty? Can I tell you how strong and mighty you are,...

This doesn’t mean you’re getting a discount.”Audrey heaved a mock sigh. “Oh well. I guess I’ll have to ply you with sexual favors, then.”Gnome choked on the soup. “I’m old enough to be your grandfather!”Audrey...

What did I tell you about plastic ties? Only for humans, Julie murmured.If you don’t listen to me, I can’t teach you anything.

Every time I think you’ve reached the limits of arrogance, you show me new heights. Truly, your egotism is like the Universe—ever expanding.

You sure you don’t need your Prince Charming to come and save you?” The knot in my stomach evaporated. My Prince Charming huh. “Sure, do you have one handy?

I’m investigating people who sacrifice trained killers to dark gods.Perfect, it will keep him occupied.In what capacity?Bait.

He whirled in the water and grinned at me. Damn, he was a handsome bastard. I realized he was half-naked. Blue swirls of tattoos painted his chest. When God made that chest, he did to...

Shifting in the hospital bed had blown her closet door wide open.

Our standard rate. A doubloon a day.”It was generous. More than generous–some families would put him up for a week for a single coin.”Half a doubloon a day,” she said.”No, you see, the idea behind...

Because he has the best equipment in the City and he knows how to use it!

Men and swords. My father said that if you put any able-bodied man, no matter how peaceful, into a room with a sword and a practice dummy and leave him alone, eventually the man would...

He leaned toward me. Suddenly the space between us shrank.”I will do everything in my power to ensure your survival, and should the need arise, I will put myself between danger and you.” His voice...

You said sloppy! Look, I didn’t even use my sword; I hit him with my head, like a moron.

I’m counting to ten in my head.””Is it helping?””No.””It doesn’t help me with you either. I used to life weights to alleviate frustration, but someone blowtorched my weight bench. How did you do it, by...

Derek, you just don’t say things like that to a woman. Keep going this way and you’ll spend your life alone.””Don’t change the subject. Andrea is cool. And she smells nice. It will be okay.”Apparently...

I can’t hate people that much. Don’t get me wrong. I want to murder every last Keeper I can find. But that’s not hate. That’s vengeance.