Joke ’em if they can’t take a fuck. -NATALIE

I take no actions that I wouldn’t publicly recount. If you can’t speak your deeds, then don’t do them.

Seconds passed, then … La Dorada skulked into view. She was half-mummified, but sodden. Gooey.Regin let out a low whistle. “The Mummy Returns meets Dingoes Ate My Face.”—-La Dorada swung her head around, peering at...

Valkyrie, if there was ever a cradle to be robbed … Gods, just look at him.” …… “Face it, Nat, this is one tiger who will never be jumping through your flaming hoop–

If a demon and a vampire mated, their offspring would be unique but in harmony, like a Labrador retriever crossed with a poodle. Voila, labradoodle!But a vemon was a made creature, as if one took...

Ah, damn it, lass,’he called after her. ‘I’ve busted my stitches wide open.”What?’she cried, hurrying back to him. ‘Let me see!”Ah-ha!’ He snared her around the waist, dragging her down with him to his lap.’You...

It felt bizarre to be ignored in general, much less by an embodiment of Aidan–who used to stare at her so hard that he’d run into trees.

Regin to Declan:”Lemme guess,” Regin said. “You had your introductory spiel all planned, but rational thought deserted you when you saw me stroll in braless.”—-“For the record,” She continued, “it’s not my fault I came...

If you’re the sole survivor of an army attacked by us, are you going to say we had our asses handed to us by petite, nubile females, or by she-monsters who can bench Buicks?

Have you no modesty?” Never in his life had he encountered a female so quick to be naked. Of course, he’d never in his life encountered a female who should so utterly be naked at...

I give you a week, maybe two, before you’re driven to bite someone.””I don’t know how to… to bite or drink! But you could teach me.””And what could you possibly do in return?” Lothaire waved...

Aww, did we masturbate through the tears last night?

Gods, I love it when you talk mathy to me.

Valkyrie, I will get answers from you one way or another. Either through this painful exercise in futility, as you believe, or through a civilized conversation.””You call this civilized?” She strained against her cuffs, leaning...

Lothaire:Hate scars. I’m physically flawless–why can’t everyone be? Everywhere Lothaire went, people stopped and stared. Of course, then they usually ran.

The demon was turning out to be an unpredictable, feral, bone-and-head-collecting, sexually ravenous happiness battery. She swallowed. All I have to do is plug him in.

When Matthew merely stared at him, Jackson reached into the weapon box and pulled out a sheathed machete, handing it to the boy.Matthew laughed and dropped it.

…, It’d taken her several seconds to react to the sight of them together. She’d been almost hypnotized by the scene as Lothaire drank. Chase’s masculine face had been tense, his gray eyes focused on...

Face it, Nat, this is one tiger who will never be jumping through your flaming hoop–

Okay. That’s freaky. Lookit, Gollum, if you spring me, I’ll help you find your Precious.

What about the old standby of kicking a guy in the groin?” “Try to.” Love to…

I can’t believe you’re going to sacrifice your archery mojo for MacReive.” Lucia would forfeit her fantastical skill with a bow if she was unchaste. “Who am I going to hang out with when your...

Olivia sat back and propped her half-boots on the table. ‘So far it’s working. He has to return to me because I have his sister hostage.’ She briefly put her fingertips to her lips. ‘Did...

You said you’d give me half an hour!”And you said you’d satisfy me whenever I wanted it. I want it now.’ He removed is jacket. ‘Drop the towel.”I-I never agreed to be naked!

What’d you want to talk about?””Just to commend you on your revenge last night. It must have been fiendish. Of course, I can only imagine since there wasn’t a mark on Chase this morning, only...

When they passed the centaur king’s cell, Volos pointed at Regin and slid his forefinger across his throat.She replied, “Hey, didn’t I see you in a donkey show down in Tijuana? No? You’ve got a...

You’re not leaving me behind. Or I’ll do a spell to make you smell like ass. Forever.

Kaderin didn’t believe, as a whole, the nymphs were more beautiful than the Valkyrie, but everything about them screamed, “Easy lay! When you don’t want to work for it!” And curiously, many males found that...

Apparently unaffected, she rose. “Yeah, you’re probably right. I should be going.” She feigned a yawn. “You’ve gotta head back to work and I’ve gotta head to jail. Big night for me. I’m planning to...

Unexpected Elizabeth wasn’t falling into his arms as he’d anticipated, even after he had acted heroic and been valiantly injured. Perhaps he had lost her.

Darwin says people like you need to die.” (Carrow)

His debtors always assumed he’d demand their firstborn. Like I’m fucking Rumpelstiltskin? What would Lothaire do with countless squalling babes? Raise them in a kennel?

You see, that’s the thing with you detrus,” Chase began in a contemplative tone. “Your bodies are abominations. If I severed your arms–“Lothaire yawned loudly.”–you’d merely regenerate from the injury. You might experience pain, but...

Hey! When he dug into it, rifling through her things, she snapped, “Go Yoda someone else’s supplies, asshole.

Nix had told Emma before she’d left for Europe that on this trip she would ‘do that which you were born to do.’ Apparently, Emma was born to get kidnapped by a deranged Lykae. Her...

Finally the vampire released him with another groan, sitting back on his haunches. “Your blood is steeped in power.” Running his tongue over a fang, he said, “Among other things. I believe I might be...

She gazed around with a bored air. “This feels just like Law and Order. But shouldn’t you lawyer up before I throw the book at you? No? So what’s in the IV bag?

I can draw you a diagram. Hint: I’m slot B, and you’re tab A.

The largest one laughed. Until Natalya’s glass shard plugged his jugular. Regin aimed and pulled the trigger. The gun kicked as bullets sprayed. It was shredding their torsos like cheese, halving their bodies. “Let’s do...

Because any other female would!

Nix to Declan:Begin transcript—Testing. Hello, hellooo, anybody out there? Check, check, one, two. Soft pee. Puh, puh. Resonance! Sooooooft pee. Alpha bravo disco tango duck.This is Nïx! I’m the Ever-Knowing One, a goddess incandescent, incomparable,...

Love me back!

Declan and Regin:”Kiss you?” As he waited for the revulsion to seize him, he found himself wondering how she would react. Would she moan into his mouth?”It will help you remember me. Kiss me. Come...

At fifty times the distance, you dispatched that ko-bold with three arrows to the neck. I’ve earned a trio to the chest. Seems you slapped him while you’re tickling me. You doona want to kill...

She’d made him watch every Alien movie. Most of the goriest scenes were accompanied by his dialogue: ‘Ach, that’s no’ – that’s just no’ right…. Bloody hell, this canna be right.

She murmured, “You’re unfinished.””Aye, precisely.””I need to go.”When she moved to get up, he shoved her against his side and slapped her arse to keep her there. “You stay with me.”She snapped, “What do you...

Warlord, you once told me I’d always know what you’re thinking. What are your thoughts now?””Partly, I’m thinking that I might shame myself in my trews, just from the feel of you next to me.

He stalked up behind her to clench her hips, and she stilled.In a breathy voice, she asked, “You’re going to make love to me again, aren’t you?”In answer,he lifted her onto the counter, tore off...

Regin had known the risk in coming here, but she wasn’t fearful. As Lucia had also told her, “Sometimes I don’t think you have the sense to be afraid when you should.” Regin had interpreted...

When you got captured, I didn’t know…” He trailed off, had to chug whiskey before he could continue. “If it’d be like…””What?””Like it was with Clotile.””Oh, Jackson, no. I was okay. I’m unharmed.””Didn’t know if...