The combination of razor-sharp wit (completely real) and his credentials (completely fake) had won them over in the end.

Fighting in the name of freedom has too high a price,” Merlin sighed as he leaned into his mother’s arms.

I noticed him right away. No, it wasn’t his lean, rugged face. Or the dark waves of shiny hair that hung just a little too long on his forehead. It wasn’t the slim, collarless biker...

Did you recently turn into a jerk or have you been one since birth?

He had only heard of dragons, and although he had never seen one, he was sure they existed.

He’d used the amulet to read my thoughts again. I pictured smacking him in the face.

Do I look like I want to be involved in your teen love saga? Ask someone who cares.

Thus Arthur achieved the adventure of the sword that day and entered into his birthright of royalty. Wherefore, may God grant His Grace unto you all that ye too may likewise succeed in your undertakings....

Matt was almost completely naked. A tattered loincloth and an ugly chain with a yellow diamond were his only apparel.

My name is Arianna Morganna Brittany DuLac–you can imagine why I went by the name Ryan.

But, I believe,” I continue, “I know what true love is – or what it should be.” “What should it be?” Tristan asks, his voice soft now. “It should be a friendship and truly knowing...

Rough palms cradled my face while my fingers gripped the pillow on either side of his. Lips, teeth, tongue, mingled together. I ate him up and didn’t let go until I had to come up...

He’s so powerful. Who knows maybe he’s advanced past eating

Magic is a matter of focusing the disciplined will. But sometimes the will must be abandoned. The secret lies in knowing when to exercise control, and when to let go.

Why did you wear heels? How are you supposed to fight a gargoyle in what you’re wearing?

Soft sun shone down on a misty cathedral at the opposite end of a football-field length courtyard. The cathedral had a long pointed tower with beautiful rose and ivory stained glass windows. Pink-petal flowers and...

Beware what you speak,’ said the Merlin very softly, ‘for indeed the words we speak make shadows of what is to come, and by speaking them we bring them to pass, my king.

Well, can you tell her that?”He looked down at his feet. “I will. I will.”Guy-speak for, “I plan to keep avoiding her until she gives up.

The whole school is on these. We’ve had them for awhile now.

But even the longest day wears to sunset.

You’ll get fired if anyone finds out about us!””So many rules in this century,” Vane muttered.

Yet some men say in many parts of England that King Arthur is not dead, but had by the will of our Lord Jesu into another place; and men say that he shall come again,...

Stand still while I yell at you.

Plus, I happened to be a history nerd. Why else would I be interested in a guy born in the year 519?

You deserved it.

If I were to lock you up in a dungeon, I guarantee you would not be bored.

Tomorrow, I need you to die.

The last declaration he’d made to me hung between us. The L word. The one that had nothing to do with like.

Marry, Sirs, if Merlin who was the Devil’s son was a true King’s man as ever ate bread, is it not a shame that you, being but the sons of bitches, must be rebels and...

Probably not, but we can pretend.