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...

Well, check this out. Mine is bigger.

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...

Getting a lecture on restraint from the woman who threw a hissy fit and blew up Babylon.

So, regarding that tidbit about your having a fertile imagination when it comes to private activities,” she said, fighting off anxiety. “Was it another lie?””Depends on how you look at it. It’s not exactly a...

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

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...

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!

That’s all right,” she told him. “I can manage. I can sleep outside just fine.”Four pairs of eyes looked at her with a distinctly male skepticism.

And you expect me to commute two hours each way from the Keep to the Order.” I kept my voice mild. “I suppose I won’t be needing my job, my house, or my clothes anymore.””I...

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 thought of telling him that if it wasn’t for Oklahoman cowboys and Mexican whores having a bit of fun, there would’ve been no Texans, but that would be counterproductive.

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

Who snitched?””We have people monitoring police radio frequencies. They gave Jim a heads-up in case our security had to storm PAD offices and bust you out of there. I found out when I saw Jim...

Torch strode over and stared at the fiver”What’s this?””Some change for you. Buy your flunkies some decent clothes.” I dipped my fingers into the jar and smeared think fragrant paste on my face. Torch frowned,...

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.

When life backs you into a corner and offers you no escape, when your friends, your lover, and your family abandon you, when you’re at the end of your rope, panicked, alone, and losing your...

How is it different?”He rolled his head back, sable hair falling down on his shoulders. “With Rose I knew what to say. I could take a step back and talk to her. I remembered all...

He lunged for the maps. I grabbed the chair and hit him with it. He went down. I hit him again to make sure he stayed that way, stepped over him, and picked up the...

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...

She surveyed the carnage behind him. “Did you have fun?”He showed her his teeth. “Yes.

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...

The vampire leaned forward, tapping a scimitar claw. “Is that a lion with horns and a pitchfork?””Yep.””Is he carrying a moon on his pitchfork?””No, it’s a pie.

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,...

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.

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....

You know anything about investigative work?””Sure. Annoy the people involved until the guilt party tries to make you go away.

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