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.

I thought I had broken your heart a while ago. I didn’t know how to make you hear me, and I knew that by telling you the truth, I’d lose you. But here you sit....

But while the surface has the sun, I would much rather be down here with you.

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...

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.

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.

Kate,” Lucern interrupted.”What?” she asked warily.”I do not need blood.” He tugged her off balance and into his lap. “All I need is you.

I really can’t say,” he responded in his formal nineteenth-century style. Can’t, or won’t? I thought.

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.

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...

Everyone watched, wondering if this could be the same lunatic who’d nearly berthed his ornithopter in the restaurant. I swallowed, for it seemed he was headed straight for my table. He pulled off his helmet...

Note to self: never cockblock a sex demon.

Well it looks like the road to heavenBut it feels like the road to hellWhen I knew which side my bread was butteredI took the knife as wellPosing for another pictureEverybody’s got to sellBut when...

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...

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.

She was in love with a vampire. Bela Lugosi. Nosferatu. Vlad the Impaler. Count Chocula . The urge to laugh seized her and she buried her face in her hands and cried instead.

And no matter how romantic and beautiful Greece was, I wasn’t going to break my vows to Henry, even if they technically didn’t apply for the next six months. I loved him no matter which...

Secret to what?””Secret to shutting you up,” he said. “I just have to beat you till you’re half-dead, then give you chicken soup and”–he raised his hands–“blessed silence.

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.

They’re fanatics. It’s like expecting humanity from a falling rock. It’s not going to have a fit of compassion and not crack your skull open.

Judging by the hard lines of his face and the flat look in his eyes, he’d left the Marines, but the Corps hadn’t quite left him.

You don’t have to be there to be there.

We stood in the graveyard, among the tombstones, forty-some dead people and me. A couple of my fellow funeral-goers had even been in their own coffins, deep under several feet of French soil.

He bared his teeth in a happy feral grin. My own personal psycho.

Okay, I see how it sounds weird when you say it in that tone of voice

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

Did you strangle the wolf alpha?” Not that she didn’t deserve it. Curran grimaced. “Of course not. I needed information. After I put her face in my mouth, we agreed that it was in her...

Nobody ever died of being shot by a cookie

I had no idea there’d be so many Sherpas aboard!” exclaimed Miss Simpkins.”I’m not a Sherpa,” Nadira said. “I’m a gypsy.””Oh, my goodness!” said the chaperone.

He did his thing, and I did mine. Mine involved standing there with a sword in a bin liner waiting for something to try and kill us. Nothing did.

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

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...

The hallway led me to the stairway of a million steps. My leg screamed in protest. I sighed and started climbing. I just had to keep from limping. Limping showed weakness, and I didn’t need...

Derek favored his left side. His horse refused to bear him. I couldn’t blame the horse. I wouldn’t want his demonic, undead-blood-smeared, wolf-smelling ass riding me, either. But it made us slow.

All that was missing was a neon sign that read EVIL AND CONFLICTED ABOUT IT with a flashing arrow pointing at his head.

Seducing him in the tub smelling of vinegar was out of the question. There had to be some boundaries.

Kumbaya” together by the fire.

From what I know of you already, you have quite a reputation for providing customer satisfaction.”Julie’s cheeks burned. For Kate’s benefit she said, “I try.” “Oh, I’m certain you do more than try. You go...