That would have been useful, Mercy. And having something freaky and useful would have been too good and sent the spirits of evil gods on our tail.”I stared at him.

Love thy enemies, it says in the scriptures. My foster mother always added, “At the very least, you will be polite to them.

Mercy,” he mumbled. “What the hell did you do to my French Roast?

Trust you to quote Lancelot rather than Guinevere.

Misquote Shakespeare in front of Samuel, I dare you,” I told her, and she laughed.

Pack is for comfort when you hurt, I thought, putting my head back down. And for the first time in a long time, maybe the first time ever, I appreciated being a part of one.

I like her just the way she is, Bran.” And he meant it, greasy overalls, broken fingernails, and all.

We have a whole garage worth of tools — pry bars, tire irons, and even a hammer or two. There’s got to be something better than my torque wrench he could have grabbed.

Arrogance is someone claiming to have come to Christ, but they won’t spend more than five minutes listening to your journey because they are more concerned about their own well being, rather than being a...

Reluctantly, I pulled out my necklace and showed it to them.Samuel frowned. The little figure was stylized; I suppose he couldn’t tell what it was at first.”A dog?” asked Zee, staring at my necklace.”A lamb,”...

Vampire politics make the very complicated dance of manners that is werewolf protocol look like the Hokey Pokey.

I was going to fight vampires, and my name wasn’t Buffy–I was so screwed.

Thank you,” Ben replied, looking modest.

but if you don’t get out of my way right this instant, it won’t matter.”Adam was the Alpha werewolf in charge of the local pack. He was tough. He could be mean when he had...