Lucy said, her nose pressed to the window. Misunderstanding. No big deal.Solange quirked a half smile. You might try complete sentences, Lucy.Can’t. Busy.I was curious despite myself. What are you doi...
Madame Vernoique arched an eyebrow imperiously. Due to being exiled, your parents have been ... isolated in these mountains.Did she just call us hillbillies? Quinn drawled.Hey, Duncan broke in mildly....
Me own mam saw things, he said, looking at the fire as if she might be there behind it. And they always came true. She didn't say anything about spirits. She just called it the Second Sight. Said it w...
Mother was delicate the way badgers were delicate.
My brothers are idiots.Anyone can see that under the scars and the attitude, Isabeau is more fragile than she looks. And as a reclusive Hound princess, her first introduction to the royal family shoul...
Nicholas came up beside me. Damn it, Sol. Ever heard of the speed limit?Oh, right, coming from the guy who got three speeding tickets the first week he had his license.That's different. At least he ha...
Nicholas pulled back slightly but his gaze stayed scorchingly fastened on Lucy, even when he spoke. Aggie, go beat someone up.I already did. She absolutely, positively would not blush. The front door...
Not a woman, Gretchen corrected herself, a spirit. She glowed violently, outlined in frozen moonlight and fire.
Not me. He bent his head, voice dropping to a husky whisper. Never me.
Oh Crap, Connor muttered. She's going Darth Vader on us.
Sometimes fighting petty was better than not fighting at all,
Perhaps I won't marry then. Instead, you and I shall live as spinsters in a cottage by the sea. We'll burn our corsets, eat chocolate morning, noon and night and grow fat as hedgehogs.
Quinn glanced at me. Gonna make it?Yeah, yeah, I answered. Though what's the point? Mom's going to kill us anyway.True.If that thing doesn't kill us first, I added when the stench of rot and mushrooms...
Ready? Quinn asked when Sky wandered off and we couldn't avoid the family tent anymore.Hell, no.Me neither.Mom and Dad waited just inside the tent flap. The light from the oil lamps glinted off fangs,...
We walked the circuit, passing the food stands frying funnel cakes and burgers, and the game booths, ceilings bristling with giant, multicolored stuffed animals. I paused in front of the crossbow game...
They were untamed, like thunder and lightning in a glass jar. You just knew, sooner or later, the jar would shatter into pieces.
Shouldn't you be eating chocolate? I asked. Guaranteed cure-all. I motioned at Chloe. Give her some.She didn't want it, Chloe said. And you can't have it. She stuffed the rest into her mouth, nearly c...
Shouldn’t your father be taking his seat in Parliament? Isn’t that what earls do when they’re too old to have any fun? Make sure you tell your older brother I said that when next you see him. He’s bec...
So what are you guys doing?Tyson is tutoring me.Jenna burst out laughing. Oh, Tyson. You're screwed.Hey! I pinched her.She just scooted across the table and dropped into an empty chair. This I have to...
Why couldn’t we just lose ourselves in the fire again? When passion was enough, and the questions didn’t matter.
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