Yeah. Gary nodded. She said that too, that it was your gun. Said this whole thing was your idea. My eyes narrowed to slits. Rookie technique. Make me think Jennifer was in the other room, rolling on m...
Why are you whispering? I’m on the roof of an evil flower shop, and I don’t want to get shot. That sort of answer, he said, really shouldn’t surprise me anymore.
Why are they trying to kill me? he squealed, cupping his hands over his head. They’re not, I told him. They’re trying to kill me. So stay close. They’re trying to kill you, so I should stay close? He...
Westie grinned. First men to ever escape the Iceberg. Hell, I bet they’ll make a movie about us. George Clooney might play me. You don’t look anything like George Clooney, Jake said. Said might, not w...
There are two answers to evil, she said. The first is to justify it. The evil that you do is for a good cause, you’ll be validated in the end, it needed to be done, etcetera, etcetera. Of course, once...
The truth is, Nadine purred into my ear, since the moment we met, all I’ve been thinking about is you, me, and my favorite pair of scissors. I think I’d start by gelding you, like the vile animal you...
The first combination I tried was 666. You know how some people always set their passwords to password or secret even though those are terrible choices? In my experience, ask a demon to pick a three-d...
So, Emma. Where are we on the ranch project? We’re signing tomorrow. Things couldn’t be running any more smoothly. Ranch project? I asked. Emma beamed at me. It’s a coup. 4. What kind of coup, exactly...
Shape-shifter? he snorted. No such thing. I leaned back on his couch and tilted my head at him. Gary? I said. You’ve got demon blood. You know I’m a sorcerer and that magic is real. Are you really gon...
Security? I asked. Like the Chippendales Nadine brought with her? I’m not kidding, Royce, I think those guys are off-duty strippers. I hope you’re not paying her a consultation fee. Royce arched one e...
Readers familiar with the Vegas Strip will have noticed the changing of casino names. This was done to provide a certain amount of legal cover (since the real casinos might not look kindly upon accusa...
Problem there, I said, is you didn’t keep track of them. The name Lauren Carmichael mean anything to you? He shook his head, brow furrowed. No. Should it? There weren’t two tunnels. There were three....
I love working with fanatics. You just wind them up, and off they go.
I can’t hear you, people! Make some noise if you want a good show. How about death? Do you wanna see lots and lots of death tonight? I took in the applause, the hollering, the hammering feet, basking...
Hie! it cried in a buzzing voice, like a thousand flies fluttering their wings in unison. You! On our wavelength! Carry our message! It’s heavy, made of rocks! You aren’t real, Sophia repeated like a...
Hey, you don’t have any financial background, do you? I robbed a bank once, I said, and Caitlin kicked my shin under the table. To their credit, Emma and Ben favored me with polite chuckles. Melanie s...
Help me? I shouldn’t have looked, but I did. The silhouette of a bloated man cowered in the dark, extending a fat, trembling hand with half its fingers gnawed to stumps. Please, he wheezed. I can’t st...
Bye, Stanwyck, I thought. I promised Coop I’d send you straight to hell. Looks like you’re taking the long, scenic route instead. I’d be lying if I said I gave a damn.
At this range, a gut shot from a .32 probably won’t kill me. Oh, I won’t be loving life, but I’ll be alive and conscious enough to squeeze this trigger twice. Now, you take a blast from my piece? You’...
Any suggestions? Boom-boom. Clump of C-4 the size of a butter stick, Jennifer said. Loud, Bentley said, but they’ll almost certainly be alerted to your presence as soon as the assault begins, no matte...