The vampire gagged. The muscles of its neck constricted, widened, constricted again, and it disgorged a six-inch-long metal cylinder onto my desk. The bloodsucker grasped it, twisted the cylinder’s ha...
It's being handled. Your involvement isn't necessary. You're free to continue on your serial urination spree.
Because you are the one. You are better than me in some things, and I am better than you in others...I don’t mind being a bit like you. I hope you don’t mind being a bit like me.
Are you going to help me or just make fun of me?Can't I do both?
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 memory, without...
A rolled-up newspaper landed on my head and then on Jim’s. None of that in my house!Oh my gods. The alpha of Clan Cat just got smacked with a rolled-up newspaper. Mom!She pointed at me with the newspa...
We need a bigger gun.We need a shower, Raphael said.Gun first. Shower later.Ten minutes later I walked into the Order’s office. A group of knights standing in the hallway turned at my approach: Mauro,...
The mage pulled my knife out of his side and looked at it. Nice knife. The voice was deep but female.I threw my second knife. The blade bit into the mage’s chest. Shit. Missed the neck. Here, have ano...
The Beast Lord walked out of the warehouse. The screen went dark.My knight in furry armor.Saiman opened his mouth. This is why I didn't. Personally, I think your smile is inappropriate.
Say 'pop.' Pop? That was the sound of me pulling your head out of your ass.
Life was too short and ended too suddenly. If you didn't take advantage of what you had today, tomorrow it might be ripped from you.
I have to say, your technique is really different. Curran hammered at the spell until it broke. You just talk. Help me out here, what’s the strategy? Are you hoping the ward will get tired and kill it...
He smiled at me, turning into the old Sean Evans. The transformation was so sudden, I blinked to make sure I didn’t imagine it. Because you’re a carebear.What?You’re the type to get out of a perfectly...
Do you have spies in Clan Heavy?I have spies everywhere.I looked at Andrea, who was hoarding bacon on her plate.She had tea with Mahon’s wife. Andrea said.Aunt B looked at her. You and I need to work...
Where are we going? Desandra asked.We’re going to Blue Ribbon Stables, I said. It’s the closest place to rent a horse.Why? Desandra asked.Because I can’t keep up with you on foot, I said.And she runs...
The woman said something to Roman. He stopped, turned to her, and shook his staff.She crossed her arms. I couldn't see her face, but I read the body language well enough.
Jack didn’t fully get Jesus. Audrey tried to explain it, and he could repeat it back to her, word for word, but he still didn’t comprehend most of it. The best he could gather was that Jesus lived lon...
If I pass out face down in this water, will you fish me out?Will you promise to call me Your Majesty?Hell no.Then I'll have to think about it.
I want gifts and Christmas music. I don’t care how many Draziri are out there. They won’t take Christmas from me.Yes, but we don’t have a suitable male, Orro said. And only one dog.I looked at him.Wha...
He said that the man must be your husband, because only someone we love very much can make us this crazy.