Did you just grab my butt? I whispered. What? Curran! Yes? I could hear controlled laughter in his voice. Unbelievable. I sped up. We’re tracking ghouls and you’re grabbing my butt. I always make sure...
Can you turn so you’re not pressed against me? I could, he said, his voice amused. But then you would have to lie on top of me. My brain said, NO. My body went, Wheee! I
I can always tell when you're thinking about food. You forget to be the Serious Wolf and you get this dreamy look in your eyes. You know, most people would think you were thinking about a girl. They h...
Being trained as an efficient killer wasn't enough. You also had to learn to control your stress and your fear, becoming so used to violence that you could detach yourself from the trauma of it and as...
I slammed that door shut. Fix this mess first. Guilt, regret, and moaning later.
I picked up the phone and dialed Andrea's extension. Yes? He glued the chair to my ass. Silence.
I can buy your contract. No, you can’t. Any sale of our mortgage requires my consent, and I won’t consent to it. He grinned. You don’t want to work under me? I’m not even going to dignify that with an...
I just had to stay cool. Zen. No punching in the face. Punching would not be Zen.
Clothes don’t have magic powers, Derek. They don’t mystically protect you from three-inch claws, rapists, or murderers. If someone decides to hurt you, they will do so whether or not you have a thin l...
Curran growled. Later, babycakes. Asshole. Good hunting, sugar woogums.
Why couldn't she have gotten another Edger or some dimwit from the Broken for a passenger? No, she got Lord Leather Pants here.
The Beast Lord way: often wrong but never in doubt.
You and me. This wasn’t in the plan. The plan was to be alone, to hide, and to kill Roland. Being happy was never one of the bullet points. Some part of me is still convinced it’s a fluke and eventual...
Morfran thrust his axe straight up. He pretty much seemed to have one sign for everything: poke a hole in the sky.
So the boy’s life is still in jeopardy, Ghastek said..It’s being handled, Curran said.I would like to be involved in that handling.I’m sure you would, Curran said. It’s hard to believe, but I go whole...
How about you don't kill anybody for a little bit?I can't make that promise.Small talk with the dragon. How are you? Eaten any adventurers lately? Sure, just had one this morning. Look, I still got hi...
So we have giant super-smart vipers who slithered in here, killed our people, opened the vault, stole something from it, and slithered out, undetected?Appears so.Okay. Just wanted to make sure it wasn...
Because he doesn’t want me talking to my grandmother.Barabas looked at Curran.Curran shrugged. It’s a family thing. Sometimes your father puts your semidead grandmother into a really bad place and is...
Because you can’t lie, Kate. Everything you think is right there on your face. I’ve met kindergarteners who are better actors than you.
Why can’t you go if you’re so concerned?He sighed. Because certain people aren’t altogether rational at the moment. If I came with you, I’d have to answer uncomfortable questions. I ask questions, I d...
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