There is no such thing as privacy between a deity and his worshipper. There are no secrets, no glossed-over failures. Only promises kept and abandoned, sins committed and imagined, and raw emotion. Ho...
Kate smirked.What?Your horse looks pink.So?If you paste some stars on her butt you'll be riding My Little Pony.Bugger off. I patted the mare's neck. Don't listen to her, Sugar. You are the cutest hors...
When unsure of the stranger’s intentions, the best policy is to open a meaningful dialogue. Hey, dickhead! Who taught you to shoot, Louis Braille? That arrow missed me by a mile.
I wasn't even that lovable to begin with. I was a selfish ass, but somehow something I did made this man love me, deeply and without reservations. He knew things about me that I would die to keep secr...
I'm an angel of death. I don't need night school, woman. You should just give up on this detective shit and start killing people for a living. It's simple, honest work, and you ain't got the brains fo...
Kate sat at her desk. Grendel sprawled by her feet, an enormous black monstrosity that had more in common with the hound of the Baskervilles than with any poodle I had ever seen.
Maybe I should add some graffiti to spice it up. For a good time call the Consort. Beast Lord eats your food and turns into a lion in his sleep. Mahon has hemorrhoids. Boudas do it better. Warning, pa...
The second message was from Andrea.Hey. It’s me. Raphael says that Curran’s been a real bastard since about mid-November. He’s in a bad mood. He’s snarling at everything and everyone, and he stopped h...
What kind of shapeshifter has orange fur anyway? Weredingo. Now I'd seen everything. Well, at least he didn't steal my baby.
If there is anything I can do, I'll help. Don't get excited. It's not because of you. For the child. If it wasn't for her and the flare, I'd throw your dumb ass out of this window.What does the flare...
I’m your best bet to keep Roland from taking over.Yes.Young, in need of being taught.Evdokia crossed her arms. Yes.Easily manipulated? Emotionally compromised? Are these my best qualities?Evdokia thre...
You're an interesting woman.Your interest has been duly noted.
In her rare moments of desperation, she wanted a man to look at her like she meant the world to him, and failing that, she would settle for someone who thought she was beautiful and told her
In the crime novels, a PI is either an ex-cop or has some cop buddies who owed him a favor and who happily provided him with the department's files, while carrying on about how it could cost them thei...
In the event of a Law Enforcement Breach, a computer would the first thing the LEOs --law enforcement officers --would confiscate. I had a laptop upstairs in plain view, partially for that exact purpo...
Why the hell would anyone be eating at the Grease Trap? I’ve seen flies die from buzzing by that place. Andrea crossed her arms. Oh, I don’t know, probably because your career just ended and you are d...
Is there anything in the legends about a topaz called the Wolf Diamond? A large yellow gem maybe? I asked. Dali wrinkled her forehead. Topaz is associated with Brihaspati—Jupiter. The Roman god? Jim f...
It fires .50 cal at twice the speed of sound. It will hit him before he ever hears the shot. My mother crossed her arms. I’d like to see him bounce that off his chest.
Quick, Derek, it’s your chance to shine, Ascanio said. Derek gave him a withering look. Desandra is a mother, Robert is married, Kate’s affianced, and I’m an old soul. You’re the closest thing to a vi...
It wasn’t a bluff; I heard it in his voice. He would do it. He would walk away. You would leave all these people, all the bowing, and the . . . His gray eyes looked into mine. If I fought for them and...
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