It’s this beautiful thing you can never reach. No matter what you do, you’ll never touch it. You can only look and imagine what it would be like to hold it.
Sophie raised her head. Light filtering through the trees dappled her face. Hawk.Charlotte looked up as well. A bird of prey soared above the treetops, circling around them.It’s dead, Sophie said. Geo...
I’d believed him. He was supposed to be different, to be more. He’d made me hope for things I didn’t think I’d ever get. When hope broke, it hurt. Mine was a very big, very desperate hope, and it hurt...
I’d give him a cup of coffee and a big helping of a knuckle sandwich. Generosity was a virtue and I was in the mood to be extremely virtuous.
Too much excitement, Your Majesty? I asked.He was standing too close.He was asking about Andrea.Too close. I didn’t like it. Curran wrapped his arm around my shoulders and started walking,steering me...
So, how are things with you and Curran?There were times in life when I wished for supreme mental powers. Like telekinesis. Mostly, I wanted them to crush my opponents. But right now I wanted them so I...
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...
I’m curious, what are you picturing exactly? Augustine asked. A crisscrossing pattern of red laser beams and ferrets in harnesses slithering through it like ninjas?
To answer your question, yes, you may kiss my ass. Normally I prefer to maintain my personal space, but you’re a Friend of the Pack and your services have proven useful once or twice. I strive to acco...
Will you stop eating it, I growled. No, Andrea said. She was sitting on the ground and chewing on some unidentifiable chunk of bull flesh. It’s a piece of meat from something a djinn summoned.You don’...
I’m sorry I wasn’t there.I’m not upset that you weren’t there. I was doing my job. I don’t blame you for anything, Connor. Except not telling me that you had a lead. That wasn’t cool. I lowered my voi...
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...
The magic flooded us again. This time Derek was ready—his face showed no change. Ghastek, on the other hand, halted in midrise halfway off the ground.I unsheathed Slayer. Derek backed away, giving him...
Since when do you give a crap about my welfare anyway? I think you're confused as to the nature of our relationship. You and I, we don't get along. You're a psychopathic control freak. You order me ar...
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...
Johns Hopkins, which was a trip I was doing my best to forget. We almost died, and while we were away, a local family we knew was murdered. Julie and Derek had handled it, but thinking about it still...
Ready to put your claws where your mouth is, or are you going to cringe behind the big boys and yip all day?His eyes flared yellow Is that a challenge?Yes it is.
Just reflecting on the fact that when the Universe punches you in the teeth, it never just lets you fall down. It kicks you in the ribs a couple of times and dumps mud on your head.
Kate makes good sausage, Jim said.Six pairs of eyes stared at me. Thank you, Mr. Wonderful. Just what I needed.Oh yeah, Andrea snapped her fingers. The links? The ones we had the beginning of the mont...
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.
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