The dusk had arrived on the wings of a night moth, silent and soft. The sky above me darkened to a deep, beautiful purple. Stars glowed high above, and below them, as if inspired by their light, tiny...
Now Julie could stay here, in the Keep full of homicidal maniacs who grew teeth the size of switchblades and erupted into a violent frenzy when threatened.
Now we had two invisible intruders. Because one wasn't hard enough.
What part of no don’t you understand?The part where I don’t get what I want.
Often wrong, but never in doubt. Once you decide what you need to do and how to go about it, you can’t afford to second-guess yourself. You just do it. The
Oh, this was getting better and better. Beau was making a valiant effort to remain stoic, but his face betrayed the long-suffering look of someone who had to listen to something patently idiotic.What...
Okay, Juke said. Your horse is a donkey, your poodle is a giant wolf breed, and your boyfriend is whatever the hell he is. You have problems.
One day some other Prime will threaten our House, and when that day comes, I’ll kill him. What?I’ll do it quiet and clean, and nobody will ever know. Leon smiled. I’m going to be a dark horse, House B...
One does not simply ring Roland. Oh
One doesn’t let her fiancé fight a horde of ghouls by himself. Some things were just not done.
One of the rooms in the castle had a creature in it, Curran said.What kind of creature?A large cat, Curran said. It glowed.What happened to the large glowing cat? Why did I have a feeling I wouldn’t l...
Only two kinds of people drink their coffee black: cops and serial killers. Sit, sit. I
Only two kinds of people drink their coffee black: cops and serial killers. Sit,
Or a stuffed animal. I would’ve cuddled with it at night. I sighed heavily. Oh well. I guess that’s never going to happen. Arabella giggled. Grandma pointed the breaker bar at her. Quiet in the peanut...
PARTY STARTER.
Perhaps you should negotiate? Robert glanced at me.Sure. I cleared my throat. Move or I'll cut your head off.
People are fish to us, child. Your mother’s death hurts, because she was your mother and Im robbed your childhood of security and happiness. You’re justified in your revenge. But to him, she was only...
The man approached. He stood tall, at least six three, maybe six four. Broad shoulders. Long legs in black pants. His black hair fell in a tangled mess on his shoulders. It looked like he might have c...
Someone knocked.I paused, the chicken halfway to my mouth, and glared at the door. The knocking persisted. It wasn’t Derek. His knock would be careful, almost apologetic. This bastard knocked like he...
People do horrible things in the name of keeping things just the way they are. Where
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