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...
The problem with all men, and werewolves in particular, was their odd perspective. Sean viewed the gash across his ribs as a scratch. I viewed it as an open wound made by a monomolecular blade able to...
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...
PARTY STARTER.
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 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...
People do horrible things in the name of keeping things just the way they are. Where
People lie for many reasons: to save themselves, to get out of trouble, to avoid hurting someone's feelings. Manipulators lie to get what they want. Narcissists lie to make themselves seem grand to ot...
There was tartle, a Scottish word for the panicked pause you experience when you have to introduce someone, but you don’t remember their name. There was backpafeifengesicht, a German term for a face y...
There was more to it than that—my mother's face had feminine gentleness. Mine didn't, at least not when compared to hers. If we were to stand side by side in a room full of people, I wouldn't get a si...
That had to be the craziest thing he'd heard. At some point they must've looked around and said, Hey, what do we have a shitload of? Mud! It's cold and wet. I know, let's burn it! Well, it ain't good...
People view us and our vampires as abominations, Ghastek said. They call the undead inhuman, not realizing the irony: only humans are capable of inhumanity. Four thousand years of technology, with mag...
Perhaps I just wasn't scary enough. Maybe I should invest in some horns or fangs.
Perhaps you should negotiate? Robert glanced at me.Sure. I cleared my throat. Move or I'll cut your head off.
Phone calls, TV broadcasts, and Skype sessions don’t, so there has to be some physical proximity. It works better if I can see you and hear you at the same time. Direct eye contact works best. He
Please tell me there is coffee.Aunt B grimaced. They're already crazy. If I let them have coffee, they'd be bouncing off the walls. We have herbal tea,...I needed to find Julie, find her mom, convince...
That’s the problem. People, especially unhappy people, want a cause. They want something to belong to, to be a part of something great and bigger, and to be led. It’s easy to be a cog in a machine: yo...
Put it away.I could do it. I was strong enough. I had Voron to thank for it.I pulled the magic back. All the anger, all the pain, I collapsed it on itself and stuffed it away. It hurt.I took my hand o...
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...
Quillonians were a reclusive race, proud, prone to drama, and violent when cornered. A couple of them had stayed at my parents’ inn, and as long as everything went their way, they were perfectly cordi...
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