One look at Rebecca and Aunt B would have an instant apoplexy.Raphael’s eyebrows furrowed. My mother’s approval isn’t necessary.Aha. Does she know that?
Of course, with my luck, the Shepherd could be a crazy numismatist just dying for a Kennedy fifty-cent piece. Maybe I could set a trap with a handful of change. Here, Shepherd, here boy, look, I have...
Not only will you sleep with me, but you will say 'please.'I stared at him, shocked. The smile widened. You will say 'please' before and 'thank you' after. Nervous laughter bubbled up. You've gone ins...
Nonhumanity is a dangerous label. If someone is nonhuman, they have no rights, Andrea. No protection.
No, I promised him I wouldn’t fight a giant. So you obey the letter of the law and not the spirit, she said. Yes. My teeth finally stopped chattering. I loved my turtleneck. I loved my jacket. I loved...
No, I never expect people to be idiots, George said. I do expect them to lack some of the necessary information, because experience has demonstrated to me that assuming someone in a key position knows...
Never show a weakness; never show pain. The vulnerable get eaten. She would break down later when she was alone, but neither he nor anyone else would ever see it.
My mother used to say that family, blood or found, was our salvation. It was the net that caught us when we drowned and gently lifted us up out of the raging waters. She was wise, my mother.
My mother stared at the ceiling. Did you hear that? Hear what? I asked, my eyes wide. I would kill Jim. He could sit completely motionless for hours when on stakeouts. I’d seen him do it. He had to be...
My investigative technique mostly consisted of going through the list of interested parties and making as much noise as possible, until the culprit lost his patience and tried to shut me up.
My father knew he was a bastard. He was the venomous serpent in a bed of roses. Apparently, he didn't just acknowledge that fact, he beat people over the head with it. All that was missing was a neon...
Monogamy, he stated flatly. While you’re with me, I’m the only one. Anybody else touches you and I’ll kill them.What if I accidently bump into someone?Gold flashed in his eyes. Don’t.
Momma’s gonna buy you a mockingbird . . . Margo stirred and crawled to her mother, dragging one twisted leg behind her. Maddie followed. They huddled together, the three of them, pressed against the P...
Mhm, Kate, the chief of security. Sexy. Who better to guard my body than the woman who owns is?Curran, I will punch you.Rough play. Curran pretended to shiver in excitement
Mad shapeshifters ripped into monsters, their eyes crimson with rage. Witches howled, loosing spells and arrows. The air steamed with blood. The clamor of swords, the pain-laced cries of the injured,...
Look at it! George’s voice shuddered with barely contained awe. at it! Don’t you want to experience it? Don’t you want to be brave? You are not a gentle flower who spends its whole life in a greenhou...
Logic said that at some point he must’ve been a baby and then a child, but looking at him one was almost convinced that some deity had touched the ground with its scepter and proclaimed, There shall b...
Like it or not, he said, you're still his daughter. Run from it, spit on it, that’s your choice. Those of the blood can insult the blood. Nobody else. I won’t allow it.
Life is so precious because it's short. Even the most resilient people are fragile. Life isn't about dying or not dying. It's about living well. Living so you can be proud and happy.
Let’s talk. I pinned Red to his chair with my stare. I did deranged quite well, when the occasion required.