And most of the time, I like being by myself. But when I look into my future, I see no family, no husband, no children. No warmth. I just see myself getting older and more scarred.
All my life I was taught to stay out of the way of the powerful. Don’t draw attention to yourself. Don’t show off. Guard your blood, because it will betray you. If you bleed, wipe it clean and burn th...
Adam glanced up. Brown eyes took my measure. He looked just like he did in all those photographs. Okay. Now I needed to not get fried as I talked his handsome ass into surrendering.
Across from me at the next row of supports Jim raised his hand and touched his fingers to his thumb a few times, imitating an opening and closing beak. Negotiate. He wanted me to engage a lunatic who...
Acarició mi mejilla.-Viniste a por mí -susurré.-Siempre -respondió.-Eres un maldito idiota, ¿intentabas desperdiciar tu vida?-Solo intentaba ponerme a punto. Tenerte a salvo me mantiene en forma.
A vivid image of a man with a pencil through his left eye orbit flashed before me, complete with bloody smudges of my fingerprints on the yellow shaft of the pencil. Thank you, dear memory, for once a...
A pale, sweaty Corona bottle invaded my field of vision. It was clamped in a hand attached to a muscular arm with pale blond hair. Peace offering, Curran said.Did I hear him come in? No.I took the bee...
A human mind is the place where emotion and reason are locked in perpetual combat. Sadly for our species, emotion always wins.
A girl half my age swept by and slammed two giant tankard filled with beer on the table. Ragnvald held his up. I smashed my tankard against his. Beer splashed. We raised the tankard and pretended to t...
A black raven flew past me and landed on the back of the couch.Roman slapped his hand over his face.There you are, the raven said in Evdokia’s voice. Ungrateful son.Here we go… Roman muttered.Eighteen...
The Civil Majority takes its root from the quote by Johanna Hemlock, a nineteenth-century philosopher and Prime. The Civil Majority seeks to limit House involvement in politics.What's the quote, I ask...
That would be like stepping in front of a moving train and saying, 'Hey, honey, come stand next to me.' I hopped off the wall and stood next to him. Anytime. He just looked at me.I've never killed a t...
¿Cómo has conseguido entrar?- Tengo mis recursos.Caí en la cuenta. Él había reemplazado mi puerta hacía dos meses, porque yo estaba bastante ocupada intentando no morir.- Te quedaste una llave de mi a...
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 so. William would probably fit that bill. Part of
Once you become their Other, you’re no longer a person. You’re just an idea, an abstraction of everything that’s wrong with their world. Give them the slightest excuse, and they will tear you down. An...
You’re the most experienced investigator I’ve got who’s not tied up in something, and I can’t ask the Consort to look look into it, because A) she and Curran are working on something else and B) when...
Your master plan has holes big enough to drive a truck through.
Your horse is a donkey, your poodle is a giant wolf breed, and your boyfriend is whatever the hell he is. You have problems.
Your favorite volhv showed up half an hour ago, complaining about his lack of sleep and stupid gods. He says he brought his Batman belt.
Your father would be proud of you. Don't ever doubt that. The agency is his legacy, Nevada. You make sure that it thrives and its name stands for something.Right now it stood for we get ourselves into...