My wrists and ankles were bleeding. My knees too—I must’ve scraped myself trying to draw the circle. So far today I’d seen a woman almost die, I’d shot a person, I’d killed another person with my shoc...
My lord, my lady, may I say that I am delighted that my favorite alpha is feeling better. Why, you’ll be running recklessly into danger against overwhelming odds anytime now.
Mr. Evans? I called. A moment of your time? He looked at me as if he'd never seen me before. Do I know you? My name is Dina. I own the bed-and-breakfast. He glanced past me at the old house sitting at...
Most people simply didn't realize they could do things that bent their reality. It was kind of like growing up in a land with no deep rivers or lakes. If you never tried, how would you know if you cou...
Mishmar. Your father’s hellish prison he cobbled together from the remains of office buildings from Omaha, which he destroyed. The Mishmar that’s stuffed to the brink with mutated vampires. That Mishm...
Me acerqué para guardar el expediente en mi cajón y mis dedos rozaron un libro en rústica. La princesa prometida. Aquella noche en Savannah, cuando casi me besó, lo estaba leyendo, y cuando le dije qu...
Me acerqué a pedirle al encargado que me diera la nueva llave, me arrastré hasta mi apartamento y estudié mi nueva cerradura. Grande, metálica y brillante. No tenía ni un rasguño. Incluso la llave ten...
Mad Rogan was walking next to me with that same confident stride that had made me notice him back in the arboretum, and I knew precisely where he was and how much distance separated us. My whole body...
Look what the cat dragged in. He was playing to the audience. Never good. Is he talking to me or you? Curran asked. His voice was deceptively light. I don’t know, I said. But I’m sure he’ll get around...
Look under the passenger seat in a black plastic bin. There should be a book. Raphael hopped out, dug under the seat, and pulled out a dog-eared copy of The Almanac of Mystical Creatures. Got it, I sa...
Let’s take down the gold leaf, Caldenia said. Elegance is never ostentatious, and there is nothing more bourgeois than covering everything in gold. It screams that one has too much money and too littl...
Let's have a partnership, Kate. I offer honesty, Kate. I don't have to outrun the Beast Lord I just pissed off, Kate. I only have to outrun you and hit you with my car as I hightail it out of here.
Jim waited for us at the Gold Gate. His teeth were bared. What happened to barely winning?You said sloppy! Look, I didn’t even use my sword; I hit him with my head like a moron.A man with a sword atta...
I’m coming with you. Mother, lock the doors and set the alarm. We’ll take the van and the Barrett.Would the Barrett be enough? Grandma Frida asked. Isn’t he supposed to bounce bullets off of his chest...
I’m a known fugitive who likes to set people on fire. Come away with me so we can have hot sex while the entire city is trying to shoot me in the head. If I get bored, I’ll barbecue you for my amuseme...
I’ll hold the door as a shield, but you’ll have to fire.Why can’t you just slice them to pieces like that chopstick?Because my telekinetic magic doesn’t work on living things. I can throw something me...
I’d like to go to one, she said. It might not be my thing even, but I’d like to go at least once to say I’ve done it. Sometimes I feel cheated. I know it’s selfish, but sometimes I wonder what it woul...
It’s the way of our universe. A never-ending chain of cannibalism: the stronger prey on the weaker only to become prey in return. The only way to win the game is to not play.
It’s our turf, the younger woman barked.Actually it’s my turf.The thugs spun to me.Let’s see . . . You’re hassling people in my territory, so you owe me a fee. A couple of fingers ought to do it. Do w...
It’s not like I could kill Curran now. It’s not like I kill Curran now. I could always try. Later.The Beast Lord crossed his arms on his chest. His face looked placid. Calm before the storm . . .The...