God. I haven’t been very good.The metal whined in protest.I could have tried harder. I could’ve been a better person. I stand before you now as I am. I make no excuses.The beams gave, bending.Please,...
Fine. You won’t tell me why your crew worked me over. You won’t let me see Derek. That’s your prerogative. We’ll do it your way. James Damael Shrapshire, in your capacity as the Pack’s chief security...
Every cell in her ached, as if her whole body had been through such a long and grueling punishment that it simply gave up and now wallowed in self-pity and pain.
Erra’s gaze swept the crowd, taking in the archers, the Biohazard, the vans, the equipment, the audience up in the ruins nearby . . . She raised her arms to the sides. The cape slipped off her.Glossy...
Either you can work on both, or you can keep thinking with your balls. It's your choice. Say 'pop.'Pop?That was the sound of me pulling your head out of your ass. If you stick it back up there again,...
Does it involve breaking and entering? A little smile stretched Raphael’s lips. I see His Majesty made a move. Has he asked you to make him dinner yet? I growled. This isn’t about me and Curran.
Does he understand what you say? I asked.He does. It’s his own kind of magic, Astamur answered. If it weren’t for supplies, I’d never go back down to town. But a man has to do what a man has to do. Ha...
Do you know what separates adults from children? Self-discipline. We don't want to go to work, we don't want to do our chores, and we don't want to make unpleasant decisions, but we do all those thing...
Die.Why me? We don’t do requests. Try Iowa. I hear they’re more accommodating. Hey, Dad, I found a lovely present for this coming Father’s Day. Enjoy.The insect pointed a leg at me. Die. Curran’s eyes...
Curran, please don’t bite his head off.Why?Because it’s illegal. Technically you assaulted him first when you threw him across the lawn. I didn’t throw him very far.I rolled my eyes.I could’ve thrown...
Curran was looking at her. Not in the same way he looked at me, but he was looking. An odd feeling flared in me, hot and angry, prickling my throat from the inside with hot sharp needles, and I realiz...
Curran growled deep in his throat. That’s impressive but not really informative, Your Furriness.
Cerise Mar voiced a polite and a nonviolent request that they get the hell off our land, which was refused.
Cajun stomp?You heard me, swamper. And keep your hands to yourself.
Between the journeymen, vampires crouched like monstrous gargoyles: hairless, corded with a tight network of steel-hard muscle, and smeared in lime-green and purple sunblock. Bubble-gum-tinted nightma...
Barbarism usually produces swift death. Cruelty is the mark of a civilized human.
Aunt B walked out onto the helipad wearing loose yoga pants. I’m just here to stretch. Kate, want to help? Sure. Thirty seconds later, as I was flying through the air, I decided that this wasn’t the b...
As one, the shapechangers turned and looked at me. I wondered what they'd do if I asked to borrow a cup of sugar.
As he passed me, he leaned to Curran and handed him a paper fan folded from some sort of flyer. Curran looked at the fan. What? An emergency precaution, Your Majesty. In case the lady faints. Curran j...
Andrea stared at me. You’re not taking me seriously! That’s probably because you’re not excited enough, Derek said. You should clench your fists like they do in the movies, shake them, and yell, ‘This...