It doesn't matter if I'm the first. It only matters that I'll be the last
It couldn’t be real. People summoned monsters from the arcane realm, but I’d never heard of anyone summoning actual demons. Yet it was right there, living, breathing, real, and every instinct I had ho...
In diplomacy, like in great many other things, the rules of engagement survive only until one remarkable person decides to break them.
I wouldn't be able to do anything with my vampire horde except make it run around in a herd, but it would be a very impressive herd.
I would kill Kurt. I would strangle him with my bare hands.I stomped up the stairs to the second floor of Rogan’s HQ, where Heart and Bug waited for me. Napoleon saw my face and ran behind Bug’s chair...
I plucked a creased note from the table. Eight weeks ago, Curran, the Beast Lord of Atlanta, the lord and master of fifteen hundred shapeshifters, and my own personal psycho, had sat in the kitchen of...
I never wanted to marry anyone before, he said. When two people marry, they surrender a small part of themselves. They become more like each other. I never met a woman who was better than me at things...
I lunged for the dagger and sat on top of him, my knees pinning his arms, my dagger on his throat.He lay still. I give up, he said and smiled. Your move.Er. I was sitting atop the Beast Lord in my und...
I have spent my spare time studying literature popular with young women of this planet. One should always study the battlefield.Sean glanced at him. And?I suggest you give up now. According to my rese...
I got my boots out of the closet, put them on, and buckled a belt with a knife on it around my waist under my robe. Baha-char was the place where you went to find things. Sometimes things found you in...
I do shodo magic, Dali said. I curse through calligraphy. I have to write the curse out on a piece of paper and I can’t move while I do it. One smudge, and I might kill the lot of us.Oh good.But don’t...
Hugh kept circling us. A small smile curved his lips. He looked like a man who was enjoying himself. Snow, sunshine, brisk air, a fast horse . . . and impending slaughter. All the things a growing boy...
How much farther? Derek asked.Patience is a virtue, Ghastek advised.Lecturing a wolf about patience is unwise. That was the first time Derek condescended to addressing Ghastek directly, and his face p...
He wanted to wear sweatpants, because they tear easier. I asked him if he wanted me to get him some male stripper jeans so he could avoid looking like a Russian gangster from pre-Shift movies, after w...
He fixed me with his Mad Rogan stare. If you find the connection between Brian’s disappearance and the conspiracy, I want to know about it. Not eventually, not when it’s convenient, but immediately.Ye...
Have your vote. But know this: if you come to remove me, come in force, because if you try to separate me from him, I will kill every single one of you. My hand won't shake. My aim won't falter. My fa...
George met me at the foot of the stairs.What are you planning? I asked as we turned towards the grand ballroom.Just a small demonstration for the public good, he said. I'm so sorry. You're apologizing...
Elara reached over, picked up a folder from her desk, and held it in front of her so only her eyes were visible.What are you doing?Waiting for your head to explode. I don't want to miss it, but I don'...
Do you remember that big speech I made in your garage?Which one? I sighed. You’ve made several. I’m contemplating installing a personal soapbox with your name on it.The one where I said you would beg...
Do you really want to go to the Black Sea?Yes, Curran said.I nodded. We do.Saying things like and would endanger our ship acquisition and our badass image.