Stupid son of a bitchHis droopy eyes went huge. What did you say to me?You heard me. You're too tight-assed. To stubborn, too to put your feelings aside. I can't afford to lose a key member at this s...
I wanted to say something to you, before everything changes again. Because I know this is going to change everything. A good change. An abso mag change, but still. Dallas, you're the best person I kno...
I got you a present.Did you?It's a book of poetry--romancy stuff. I thought, 'How schmaltzy is that,' so it seemed like the thing. Then I screwed up and left it in my desk at work
Business crises energize me. Personal crises devastate me. The doctors call it an avoidance tendency. (Mirena to Eve)
She could and had faced an armed laser in the hands of a mad mutant mercenary with less fear than she faced such unswerving emotion...
In their eyes, Eve saw the wolf gleam. The story was the prey, ratings the trophy.
Hold on a minute. She leaned out the window, shouted at the messenger who'd nearly sideswiped her vehicle with his jet-board. Police property, asshole. If I had time I'd hunt you down and use that boa...
Dirge swelled, then without warning, he turned his head,
You know what, the jacket’s like the car.
There's nobody on the job, nobody with a badge I respect more than you. - EveYou never were a rookie, he told her in a voice roughened with emotion. So I saw good, solid cop the minute I laid eyes on...
I want a homing beacon on your vehicle.There will be.No, I want one on before we leave the grounds in the morning. I'll see to it.Give and take, she reminded herself. Even when--maybe especially when-...
Can I borrow fifty bucks?What?I’m short until payday.You’re short every day.
Three weeks hadn't changed Cop Central. The coffee was still poisonous, the noise abominable, and the view out of her stingy window was still miserable.She was thrilled to be back.
Love without trust? It's not love at all.
I'm programming us a couple of spinach smoothies I'll pass. For the rest of my natural life.Just what you need, he insisted, tapped buttons manually. And came out with two cups of coffee.
I like your style, Lieutenant Dallas, he said when they'd fought their way to the car. I like it a lot. And by the way, I don't think I'm in love with you anymore. I know I am.-Roarke
Damn it all to hell and back again, you know very well that was a setup. You bloody well know I couldn't put my hands on her.Yeah, yeah, sure, sure. Eve shrugged off her coat, tossed it aside. I know...
As for her cat, Galahad made an appearance, regally ignored everyone under four feet until he clued in that this variety of humans was more likely to drop food on the floor, or sneak him handouts. He...
It may be you confused undercover with undercovered.
Fuck him.Feeney made a sound like a man who'd been pinched. Christ Jesus, Dallas, you're in St. Pat's.If God's going to make little weasels like him, she's going to have to listen to complaints.