She stalked off ahead. Daniel shrugged at me, then went back to collect Corey and Hayley. I caught up to Sam.Don’t, she said. Just don’t, okay?I was only going to say that we need to head that way. I...
Picture a place called the Karma Kafe and it'll save me the bother of describing it. There was nothing in it you wouldn't expect, from the Buddha flowerpots to the wallpaper decorated with symbols tha...
Philip wooed me with all the patience of someone trying to coax a half-wild animal into the house and, like many a stray, I found myself domesticated before I thought to resist.
Only humans kill for sport.
Ochii lui se incrucisara cu ai mei, si am privit in ei, si am simtit ... nu stiu ce am simtit. Ceva staniu , greu de denumit , despre care nici nu-mi puteam da seama daca era ceva bun sau ceva rau, do...
Night was her time. The Keeper. Bond-mate of the cat. Protector of the night. Daughter of the moon.
Moreno was the first to see me, and he let out a curse as loud as Nicole’s shriek.He pulled a gun from his hip. An automatic pistol.Antone knocked it from his hand and pointed his flashlight at my fla...
Moreno to base. Moreno to base.Someone answered.Moreno gave his coordinates, then said, Still no sign of the Morris girl. She can’t have run far, though. I’ll keep looking.The ATV started up again.Hay...
Mommy forgot to warn the new babysitter about the basement.
Mom had gone into the studio, leaving Dad on watch our child for signs of an imminent breakdown duty, sitting at the table, sipping his coffee.
Maya! A warm hand grabbed my chin. Come on, Maya.I gasped and blinked. I was sitting on the floor. In Daniel’s lap. I bolted to my feet so fast, I elbowed him in the stomach.Thanks, he wheezed. Next t...
Let’s just say that being able to contact ghosts makes for some very interesting ménages á trios… and ménages á quartre, and ménages á … whatever five is in French. ~Jaime Vegas
I’m talking to Maya, he said, his voice so low it was almost a growl.Um, no, you’re stalking her.His whole body went rigid at that. His gaze flitted my way.We were just talking, I said. I didn’t mean...
I’ll go, Clay said around a mouthful of cantaloupe. I’ve got a package waiting at the post office.I’m sure you do, I said.He does, Jeremy said. The postman left a card the other day.Books I ordered fr...
It's so easy to screw up. To make a choice that seems right. Then time passes and you look back and you say, 'How the hell did I do that?' Attitudes change. Insights change. Eventually things you were...
It was long past lunch time, but there were people at nearly every table, more milling around with trays. I stayed back just inside the door and scanned the sea of faces.Beside me, Simon murmured. One...
It was far from an ideal hiding spot. The crawl space wasn’t even three feet deep. Dirt floor. I didn’t want to think about what else was alive--or dead--down here.
If the Romans could have fortified their cities the way the human brain fortifies itself, we'd still be wearing togas.
I want limits, damn it. I’ll accept omens and portents and second sight. I’ll accept giant black hounds and creepy ravens and magpies. I’m still working out the fae and Wild Hunt thing. But I draw the...
I tried to look away, but he caught my chin and kissed me and it was such a sweet kiss, and I felt so guilty, like I’d betrayed him, and my throat seized up and tears trickled down my cheeks, onto his...