Are you calling me a poseur? I should be offended.You could prove me wrong. I stuffed my bag in, took out my binder, then gestured at the cigarette in his hand. Smoke that.In here? I think that’s agai...
And if I win?He grinned. Then you get to spend thirty minutes with me, lucky birthday girl.
A distant splash told us someone had gone in the water. Retrieving the bodies? Removing identifying parts from the helicopter? It sounded far-fetched, but if you kidnapped kids in a helicopter that cr...
Wasting what little breath he did have laughing at himself. Because sometimes, that’s all you could do. You make a fucking stupid mistake, and you could only call yourself an idiot and then snap back...
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By morning everyone in Cainsville would know he’d stayed over, and that was just awkward.
A blazing fire in an ice storm.
You’ve got this whole power-over-animals thing down a lot better than me, Rafe said, trying for a smile. They like me well enough, but that’s about it. And the healing part, too. You--You don’t have t...
You’ve got some kind of hold over her, and I don’t like it.Rafe leaned over and whispered. It’s a love spell I picked up from a witch over in Nanaimo. But don’t tell Maya.You think you’re funny.No, I...
You’ve got some kind of hold over her, and I don’t like it.Rafe leaned over and whispered. It’s a love spell I picked up from a witch over in Nanaimo. But don’t tell Maya.
You’ve barely said a word since Rafe showed up. You don’t trust him.What? No. Of course I trust him. The guy fell out of a helicopter so we wouldn’t.But something’s bugging you. Is it his story?No. It...
You’re new in town. You’re trying to fit in, make an impression. You’ve heard I don’t go with local guys. You’ve probably heard I don’t make out with near strangers at parties. Maybe that’s the impres...
You’re in pain and you’re not going to remind us of that.It isn’t that bad. Really. I--See? Gotta be a tough guy. I lowered my voice so the others wouldn’t hear. How’s your head?I didn’t hit my head....
You’re getting your tattoo.I threw my arms around Dad’s neck. Thank you!Hey, Mom said. I’m the one who had to persuade him it wasn’t going to turn his little girl into a streetwalker.I never said that...
Your one and possibly only chance to get the answer to every question in the universe, and you’ll ask, ‘Why are bats furry?
You're telling me that you can raise the dead by simply summoning?Yes.My God, she whispered, staring at me.What have they done?Hearing her words and seeing her expression, I knew I'd just done somethi...
You'll wrest a burning sword from an angel, but you're afraid of bats?I'm not afraid of them. I just don't like them. They're...furry. Flying things shouldn't be furry. It's not right. And if I ever m...
You'd expect that as much as a samurai would expect a kick in the balls.
You wanna fight? I asked.He looked up at me and, for just a second, hesitated, then said, Yeah. I do.Well, I'll save you the trouble. You win.
You two hang back, he said to Corey and Sam. Maya, make Kenjii stay with them.Excuse me? Corey said. Sam and I aren’t going to scare--Four teenagers and a dog will scare any old guy, Daniel said. So w...