I could shave my head and wear a sackcloth and still get a whole lot of ghostly wrong numbers. Makes me wonder if there’s some kind of ghost-necro porn industry down there. ~Jaime Vegas
I could mentally lift the vision wholesale and stick it into the already overflowing crazy shit I’ll deal with later box in my brain.
I can’t believe you still do stuff like this. Are you ever going to grow up?I still do it, Corey said.Because you’re a guy. Girls don’t climb walls. Not real girls, anyway. Just tomboys whose closets...
I can't stop wanting to help, and by 'help,' I really mean guide, and by 'guide,' I really mean protect. That has nothing to do with you and whether you can take care of yourself. It's about me and wh...
I called. Why wasn't anyone here?- ElenaWe were here. Clay said. Around, anyway. You should have left a message.I did. Two hours ago. - ElenaWell that explains it. I've been out, by the gate all day,...
I called Clay from the SUV.How'd it go at the paper? he asked.She called me perky.Ouch.
I am going, I said.Not without me.Fine.But I'm not going. So neither are you.
Hunting humans for sport? Eating them? the bitterness in his voice cut through me. Yeah, I caught that part.That doesn't have anything to do with you?He lifted his eyes, gaze shuttered. No?Not unless...
How'd you communicate?Paper and pen. Amazing inventions. Anyway, once we were in Buffalo, I led him here. We couldn't figure out a way in and he got stressed and apparently that -- she waved at him---...
How long could we do this before you started bitching? Simon said as we turned down another street of apartment buildings.What?We've been walking for two days now, and you haven't complained once. It'...
His voice sounded the same, now so familiar that I could follow the beat in my head, predicting each change of tone, each note of accentuation.
His red-haired companion wore a similar outfit but without the tattoo and piercings, lacking the courage—or the idiocy—to turn a fashion statement into permanent disfigurement. They
He'd want privacy for his Change and that wasn't vanity. I'm curious aboutmany things, but witnessing the human-to-wolf transformation isn't one of them.I'm going to try picking up visions, I said. So...
He wore an old T-shirt with the sleeves torn off, and his lean muscles moved under coppery skin. He had a tattoo on the inside of his forearm--a small one that looked like raven wings. When he turned...
He watched as her sister read it. Watched as her face crumpled, as her shoulders shook. Ashy. Caught her and held her, and they fell against each other.
He waltzed into Salmon Creek and stole Maya.? I said.It’s not your fault. You two are both skin-walkers. It’s animal magnetism. You can’t help yourself. She glared at Corey, who was cracking up behind...
He walked to the front door. When it didn’t open, he put his shoulder into it and pushed.Um, try the handle, Hayley said.Um, there isn’t one.Corey was right. It was the kind you pushed open from the i...
He turned and waved me into the shower with him. He backed up to give me room, but it was a shower stall--not much room to be had. The hot water beat down, soaking through my shirt. I leaned back into...
He swung his leg over and reached for me, pulling me into a kiss. He started slow, shifting, checking my balance. I backed up a little and swung my leg over, so we were both straddling.Better? I said....
He smiled. Hesitant at first, then a blazing grin broke through that made my heart stop. I recovered and grinned back and went to throw my arms around his neck, then stopped, blushing. Before I could...