You want some advice? he asked. No. Good. Listen anyway. Looks to me like you’ve become the leader here. Accept it. Know it comes with a price. People will be doing things for you. Don’t be selfish. L...
You eliminate everything, and whatever remains, no matter how improbable, is the answer.
You do the damnedest things in order to rile yourself up. Most people settle for doing it in an elevator, but not you. No, you have to make sure it's a vampire you're playing kissy-face with.
You cannot thrash the person who makes you coffee. It's a rule somewhere.
You aren't kidding. But you know, it's likely going to be the only time I'll ever be that skinny and have a fur coat.
Worried, I touched the jacket’s sleeve. You think it’s too much? I asked, working hard to keep my tone non-combative. I’d had this conversation with ex-roommates before.
Where did he go! he bellowed, gloved hands clenching. I had him in a snare that would take Alexander the Great a lifetime to untwist, and he did it in a week! Al took a step, pinwheeling as his booted...
What are you? I rasped.It smiled. Whatever scares you.
What a slug’s ass. If he doesn’t go to the hospital and die on paper, then we have a dead vamp to explain and will be brought up on insurance fraud. Rache, I’m too pretty to go to jail!
Welcome home, Rachel mariana Morgan, he said, his goat-slitted eyes holding a new, dangerous light. It's a pleasure to finally meet you.
Was I a fool to trust, or a wiser person finding the capacity to forgive?
Typical Kisten said, his eyes dramatically sad. Try to do something nice for a person, cheer her up, and what do I get? Abused and robbed.
Trust your judgment, baby witch. No one else's. You've got good instincts for someone flakier than my mum's pie crust. (Leprechaun to Rachel)
Ticked, I looked across the street to the Starbucks catering to uptown snits who needed sixty different ways to brew a bean in order to not be happy with any of them.
Though no one had been buried here for almost thirty years, the grass was mown by yours truly. I felt a tidy graveyard made a happy graveyard.
This was weird, civilized.Yes, I’ve come to rob you, sir. / How delightful; won’t you have some tea before you do?
There were no more choices, no more options, no more clever ways out of a tough situation. And the rush, I realized in a brutal wash of despair, is a false god I’ve chased my entire life. One that cos...
The rag he'd used to clean the table went into the fire behind him. I saw what you are, he said, and I was ashamed. I saw what you expect from a person, and I'd call you a bitch except you demand it f...
The former world leader snarled at me when he found his balance. My face went cold, and I wondered if I’d fare better in the circle with Al.
The demon had trouble remembering what she was doing, but she was powerful, sort of the crazy Wendy of the lost lord-of-the-flies boys.