The woman glanced at Nina as if for support, but the vampire was stifling a laugh, badly.
The sound of his hard-soled shoes on the street faltered. You live in a church? My eyes narrowed. Yeah. But I don’t sleep with voodoo dolls. Huh? Never mind.
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 ever-after is like a drop of time that got knocked out, sitting alone by itself with no past behind it to push it forward and no future to pull it along. It’s hanging to us by the ley lines, sort...
The energy tasted like books, and I imagined we were still in the semipublic areas.
That’s how pixies know we’re in love, he said as he folded his dragonfly-like wings and wiggled out of his red jacket, wincing as something pulled. If the girl has glow, she won’t say no.
Thanks, Mom, I whispered. And with the knowledge that my mom believed in me even if the rest of the world didn’t, I headed for the door.
Thanks, Edden, I said, truly pleased that he was sending someone for Jenks not only because now I didn’t have to, but that he’d thought of Jenks at all. You’re a peach. Yeah, yeah, yeah, he said, and...
Sure am glad I'm not royalty, I muttered. I wouldn't want to have to bump uglies with someone I can't stand. On a regular basis. And no one else.Ow! I exclaimed, trying to yank my fingers from Trent b...
Sunt qui discessum animi a corpore putent esse mortem. Sunt erras,
Sometimes it takes a two-by-four across your head to realize what you want isn't what you'll end up with if you get it.
Skimmer’s and my relationship was probably going to nosedive like a brick with wings.
Shut up, I hissed. Ticked that he was taller than me, I stepped up onto a nearby coffee table. I'm not in a cage anymore, I said, keeping enough presence of mind not to poke him in the chest with a fi...
She’s a wolf. Get it right, crap for brains. Tink’s knickers, you have got to be the stupidest lunker I’ve ever lit on.
Sheep are treated like sheep, users are used, and those who deserve more receive everything.
Say what? Jenks blurted out. You think those moss wipes are coming back? I wish, I muttered. I’ve got some serious hurt with their name on it.
Revenge is a tricky beast. Her claws face both ways. I don’t mind a few more scars. They’ll be unnoticed among the rest.
Rachel? came Ivy’s voice from her room. Where’s my sword? The gray dimness of the hallway was soothing as I headed to the kitchen and my charms. In the foyer where you left it last week when the evang...
Rachel, you are one crazy bitch. But I like you. Your loyalty impresses me. It makes putting up with the rest of your crap worth it.
Rachel Morgan, private runner for hire. All rights earnestly upheld. All wrongs sincerely avenged.