Rachel? came Ivy’s voice from her room. Where’s my sword? In the foyer where you left it last week when the evangelists were canvassing the neighborhood
Rachel, you take her, my mother said, clearly uncomfortable. She might like you. No. Mom, no! I protested, but it was my mother we were talking about, and it was either take the baby or have her hit t...
Rachel, Rachel, Rachel, he said, very still and unmoving. Always jumping to the wrong conclusion. You’re like a frog, you know.
Oh, Trent and I go back a long way, I said lightly, twirling a curl of my hair about my finger and remembering its new shortness. We met at camp as children. Sort of romantic when you think about it....
Numb, I took the perfectly browned puff. Okay. Let me see if I have this right. Al provokes me into defending myself. I nearly kill him. Then Newt tries to kill me, thinking I'm Ku'Sox. Al stops her,...
My fingers tightened on my waxed paper cup, sure now I knew why Minias was sitting at a table sipping coffee with me. I had a password. I had a reason to trade. I had a major problem.
Men, she said as she took my arm and led me to the brightly lit room. They forget we need to see the outcome of pain before we willingly put ourselves through it. How else would we suffer nine months...
Memories of ice and Trent surfaced, and I wrapped my arms around my middle. I had saved him, and he had saved me. What was wrong with us?
Lately I’d begun carrying pain amulets in my bag, like some people have breath mints.
Join us next time for Days of the Undead when Rachel learns her long lost brother is really a crown prince from outer space. My life was so
Jenks’s gaze was even and calm, wise and even a bit sad. The wind ruffled his hair, and the sound of the pixies grew obvious. No, he said. I don’t think you do. I glared, and he added, I think it woul...
I’ve got your back. Nothing alive will ever hurt you if I have breath in me. And nothing dead will hurt you if I don’t. (Kisten)
I’m not going to pick her up and carry her screaming to the basement, Trent said. It’s a workday. Besides, she has a crutch. Crutch or no, she’s hurt! Ceri protested. I mean, Trent said intently, she...
Ivy would die for you, Rachel. Kisten won’t. Put your emotions where they will keep you alive.
Ivy and I will deal with the uncomfortable situation like we always have…by ignoring it. It was something we were both good at.
It's easier to find a way to make money at something you love than to learn to love a job that you can make money at.
If you do it once, it’s a mistake. If you do it twice, it’s not a mistake anymore.
I'm a pixy, Rachel. I may look all tough and stuff, but I got wings, and I know infatuation when I see it.
I'll always be here, he said softly. You can never fill my need, never drive me away, no matter how much you give me. The good or the bad. I'll always be hungry for emotion, always and forever, and I...
I'd rather judge a person on why they make the choices they do rather than the cold facts of what they choose.