And if he is lying and he double-crosses you, I’ll kill him for you. From anyone else, it would have been an idle threat, and I smiled, feeling loved.(Ivy and Rachel)
All right, all right! Don’t lose your panties. No, wait. You don’t have any, do you?
Al pulled me into him, and numb, I felt his arm curve possessively about my waist. Too late, he whispered, his breath shifting the hair about my ear, and we jumped.
A demon was asking me what I wanted. My eyes flicked to Al, and he shrugged. What do you want? he said softly.
The Uncommon Stupidity charge agents me be dropped.My shock at the Honorably Ass-kisser comment was pushed away by the thought of a law agents uncommon stupidity and wondered how we could get one.
Voice bringing my defenses down. I’d never have expected it a year ago, but now . . . after seeing him lose everything to follow his heart, I could. I could accept his comfort, show my vulnerability—e...
She thought I could find a way to save her soul when she died and became an undead. Right now, I was just looking to find the rent money. I’d get to my roommate’s soul later.
You tried to slide his original curse back onto him? Al said in wonder. At the restaurant? And I stopped you? Sweet mother pus bucket! he exclaimed, and I swear, dust sifted from the ceiling. Rachel,...
You should be dead, he said, his voice full of wonder. How is it that you're still alive? Jaw clenched, I worked at his grip on me, trying to get my fingers between him and my wrist. I work hard at it...
You pompous little bitch! the infuriated Were shouted, red-faced and with his thugs backing him. What are you doing here? Mrs. Sarong pushed past the men who had put themselves in front of her. Arrang...
You need me, just whistle, he said as he arranged his ball cap over his eyes against the sun leaking through the frost-emptied branches.You're not coming?Lifting the brim of his cap, he eyed me, You w...
You are pathetic, Rache, Jenks said, and my eyes darted to the top of the rack and I saw him standing there, hands on his hips and frowning at me, his wings a silver blur. Rachel and Trent, sitting in...
Would you like something to drink? I asked, thinking my rusty host skills were going to get a workout this afternoon while dealing with a woman so clearly raised on etiquette and form.
Witch! a resonant voice echoed, and I tossed my hair aside, taking in the robed figure in thethreshold. Why, by Cormel’s gonads, does my coffee taste like dandelions!
We all watched Al open the door. Turning, he waved to us, then passed the threshold. The door shut behind him. I waited for something to happen. Nothing did. This isn’t good, Quen said. I choked back...
That night had been the first time I’d felt alive, the adrenaline and endorphins making my body, still recovering from disease, feel…normal. It was then that I realized I’d risk anything to feel that...
Some nasty bitch of a woman from the coven of moral and ethical standards tried to fry Rache the pixy said apparently proud of it. I pixed the Tink-blasted dildo, and Rache's black-arts boyfriend blew...
Shot me twice. I want my name, or I'm going to start charging you a fee every time I field something for you. And it's going to be expensive. I'm Park Place. Bud-dy. His red, goat-slitted eyes squinte...
People are motivated by three things, Rachel. Love … A red marker clattered in with the rest. Revenge … A black one landed next to it. And power, she finished, tossing in a green one. Trent has enough...
Ivy wanted to do something for me, and if she couldn’t give me a hug without her blood lust tainting it, then by God I would let her put that gunk under my eye.