I was with a six-foot-four, athletic, angsty young man dressed in casual linen pants and matching fawn-colored shirt. Under it was a skintight two-piece suit of silk and spandex that had set us back a...
I pushed him away, catching Lee's awe that I was not only standing with a demon outside a circle, but that Al was treating me like an equal. Or maybe a favorite pet, I amended as Al caught me when I s...
I knew it was a trap, itchy witch, the demon said, but then a flash of white exploded against the inside of the circle. I felt the bubble go down, leaving a white disk of ash where the carpet had burn...
I didn’t mean now, he protested. I’m not going to raise the child. I’m having enough trouble with Rachel.
I didn’t like this. I didn’t like this at all. I had been worried about Al trashing a bar. What if he showed up here amid Cincy’s finest citizens and its most helpless orphans? I’d be lynched.
Hope died hard, and the lie was easier to bear.
He stepped forward, forcing me back. You’re right. I made a decision. It was the wrong one.
Happiness was happiness wherever you found it.
Grim-faced, Jenks shouted, What are you waiting for, Ivy? God to say go?
Good God, Rachel, cant you go five minutes... sweet sticky hell on a stick!' the demon exclaimed, his thoughts reeling from anger to concern as he realized I was hopped up on something.
God, how did I get to this place where my friends sell themselves to keep me alive?
Glenn... I wasn't expecting this. He's not after my blood, and we like the same stuff. From the rearview mirror, Jenks snickered. Guns, violence, crime scene photos, leather, sex, and women. Yeah, I c...
Elves apparently had a short childhood. Not like witches, who seemed to take forever to grow up, according to Jenks.
Eloy turned to her, his lip curling when he saw her face, but I hadn’t won anything in our verbal pissing match. Can we please have some blood? Winona awkwardly flipped him off with her thick fingers,...
Do you hurt uncle Kisten', he asked.(...) but Kisten beat me to it. Only my heart, Audric, he said. Ms. Rachel is like the sun. See her sparkling there with the wind in her hair and fire in her eyes?...
Demon summoning wasn’t illegal, but my foot in their gut a couple of times might convince them it was a really bad idea.
Confused, I asked, The coven's what? Plumber, Ivy said, looking pale as she leaned on Glenn. You know. Stops leaks? Oh goodie. I'm a leak.
But a pawn could become a queen if she reached the end and came back again.
And what's important to you? I asked.... Success at work. Having fun doing it. Caring for someone and supporting their interests because you like to see them happy. Having them care about and support...
And Trent, I said, watching Rex since Jenks was preoccupied with a flightless child. Beloved city son and idiot billionaire goes and gets caught in the ever-after. Who has to bust her butt and make a...