Being around her now was nine parts bliss and one part torment. And he wanted it to last as long as possible.
You’re being nicer to me than I've been to you lately," I said."Yes, I am. But then, Hitler was nicer to Poland than you've been to me lately.
You're lucky I'm drawn to things that are sick and weird. Makes it so I can actually still like you.
..."There’s really no way I can explain it to her without *still* sounding like scum," I complained to Sinter."The 'sympathy shack-up' doesn’t score many points," he agreed.*
Hekate smacked the mirror down. "I'd never fancy you," she retorted to Hermes. "And if you ever try to kiss me, I'll--I'll keep a snake hidden in my clothes and make it bite you. On the lips. And on b...
She knew nothing of Ren except his name, his aptitude with vocabulary, the fact that he wasn’t in college, and the way his hair narrowed to a curling point at the nape of his neck. And she hadn’t even...
Disheartened, enraptured, and strangely lightheaded, Grady emerged from the trees and walked back through town to the island bridge, his ankles and hands marked up with thorn scratches.
Hermes, we love you," Hades said, "but you rarely do as you're told, and you always do as you wish, and I haven't the slightest idea what you'd do with an immortality fruit, but I'm sure it would be b...
College isn't half as much fun as they told us it was going to be.""It's not one-hundredth as much fun.
Did I mention really, really jealous.
Eventually the real world intruded again, and Sophie had to return to campus—woefully behind on homework, but incandescently in love.
And he had a dog, a nice dog. He couldn’t be too evil or dangerous if he had such a great dog.
Enjoying your Christmas in the land of the dead? Fun and different, right?
So we came to say hello. To the world’s grouchiest person. Because that’s such fun.
I've given her signs! I've given her plenty of signs. What does she want me to do? Slap him across the face with my glove, and challenge him to pistols at dawn?
But the thought of New Zealand instantly sent her mind to Watson, the possibly-Australian, possibly-Kiwi, definitely paranormal young fellow with videos of dead guys on his phone.
That was how people got through life, he supposed: by acknowledging death and telling it, “Not today.
Another lesson to file away about Scotland: insulting other people in a childish manner was the national pastime.
Hermes visited him in the Underworld a few days before the spring equinox festival, cajoling Hades to come to it.Hades wandered across the fields with him, Kerberos limping along at his side. “No one...
No, her I brought back because..." Niko lifted his chin toward the moon. "She's magical.""I get that, if by 'magical' you mean 'hot.'""I also mean magical.
