His heart stilled at the mere thought of her hurting herself.'He was a fool.' Of course this debate harkened back to her recent capture. To her near rape. What she must have thought when she'd been ki...
His face was so ravaged, it was like looking at death itself. Except for the smooth, silvered part of it. By creeping degrees, his human hand lifted. He turned it over, showing a bloody palm. His crac...
Hero was left with Mr. Stoke, and at once shocked and enchanted him by confiding that she had no notion how many servants she ought to employ, but hoped he would not think it necessary for her to have...
Hermes's eyes twinkled. Martha, may I have the first package, please?Martha opened her mouth ... and kept opening it until it was as wide as my arm. She belched out a stainless steel canister-an old-f...
Her eyes were of different colors, the left as brown as autumn, the right as gray as Atlantic wind. Both seemed alive with questions that would never be voiced, as if no words yet existed with which t...
He kept himself in line with popular opinion, which meant popular prejudice.
Gregori glided closer to the couple, his graceful elegance failing to conceal the rippling strength of his muscles and the power emanating from his body. He looked totally confident, relaxed, complete...
Foreknowledge cannot be gotten from ghosts and spirits, cannot be had by analogy, cannot be found out by calculation. It must be obtained from people, people who know the conditions of the enemy.
For the first time the Don showed annoyance. He poured another glass of anisette and drank it down. He pointed a finger at his son. You want to learn, he said. Now listen to me. A man's first duty is...
Foomp! My inner fire ignites.
Farah looked freaked out until Tawny hugged her and the tension faded from her face. A minute later, the table cloth lifted and Bailey appeared with beer bottles in her hands. I figured you’d need boo...
Eyllwe, Chaol breathed. Send word to Eyllwe. Tell them to hold on—tell them to prepare. Perhaps it was the light, perhaps it was the cold, but Aedion could have sworn there were tears in the captain's...
Don't worry about that, Man, just make out my ticket.
Don't order any of the faerie food, said Jace, looking at her over the top of his menu. It tends to make humans a little crazy. One minute you're munching a faerie plum, the next minute you're running...
Do you speak Gaelic Noah? she suddenly asked.His heart clenched. It actually hurt, as though spikes of steel had been dug into it.should I?Maybe not...
Did you teach him wisdom as well as valor, Ned! She wondered. Did you teach him how toKneel! The grave yards of the Seven Kinfdoms are full of brave men who had never learned that lesson. Cat.
Court life for a queen of France at that time was, however, stultifyingly routine. Eleanor found that she was expected to be no more than a decorative asset to her husband, the mother of his heirs and...
Cinderella was made for more than sweeping the floor.
Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?
But human beings are not machines, and however powerful the pressure to conform, they sometimes are so moved by what they see as injustice that they dare to declare their independence. In that histori...
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