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This man was a rogue, not because circumstances forced him to be a criminal but because he was born that way. He was probably conning his mother out of her milk the moment he could grin. He'd charm the clothes off a virgin in twenty minutes. And if the poor fool took him home, he'd drink her dad under the table, beguile her mother, charm her grandparents, and treat the girl to a night she'd never forget. In the morning, her dad would be sick with alcohol poisoning, the good silver would be missing together with the family car, and in a month, both the former virgin and her mother would be expecting.
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rogue
kaldar
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Ilona Andrews |
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a4ccdb0
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Ask a man how much a dollar is worth, and he'll tell you, 'Almost nothing.' Try to take a dollar away from him, and you'll get yourself a fight.
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fate-s-edge
kaldar
ilona-andrews
the-edge
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Ilona Andrews |
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8a1e082
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"At the door, Audrey called, "Are you coming?" "No, just breathing hard, love." He glanced at her and was rewarded by an outraged glare, followed by, "Oh, my God!"
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funny
fate-s-edge
kaldar
ilona-andrews
the-edge
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Ilona Andrews |
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5ecc045
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Stealers, keepers.
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fate-s-edge
kaldar
ilona-andrews
the-edge
stealing
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Ilona Andrews |
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39b8fb0
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Fuck. Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck. He had the two wards of the fucking Marshal of the fucking Southern Provinces in a stolen car. An entire continent away from where the two of them were supposed to be. In the Broken. Where they had beat up some Broken children. Well, if those children weren't broken before, they were surely broken now. Fate, that broody, vicious, fickle bitch.
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kaldar
jack
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Ilona Andrews |
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87ccb7c
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"The only way to make sure that the Hand didn't get to you would have been to kill your brother. I could've done it, but I didn't. I just gave him some drugs." "You gave an addict in rehab drugs, and you want credit for it?" "Of course it sounds bad when you put it that way."
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funny
audrey
fate-s-edge
kaldar
ilona-andrews
the-edge
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Ilona Andrews |
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a089e2b
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"The way she sat now, leaning forward frowning, biting her pink bottom lip, her shirt dipping to reveal a hint of her cleavage... He wondered idly if he could get her to bend over a little farther... "Just what are you staring at, exactly?" Kadar snapped back to reality. "You. You've been thinking hard for the last five minutes. It's not good for you to strain your pretty little head like that. I'm waiting for the steam to shoot out of your ears to relieve the pressure on your brain." "Aha." Audrey glanced at Jack and George. "What you have here is a man who was caught gaping at my breasts, and now he's trying to cover it up with rudeness."
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kaldar
rudeness
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Ilona Andrews |
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ed820ce
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"Audrey kept moving with practiced quickness, stepping over roots protruding over the trail and pushing ferns and branches out of her way. She kept a brisk pace, but Kaldar didn't mind. From his vantage point, he had an excellent view of her shapely butt. It was a butt that deserved some scrutiny. "If you're waiting for my behind to do a trick, you're out of luck," Audrey called over her shoulder. "How the hell did you even know?" Did she have eyes on the back of her head? "Woman's intuition," she told him. "Aha, so it wouldn't be the fact that I stumbled twice in the last minute?" "Not at all."
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kaldar
women-s-intuition
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Ilona Andrews |
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a5fa322
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"Oh, I don't know. I might grow on you." She furrowed her pretty eyebrows. "Like a cancer?" "Like a favorite vice."
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fate-s-edge
kaldar
ilona-andrews
the-edge
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Ilona Andrews |
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e4cbbe1
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"Audrey turned to him, a sly little spark hiding in her eyes. "THe only man who gets to call me'love' would be waking up next to me after a very, very fun night. "Guess what?" She leaned closer. "You will never be that man."
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fun
funny
fate-s-edge
kaldar
ilona-andrews
the-edge
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Ilona Andrews |
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b69f07b
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"And I meant to tell you: that was a one-in-a-thousand shot." She raised her hand. "Don't." "It was awesome," George confirmed. "It really was," Jack said. "His head exploded."
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funny
ilona-andrew
fate-s-edge
kaldar
the-edge
shot
george
jack
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Ilona Andrews |
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2a94fbf
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"Behind him Kaldar nudged Urow's youngest son. "Bet you he lasts at least thirty seconds." "Um..." Gaston looked at him. "No he won't." "Bet me something." "I don't have anything." Kaldar grimaced. "Pick up that rock." Gaston swiped the rock off the ground. "Now you have a rock. I bet this five bucks against your rock." Gaston grinned. "Deal."
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gaston
betting
kaldar
ilona-andrews
the-edge
william
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Ilona Andrews |
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fa8a32d
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"That's all right," she told him. "I can manage. I can sleep outside just fine." Four pairs of eyes looked at her with a distinctly male skepticism."
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funny
gaston
male-skepticism
fate-s-edge
kaldar
ilona-andrews
the-edge
george
jack
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Ilona Andrews |
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8df7fc5
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Breaking into the house in the middle of the night just wasn't his style. He did his best work in plain view, and, usually, his tongue was doing most of it. Now that was an interesting thought.
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funny
kaldar
ilona-andrews
the-edge
tongue
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Ilona Andrews |
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571ba16
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"Kaldar smiled at her. Now there was a work of art. If she were just a girl and he were just a man, and they met at a party, that smile would've guaranteed him a date. The man was hot. There was no doubt. But right now, all it would get him was a solid punch in those even teeth. Audrey laughed. "Aren't you sweet? Tell me, do girls usually throw their panties at you when you do that?" He grinned wider, and she glimpsed the funny evil spark in his eyes. "Do men throw money when you do your little Southern belle?"
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fate-s-edge
southern-belle
kaldar
ilona-andrews
the-edge
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Ilona Andrews |
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9bb7041
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Because you are the one. You are better than me in some things, and I am better than you in others...I don't mind being a bit like you. I hope you don't mind being a bit like me.
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kaldar
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Ilona Andrews |
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f115d64
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"I wouldn't put it past you," Kaldar said. "Or him. Who knows what the hell he might do?" William made a cutting motion across his throat. "He might kill you if you're not careful," she told him. "Who, Will? We're the best of friends." William rolled his eyes."
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kaldar
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Ilona Andrews |
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5454995
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"Kaldar picked up a rock and tossed it into the clearing. It landed between two wards. A green stem shot out of the ground, and a hail of needle-thin thorns peppered the soil, striking sparks off the rock. "You got any money on you?" "No." Kaldar grimaced. "What do you have?" William made a mental inventory of some twenty-odd items he'd pulled out of the Mirror's bag of tricks and hid in his clothes this morning. Not much he could part with. "A knife," he said. "Fine. I'll bet my knife against your knife that I can walk through there unharmed."
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betting
kaldar
ilona-andrews
the-edge
william
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Ilona Andrews |
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1dabb3b
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"An evil spark flared in his eyes. "Trade: raccoon for some answers."
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funny
kaldar
raccoon
ilona-andrews
the-edge
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Ilona Andrews |