olivia

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3b681ab	Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage.	marriage death humor love olivia twelfth-night wedding fool	William Shakespeare
4220f5b	"If you'd rather I didn't stay--" I began. "I invited you." "After sustaining a head injury. Which means you aren't responsible for anything you said last night . . . except for the part where you forgave me for wrecking your car." "You were run off the road." "I still feel bad. It was a nice car." I paused. "I'm also sorry about almost getting you killed." "She says, as an afterthought." "It was a really nice car."	humor deceptions head-injury olivia gabriel car	Kelley Armstrong
88b8b0d	"Yes, you're sleeping in my apartment," I said. "On my sofa. It was an exciting night, but not that exciting. I'd really hope you'd remember if it had been."	sex-joke sleepover olivia gabriel	Kelley Armstrong
240231d	I'd say I needed to find myself, if that didn't sound like I was heading into the Himalayas, taking only a backpack stuffed with angst and clean underwear.	funny backpacking lost-identity olivia	Kelley Armstrong
13ba871	"That's trouble. The pixies will sour your milk." "I thought it was hobgoblins who soured milk." "A dirty lie. Spread by the pixies, no doubt."	humor olivia pixies patrick	Kelley Armstrong
d6d9609	". When the plague struck Chicago, the townspeople here erected the gargoyles, and nary a soul was lost to the Black Death." "The bubonic plague predates Chicago by about five hundred years." He lowered himself to the bench. "I know. I was very disappointed when I found out. Almost as bad as when I learned there were no fairies. The world is much more interesting with goblins and plagues." "Unless you catch the plague."	gargoyles magic-and-mystery olivia gabriel plague	Kelley Armstrong
0ea7073	"Don't give me that look," I told the cat. "You've caught one mouse since you've been here. And what do you get in return? Food, shelter, and a human servant to clean up your shit. You didn't even warn me when someone was at the door." "Because his sixth sense tells him I can be trusted." "Then his sixth sense is broken."	humor pet-talk olivia gabriel sixth-sense	Kelley Armstrong
a449d4c	Demon possession strains the boundaries of credulity, given the sheer number of times it seems to happen. One would really hope demons had better things to do with their time.	olivia demons rose	Kelley Armstrong
b977f45	"Don't grumble," I said. "Or I'll bake you more cookies."	olivia gabriel teasing	Kelley Armstrong
5a20e5c	"I should have a gun." "And you think I can provide it?" "Ask your biker gang buddies." "They prefer the term 'motorcycle club.'" "I'm sure they do."	kelley-armstrong olivia motorcycles omens gabriel gun	Kelley Armstrong
cdb91d9	"I wouldn't call Gabriel Walsh if I was on fire." She pursed her lips. "No, I might. To sue everyone responsible--from the person who lit the match to those who made my clothes. But I'd wait until the fire was out. Otherwise, he'd just stand there until I was burned enough for a sizable settlement."	suing olivia lawyer-jokes grace	Kelley Armstrong
2fe68e3	"I'll keep it in my bedside drawer, in case I'm woken in the middle of the night and mistake the cat for an intruder. An honest accident." "You're not shooting the cat. It would leave a mess."	humor olivia gabriel gun	Kelley Armstrong
28e0175	I'd seriously contemplated a real collar - a sparkly green one - if only because I was sure it would offend his dignity.	humor collar olivia dignity	Kelley Armstrong
3edd585	A suitably sultry voice answered his office phone. I gave my name, and she checked to see if Mr. Walsh was in. Given that Grace said he was the only lawyer at his firm, one wouldn't think she'd need to check	olivia secretary office	Kelley Armstrong
a02297e	"Cars like that shouldn't be left in storage. It causes mechanical issues. With brakes and tires and engines and such." My smile returned. "You have no idea what you're talking about, do you?" "Not a word."	humor mechanical-issues olivia gabriel	Kelley Armstrong
854f925	"As he talked, I thought, "Maybe I'm wrong about the guy." Put him with someone like Anna Gunderson, a nice woman who has suffered a great tragedy, and his empathetic side came out. And then I realized he was faking it."	olivia gabriel	Kelley Armstrong
810c6ce	"In the meantime, I'll get a job. I'll pay my own way." "A job?" "Mmm, yeah. It's that thing people do to make money."	money rick-people olivia mother sarcasm	Kelley Armstrong
591a5d7	My foggy brain slid away and-- And I was still dressed in only my bra and panties. Well, at least it's a nice set of bra and panties. Yep, these were the thoughts going through my brain as I looked at a photo of a decapitated head on my bed.	thoughts humor decapitated-head olivia underwear	Kelley Armstrong
c14952a	I even pulled out the can of cat treats. Yes, I'd bought him treats. Give it another month and I'd be collecting his shed whiskers and claws like a proud momma preserving her baby's first haircut and lost teeth.	cat-treats pet tc olivia	Kelley Armstrong
125a7d5	Yours is more than business. Your opinion of him - and your continuing relationship with him - matters. My nephew is not accustomed to that, and he's struggling with it.	rose-walsh olivia visions	Kelley Armstrong

Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage.

marriage death humor love olivia twelfth-night wedding fool

William Shakespeare

4220f5b

"If you'd rather I didn't stay--" I began. "I invited you." "After sustaining a head injury. Which means you aren't responsible for anything you said last night . . . except for the part where you forgave me for wrecking your car." "You were run off the road." "I still feel bad. It was a nice car." I paused. "I'm also sorry about almost getting you killed." "She says, as an afterthought." "It was a really nice car."

humor deceptions head-injury olivia gabriel car

Kelley Armstrong

88b8b0d

"Yes, you're sleeping in my apartment," I said. "On my sofa. It was an exciting night, but not that exciting. I'd really hope you'd remember if it had been."

sex-joke sleepover olivia gabriel

Kelley Armstrong

240231d

I'd say I needed to find myself, if that didn't sound like I was heading into the Himalayas, taking only a backpack stuffed with angst and clean underwear.

funny backpacking lost-identity olivia

Kelley Armstrong

13ba871

"That's trouble. The pixies will sour your milk." "I thought it was hobgoblins who soured milk." "A dirty lie. Spread by the pixies, no doubt."

humor olivia pixies patrick

Kelley Armstrong

d6d9609

". When the plague struck Chicago, the townspeople here erected the gargoyles, and nary a soul was lost to the Black Death." "The bubonic plague predates Chicago by about five hundred years." He lowered himself to the bench. "I know. I was very disappointed when I found out. Almost as bad as when I learned there were no fairies. The world is much more interesting with goblins and plagues." "Unless you catch the plague."

gargoyles magic-and-mystery olivia gabriel plague

Kelley Armstrong

0ea7073

"Don't give me that look," I told the cat. "You've caught one mouse since you've been here. And what do you get in return? Food, shelter, and a human servant to clean up your shit. You didn't even warn me when someone was at the door." "Because his sixth sense tells him I can be trusted." "Then his sixth sense is broken."

humor pet-talk olivia gabriel sixth-sense

Kelley Armstrong

a449d4c

Demon possession strains the boundaries of credulity, given the sheer number of times it seems to happen. One would really hope demons had better things to do with their time.

olivia demons rose

Kelley Armstrong

b977f45

"Don't grumble," I said. "Or I'll bake you more cookies."

olivia gabriel teasing

Kelley Armstrong

5a20e5c

"I should have a gun." "And you think I can provide it?" "Ask your biker gang buddies." "They prefer the term 'motorcycle club.'" "I'm sure they do."

kelley-armstrong olivia motorcycles omens gabriel gun

Kelley Armstrong

cdb91d9

"I wouldn't call Gabriel Walsh if I was on fire." She pursed her lips. "No, I might. To sue everyone responsible--from the person who lit the match to those who made my clothes. But I'd wait until the fire was out. Otherwise, he'd just stand there until I was burned enough for a sizable settlement."

suing olivia lawyer-jokes grace

Kelley Armstrong

2fe68e3

"I'll keep it in my bedside drawer, in case I'm woken in the middle of the night and mistake the cat for an intruder. An honest accident." "You're not shooting the cat. It would leave a mess."

humor olivia gabriel gun

Kelley Armstrong

28e0175

I'd seriously contemplated a real collar - a sparkly green one - if only because I was sure it would offend his dignity.

humor collar olivia dignity

Kelley Armstrong

3edd585

A suitably sultry voice answered his office phone. I gave my name, and she checked to see if Mr. Walsh was in. Given that Grace said he was the only lawyer at his firm, one wouldn't think she'd need to check

olivia secretary office

Kelley Armstrong

a02297e

"Cars like that shouldn't be left in storage. It causes mechanical issues. With brakes and tires and engines and such." My smile returned. "You have no idea what you're talking about, do you?" "Not a word."

humor mechanical-issues olivia gabriel

Kelley Armstrong

854f925

"As he talked, I thought, "Maybe I'm wrong about the guy." Put him with someone like Anna Gunderson, a nice woman who has suffered a great tragedy, and his empathetic side came out. And then I realized he was faking it."

olivia gabriel

Kelley Armstrong

810c6ce

"In the meantime, I'll get a job. I'll pay my own way." "A job?" "Mmm, yeah. It's that thing people do to make money."

money rick-people olivia mother sarcasm

Kelley Armstrong

591a5d7

My foggy brain slid away and-- And I was still dressed in only my bra and panties. Well, at least it's a nice set of bra and panties. Yep, these were the thoughts going through my brain as I looked at a photo of a decapitated head on my bed.

thoughts humor decapitated-head olivia underwear

Kelley Armstrong

c14952a

I even pulled out the can of cat treats. Yes, I'd bought him treats. Give it another month and I'd be collecting his shed whiskers and claws like a proud momma preserving her baby's first haircut and lost teeth.

cat-treats pet tc olivia

Kelley Armstrong

125a7d5

Yours is more than business. Your opinion of him - and your continuing relationship with him - matters. My nephew is not accustomed to that, and he's struggling with it.

rose-walsh olivia visions

Kelley Armstrong