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a991713
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Yes, sir. I was going to kiss you good night, but now I can't. It's against the rules to fraternize with my superior officer.
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Ilona Andrews |
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eff77df
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How do we get out of this circle?" I asked him. "We kill him," he said. "Good. Let's kill him and go home." "I thought you'd never ask."
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mad-rogan
nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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1eef615
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When we were at the lodge, and you were dancing in the snow, I kept wondering why the snow wasn't melting. You're like spring. My spring.
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Ilona Andrews |
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66bccce
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I can't share, Nevada. I won't.
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Ilona Andrews |
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34ba32f
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They never fought about anything important. They never stole from each other, they never tried to sabotage each other's relationships, and if anyone dared to look at one of them the wrong way, the other one would be the first to charge to her sister's defense.But if one of them took the other's hairbrush and didn't clean it, it was World War III.
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Ilona Andrews |
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5e2cd0b
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Arabella ran out of blackboard space, crouched, and began dividing on the floor. "This is what we get for teaching them Common Core," one of the arbiters said. "There is nothing wrong with Common Core," someone else said. Arabella"
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Ilona Andrews |
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2ff8051
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Also, your father." My eyes snapped open. "What about my father?" Roman blinked. "That was a bona fide snarl." Ascanio nodded, his eyes wide. "Yes, she gets scary sometimes. She's very difficult to work for." "I can imagine."
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Ilona Andrews |
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a78d4ed
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On the seventh of May, Cerise Mar, Erian Mar, and Mikita Mar traveled to the aforementioned manor house and found Lagar Sheerile, Peva Sheerile, Arig Sheerile, and several men in their employ on the premises. Cerise Mar voiced a polite and a nonviolent request that they get the hell off our land, which was refused.
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quarrel
trial
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Ilona Andrews |
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dba8080
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What the hell is this?" Desandra asked. "This is Cuddles. She's a mammoth donkey." Derek grinned, leaning on the fence. "Do you have any self-respect left?" "Nope."
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Ilona Andrews |
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a58d3dd
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The heavy eyelids snapped open. Jack froze. A huge gold-and-amber eye, as big as a dinner plater, stared at him. The dark pupil shrank, focusing. Jack stood very still. The colossal head turned, the scaled lip only three feet from Jack. The golden eyes gazed at him, wirling with fiery color. Jack breathed in tiny, shallow breaths. Dont blink. Don't blink... Two gusts of wind erutped from the wyvern's nostrils Jack jumped straight up, bo..
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Ilona Andrews |
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357987f
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I slammed that door shut. Fix this mess first. Guilt, regret, and moaning later.
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Ilona Andrews |
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84d1cfd
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Why the rifle? Everybody knows you can't shoot." Who were these everybodies and would they like to stand in front of me, preferably within ten feet, so I could discuss this issue in greater detail? "I can shoot just fine." I just missed eighty percent of the time."
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Ilona Andrews |
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0dc4695
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True strength isn't in killing--or ignoring--your opponent, it's in having the will to shield those who need your protection.
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Ilona Andrews |
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58257ea
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Some things were constant in the universe. Two and two didn't always equal four, but every water-based species at some point had heated water and thrown some plants into it.
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Ilona Andrews |
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b59a6df
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He gave me a feral grin. "Like what you see, dove?" "Nope." I hadn't had sex in eighteen months. Pardon me while I struggle with my hormone overload."
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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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d5a2dfd
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Landon slid back into the driver's seat and pointed at my saber. "Put it away." ""Say the magic word." "Please," Landon squeezed out. I slid the blade back into the sheath and petted it. "It's okay, Sarrat. If he insults you, I'll cut his head off and you can drink his blood." --
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Ilona Andrews |
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4338ab3
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So you want me to track down a supernaturally fast sniper who can disappear into thin air, retrieve your maps, and do it so nobody finds out what I'm doing or why?' 'Exactly.' I sighed. 'I'll get the paperwork.
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kate-daniels
werewolf
urban-fantasy
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Ilona Andrews |
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6a013cb
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The vampire gagged. The muscles of its neck constricted, widened, constricted again, and it disgorged a six-inch-long metal cylinder onto my desk. The bloodsucker grasped it, twisted the cylinder's halves apart, and retrieved a roll of papers. "Photographs," Ghastek said, handing me a couple of sheets from the roll. "That's disgusting." "He is thirty years old," Ghastek said. "All his internal organs, with the exception of the heart, atroph..
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kate-daniels
vampire
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Ilona Andrews |
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ab18b9a
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Rage is a powerful thing. People get upset over many things. Frustrating jobs, small paychecks, bad hours. People want things; people feel humiliated by others who have the things they want; people feel deprived and powerless. All this gives fuel to rage. The anger builds and builds and if there is no outlet for it, pretty soon it transforms the person. They walk around like a loaded gun, ready to go off if only they could find the right ta..
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Ilona Andrews |
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086f748
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Logic said that at some point he must've been a baby and then a child, but looking at him one was almost convinced that some deity had touched the ground with its scepter and proclaimed, "There shall be a badass," and Jim had sprung into existence, fully formed, complete with clothes, and ready for"
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Ilona Andrews |
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a69c56f
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I'm in a Disney movie. - Augustine
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Ilona Andrews |
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d8f489d
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The next time I went anywhere with Mad Rogan, I'd bring one of those bandoliers action stars wore when they routed terrorists from jungles.
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Ilona Andrews |
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b2fead5
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No. Besides, if you can't trust an ice giant driving a creeper van with a dead body inside, who can you trust?
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Ilona Andrews |
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d28485c
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First, it took both of us to kill that thing, and if it reinvents itself again, it will take both of us again. I'm not leaving you alone with it. Second, if you try to physically carry me to the car, I will resist and bleed more. Third, you can possibly stuff me in the car against my will, but you can't make me drive." He snarled. "Argh! Why don't you ever do anything I ask you to?" "Because you don't ask. You tell me." We glared at each ot..
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kate
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Ilona Andrews |
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e727547
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Grandma pointed her fork at me. "Just watch. Fate will throw you two together. One day you'll just run right into him and boom! True love."
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Ilona Andrews |
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cda031b
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You don't do subtle. Your subtle is pulling a kick so you don't kill a man with it, just break his bones.
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Ilona Andrews |
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3b81161
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Sometimes I jump on the table and kick people in the face, but I'm always civil about it.
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Ilona Andrews |
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7cc3bbe
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Every time you see a problem and walk away from it, you set a new standard.
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Ilona Andrews |
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5faac91
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Aaahh. Home. My place, my smells, my familiar rug under my feet, my kitchen, my Curran in the kitchen chair . . . Wait a damn minute.
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Ilona Andrews |
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969abb9
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One time I was dying in a cage inside a palace that was flying over a magic jungle. And some idiot went in there, chased the palace down, fought his way through hundreds of rakshasas, and rescued me." "I remember," he said. "That's when I realized you loved me," I said. "I was in the cage and I heard you roar."
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romance
love
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Ilona Andrews |
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3d7937e
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Doolittle nodded to one of his assistants. The short, slight woman approached Roman's cot. "We're going to put you in your own private room." "Is this a code for killing me?" Roman asked. "Because I won't be easy to take down." Roman the Volhv)))"
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ilona-andrews
roman
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Ilona Andrews |
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ba11609
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Me Kate. You Tarzan?" "No." Curran bared his teeth at me. "In the first book, he grabs a lion by the tail and pulls it. Never gonna happen. First, an adult male lion weights five hundred pounds. Second, you grab my tail, I'll turn around and take your face off."
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Ilona Andrews |
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745d7dc
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Have you ever heard of Arthur C. Clarke's third law of prediction? It states that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Take a smart phone and hand it to an ancient Roman. He'll think it's a magic window into the world of the gods and that the Beyonce video playing on it is showing him Venus.
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Ilona Andrews |
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6da4748
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No. Not my circus, not my undead monkeys.
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Ilona Andrews |
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0c5e6f5
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Obnoxious smart-ass. Never been anywhere, never done anything, huh. Arrested development, huh. Considering that it was coming from a man who spent his nights peeing on his neighbors' fences, that was rich. Shoot, I should've told him that.
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sean-evans
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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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2968ffa
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William glanced at her sword. His upper lip rose, showing her his teeth. That was all right. She wasn't Red Riding Hood, she wasn't scared, and her grandmother could curse his ass so hard, he wouldn't know which way was up for a week.
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cerise-mar
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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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573c488
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She pictured him exploding into bloody mist. No. Too quick.
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Ilona Andrews |
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5240f1d
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Why not? It's natural selection. Just like nature." I wrinkled my nose. "Boudas love this argument, because it gives them an excuse to do all the wrong things. 'I'm sorry I screwed your sister and got my penis stuck in your German shepherd. It's in my nature. I just couldn't help myself."
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excuses
nature
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Ilona Andrews |
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4599a82
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When you keep people from doing things they are destined to do, they go crazy.
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Ilona Andrews |
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19c4c70
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What can I do for you, Arbitrator?" I asked. "George, please. There is no hot water in my bathroom." "Oh really?" You don't say. "Yes. In fact, it's ice-cold." He raised a half-filled glass. Thin slivers of ice floated on its surface. "I drew this from the tap in my sink." "How unfortunate. When did this happen?" "About two minutes ago." "While you were in the shower?" "Yes." "My apologies. I'll get right on that." George squinted at me, ..
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Ilona Andrews |
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3e9a6ab
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Yes, I'm a hermit. Mostly I brood," Mad Rogan said. "Also I'm very good at wallowing in self-pity. I spend my days steeped in melancholy, looking out the window. Occasionally a single tear quietly rolls down my cheek." Arabella and Lina snickered in unison. "Do you also brush a white orchid against your lips?" Arabella put in. "While sad music plays in the background?" Lina grinned. "Perhaps," Mad Rogan said."
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Ilona Andrews |