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I'll hold the door as a shield, but you'll have to fire." "Why can't you just slice them to pieces like that chopstick?" "Because my telekinetic magic doesn't work on living things. I can throw something metal fast enough to slice an opponent to pieces. I can hurl a board at him, because cut wood is dead. I can choke him with his own clothes if they are loose enough. But I can't simply throw a body." Oh. "So the best way to fight you is to ..
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I wanted to punch the happy day in the face, grab it by the hair, and beat it until it told me what the hell it was so happy about.
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The world was going crazy. Nothing left to do but hold on and yell "Wheee!" at strategic moments."
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She wants lilacs in her wedding bouquet." "Okay . . ." Nevada had said she wanted carnations, but we could stuff some pretty pink lilacs in there. I didn't see the problem. "Blue," Arabella squeezed out. "She wants blue lilacs." No and also no. "Nevada . . ." "I had to hide in a bush of French lilacs yesterday and they were very pretty and smelled nice. The card on the tree said, 'Wonder Blue: prolific in bloom and lush in perfume.'" I goog..
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He smiled a slow, predatory grin. "Resistance is futile." "You are not assimilating me."
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I wasn't even that lovable to begin with. I was a selfish ass, but somehow something I did made this man love me, deeply and without reservations. He knew things about me that I would die to keep secret. I trusted him more than I trusted anyone in my life. I mattered to him. He was suffering and I wanted it to stop. I wanted to see him happy. I loved him so much.
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Follow me," Linus ordered. "And cheer up. We're about to embark on a killing spree accompanied by massive property damage. Try to have fun."
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The porch light came on and Aunt B swung the door open. Middle-aged and stout, with graying hair rolled into a bun, she looked like she should be baking cookies, not ruling a brood of social deviants with a penchant for hysterical laughter and kinky sex.
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He once starved a woman to the brink of death, trying to break her. Poetic justice, he reflected.
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I glanced at him. "Why did you eat the tiger?" He shrugged. "I don't know. It was a compulsion. I saw him and I had to make him not be." "You worry me," I told him. He pointed back at the Guild with his thumb. "Pot, kettle."
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In the living room Derek sprawled on the floor on a blanket, his eyes closed, his body human, corded with hard muscle, and covered only with a strategically placed towel. Julie knelt by him, long tweezers in her hand. "What's going on?" "Quills," she said. "Very thin quills. There was a magic plant and he decided it would be a good idea to give it a hug. Because he is smart that way." So they had taken Julie with them. Considering where I'd..
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I called the Keep, introduced myself to the disembodied female voice on the phone, and asked for the Beast Lord. In less than fifteen seconds Curran came on the line. "I'm going into hiding with Jim." The silence on the other side of the phone had a distinctly sinister undertone. Perhaps he thought that his kissing superpowers had derailed me. Fat chance. I would keep him from having to kill Derek. That was a burden he didn't need. "I thoug..
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I dreamt of Curran snarling "Fix her!" And Doolittle saying that he wasn't a god and there was only so much he could do. I dreamt of Julie crying by my bed, of Jim sitting near, of Andrea telling me some frustratingly complicated story . . . The noises blended in my head until finally I could stand it no longer. "Would all of you just be quiet? Please." I blinked and saw Curran's face. "Hey," he said. "Hey." I smiled. There he was, alive. I..
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I walked into the kitchen and found Mad Rogan in it. He sat at the table, dressed in a blue Henley shirt and jeans, sipping coffee out of a mug with a little grey kitten on it. His dark hair was combed back from his face. His jaw was once again clean shaven. Somehow this new, on-his-best-behavior version was scarier than witnessing him calmly breaking a man with his bare hands. After what we'd been through, I would've expected him to hole ..
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Children think you are a god. You are the center of their universe, you can fix anything, you can shield them and protect them, and then one day they find out you can't.
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Christopher's expression sharpened, growing somehow more fragile. "The two of you only remember the man in the cage. Before that I was the Legatus of the Golden Legion. I murdered my way to the top. I committed atrocities. And unlike Hugh, I have nobody to blame but myself. I own everything I've done. I did it because I wanted power. I must live with it. Hugh lives with his memories. It will be his choice to atone for what he has done, or n..
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His voice matched him, deep and slightly raspy. If dragons existed and could talk, they would sound just like him.
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Your body belongs to you alone. Touching it is a privilege, and it's up to you to grant it.
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What happened?" I asked quietly. "I lost some people," [Rogan] said. There was an awful finality in his voice. I hadn't thought he cared. I'd thought he viewed his people as tools and took care of them because tools had to be kept in good repair, but this sounded like genuine grief -- that complicated cocktail of guilt, regret, and overwhelming sadness you felt when someone close to you died. It broke you and made you feel helpess. Helple..
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They called this place Hadramout. It means 'death has arrived.
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Julie has developed some issues." Julie was an issue riding on an issue and using a third issue for a whip."
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There were bags under my eyes and they weren't Prada.
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How can it not exist? What does that--" A tiny grey body shot in front of the Land Rover. "Squirrel!" Mad Rogan swerved to the side, trying to avoid the suicidal beast. The SUV hit a curb and jumped. For a terrifying second, we almost flew, weightless. My heart leaped into my throat. The heavy vehicle landed back on the pavement with a thud. The squirrel leapt into the grass on the other side. I remembered to breathe. "Thank you for not kil..
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Okay, tough guy. Let's see what you've got.
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Do men often tell you you're enchanting?" "No. Men often tell me I hit very hard." Hint, hint."
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Either he fell asleep in his clothes, or he felt the need to be fully dressed at two o'clock in the morning for some nefarious reason. Leon didn't have any other kind of reasons.
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He cut right through the layers of civilization, politeness, and social snobbery to some preternatural female sense that said, "Dominant male. Danger. Power. Sex." Why"
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In my experience, Connor acted as if the word no meant nothing unless he was the one saying it.
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Mr. Evans?" I called. "A moment of your time?" He looked at me as if he'd never seen me before. "Do I know you?" "My name is Dina. I own the bed-and-breakfast." He glanced past me at the old house sitting at the mouth of the subdivision. "That monstrosity?" Aren't you sweet? "Yes."
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It's a hunting revolver." I slumped back. "It's for big game hunting." "Texas," Alessandro said, loading a state's worth of meaning into a single word."
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What is going on in your head?" "It's a dark, lawless place, Catalina. So dark."
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Lunch, Ms. Baylor. Concentrate. Pick a place." "You seem to be under the impression that I work for you and you can give me orders. Let me fix that." I hung up."
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Come to dinner with me tonight and I'll consider it." Yes! "No. I don't negotiate with terrorists."
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Enter my lair, said the dragon. I have shiny treasure for you to play with, I'll keep you warm and safe, and if it suits my purpose, I'll chain you to the floor and kill your client by throwing quarters at him with my magic. Been there, done that. "I"
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Grandma shrugged. "Framed. A man that pretty can't be a murderer." Mother stared at her. "Penelope, I'm seventy-two years old. You let me enjoy my fantasy."
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She has a high opinion of herself," Andrea said. "Oh yes. When she gets into a car, her ego has to ride shotgun."
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If you see a chance to be happy, you have to fight for it, so later you have no regrets.
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We make our own choices in life. Our actions shape our lives, and we alone are responsible for them.
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never go into the Council room without a plan. You have to give them a range of possibilities, but if they discuss them too much, they'll never make a decision. Steer them toward the right choice and don't let them derail the train.
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Curran, please don't bite his head off." "Why?" "Because it's illegal. Technically you assaulted him first when you threw him across the lawn." "I didn't throw him very far." I rolled my eyes. "I could've thrown him straight up and let him land on the pavement."
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Lago nodded knowingly. "The thing with the Beast Lord didn't turn out, huh? That's okay, I heard that guy is a dick. You don't need that shit." Curran's"
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What happened?" "You fell." "Really? What did I fall into?" "My fist."
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Hypothetically speaking," Robert said, "if the attack happens, and Roland retaliates, what will you do about it?" "She is a princess of Shinar." My aunt burst into existence in the middle of the kitchen. "It is by the grace of her mercy you are still breathing." Robert stumbled back. Raphael's hands went to his knives. Andrea bared her teeth, cradling Baby B. You could hear a pin drop. "I have family in town for the wedding," I said into th..
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When in doubt and in need of information, find a snitch and squeeze him. That was one of the very few investigative techniques I was aware of. As a matter of fact, that and the "annoy principals involved until the guilty party decides to kill you" pretty much summed it up for me. Move over, Sherlock."
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