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Me acerque para guardar el expediente en mi cajon y mis dedos rozaron un libro en rustica. La princesa prometida. Aquella noche en Savannah, cuando casi me beso, lo estaba leyendo, y cuando le dije que nos fueramos, me contesto: <>.
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Ilona Andrews |
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I respect your right to differ, but that doesn't change reality. I cannot have people thrown through windows willy-nilly in my county.
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Ilona Andrews |
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Momma's gonna buy you a mockingbird . . ." Margo stirred and crawled to her mother, dragging one twisted leg behind her. Maddie followed. They huddled together, the three of them, pressed against the Plexiglas."
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Ilona Andrews |
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Acaricio mi mejilla. -Viniste a por mi -susurre. -Siempre -respondio. -Eres un maldito idiota, ?intentabas desperdiciar tu vida? -Solo intentaba ponerme a punto. Tenerte a salvo me mantiene en forma.
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Ilona Andrews |
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Derek's lips stretched into a smile on their own, driven not by humor but by the instinctual need to bare his teeth as the wild inside glared through his eyes.
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Ilona Andrews |
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I had once read a book that said a traveler should always have one and it made a lot of sense.
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Ilona Andrews |
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6e55c69
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I dipped my head so I could look into his eyes. The monster at my table looked ready to cry. I'd managed to make a teenager depressed. Maybe I could shoot some fish in a barrel for an encore.
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Ilona Andrews |
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6e4611a
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You are not a gentle flower who spends its whole life in a greenhouse. You are a wildfire, Lark. A wildfire.
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Ilona Andrews |
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He smiled at me, turning into the old Sean Evans. The transformation was so sudden, I blinked to make sure I didn't imagine it. "Because you're a carebear."
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humor
sean-evans
ilona-andrews
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Ilona Andrews |
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366a669
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Me acerque a pedirle al encargado que me diera la nueva llave, me arrastre hasta mi apartamento y estudie mi nueva cerradura. Grande, metalica y brillante. No tenia ni un rasguno. Incluso la llave tenia grabada una muesca extrana, que le proporcionaba un sistema a prueba de ladrones. Chupate esa, Su Majestad. Abri la puerta, entre y la cerre de nuevo. Me descalce, estremeciendome por el dolor en el estomago. Iba a tardar mucho tiempo en cur..
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Ilona Andrews |
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At first he didn't want to tell us, and then Jim asked him if he was left- or right-handed. The bodyguard asked why and Jim told him that he would break the other arm first, because he wasn't a complete bastard.
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Ilona Andrews |
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2c81743
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I once took a city with five men and a lame goat. If I can do that, you can convince the necromancers to pledge themselves to you. Do this or die.
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inspiration
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Ilona Andrews |
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d73d703
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He let her go almost immediately, but he'd packed so much into that one fierce hug: want, need, worry, reassurance...He'd protect her with his life. Strangely, it made her indignant. Nobody should have to be in the position of having another person give up their life for them. She didn't want the weight of Declan's death.
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Ilona Andrews |
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1e22d61
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Has he invited you to dinner, dear? Gifts, flowers, the usual?" I had to put my cup down, because my hand was shaking too much. When I stopped laughing, I said, "Curran? He isn't exactly Mr. Smooth. He handed me a bowl of soup, that's as far as we got." "He fed you?" Raphael stopped rubbing Andrea. "How did this happen?" Aunt B stared at me. "Be very specific, this is important." "He didn't actually feed me. I was injured and he handed me a..
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Ilona Andrews |
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The dusk had arrived on the wings of a night moth, silent and soft. The sky above me darkened to a deep, beautiful purple. Stars glowed high above, and below them, as if inspired by their light, tiny fireflies awoke and crawled from their shelter in the leaves.
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Ilona Andrews |
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ed9e3ab
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Our relationship had been doomed form the start, because it was based on grief, and unlike love, grief eventually passed.
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grief
love
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Ilona Andrews |
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Man can't handle the chaos. Oh, you can understand it in the abstract, as long as you don't think about it too hard. But at the core of it, whenever humans come against chaos, they deal with it in one of three ways. ... Faced with chaos you will either ignore it, dance around it, or you will go mad.
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humans
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Ilona Andrews |
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eb853d9
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You know, most people would think you were thinking about a girl. They have no idea that her name is bacon.
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Ilona Andrews |
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97ea5c3
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Males and farts. Any species, any planet, didn't matter. We
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Ilona Andrews |
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d524388
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The world's pulse skipped a beat. Magic flooded in. "Yes." I grinned and grabbed the blanket. "Onward, my noble steed. To our inevitable doom and gory death." Thirty"
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Ilona Andrews |
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George met me at the foot of the stairs. "What are you planning?" I asked as we turned towards the grand ballroom. "Just a small demonstration for the public good," he said. "I'm so sorry." " You're apologizing in advance." " Yes." Never a good sign."
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Ilona Andrews |
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bfc8cde
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She liked him, so she was torturing him. Her Grace in a nutshell.
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Ilona Andrews |
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f71ff66
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My lords! I'm not a castle. You don't have to storm me.
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Ilona Andrews |
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7aeb029
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We, the human beings, are meant to live life to its fullest. We are meant to experience it all--sadness, disappointment, rage, kindness, joy, love. We are meant to test ourselves. It is painful and frightening, but this is what it means to be alive.
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Ilona Andrews |
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Let's take down the gold leaf," Caldenia said. "Elegance is never ostentatious, and there is nothing more bourgeois than covering everything in gold. It screams that one has too much money and too little taste, and it infuriates peasants. A palace should convey a sense of power and grandeur. One should enter and be awestruck. I've found the awe tends to cut down on revolts."
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Ilona Andrews |
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There are some women who'd be offended in my place," I told him. "I'm not helpless and I turn into a monster." "Maybe I'm afraid and I want company." He pretended to shiver. "I may need a big strong monster to protect me. You wouldn't leave a defenseless attractive man out on the streets alone, would you?"
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Ilona Andrews |
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How did it feel, Herald?" The memory of power ripping from her in a torrent surfaced in her mind, followed by a spike of pain as she said the power word after her incantation had paved the way. She heard the sound of Adams' bones breaking and patted Peanut's nose. "How did it feel?" The Herald of Atlanta smiled. "It felt good."
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Ilona Andrews |
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Look at it!" George's voice shuddered with barely contained awe. " at it! Don't you want to experience it? Don't you want to be brave? You are not a gentle flower who spends its whole life in a greenhouse. You are a wildfire, Lark. A wildfire." A sun burst on the images, its violent fury drowning the cosmos. "Dare to take that step and I will show you wonders beyond your imagination. I will give you a chance to make a difference. Come with..
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Ilona Andrews |
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My lord, my lady, may I say that I am delighted that my favorite alpha is feeling better. Why, you'll be running recklessly into danger against overwhelming odds anytime now.
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Ilona Andrews |
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They say the dead have no memories and know no pain." George's voice was barely above a whisper, but somehow it was louder than the pleas of the corpses. "It's not that way for me."
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Ilona Andrews |
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He smiled at me, turning into the old Sean Evans. The transformation was so sudden, I blinked to make sure I didn't imagine it. "Because you're a carebear." "What?" "You're the type to get out of a perfectly dry car in the middle of a storm in your best dress so you can scoop a wet dog off the road. You help people, Dina. That's what you do. And the Hiru need help." "I'm sensible," I told him. "I'll give you till tonight," he said. "You won..
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inkeeper-chronicles
sean-evans
ilona-andrews
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Ilona Andrews |
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I learned that sometimes what you go looking for isn't as important as what you leave behind." My" --
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Ilona Andrews |
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You destroyed five million dollars' worth of luxury cars." "Yes, but none of them are wearing human heads as hood ornaments."
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saiman
curran
kate
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Ilona Andrews |
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0c8994e
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There was so much I could teach her.
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Ilona Andrews |
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He kissed my neck. The kiss sent tingling warmth down into my fingertips. I turned and he kissed me again, on the mouth. I was so tired . . . I wanted to melt against him and let him hold me. "You're trying to take advantage of an injured naked woman." "I know," he whispered in my ear, drawing me closer. "How awful."
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Ilona Andrews |
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That does it. I leaned forward. "Hey, you. Either put your claws where your mouth is or shut the fuck up. Nobody wants to hear you yip."
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Ilona Andrews |
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e1c9892
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The werehyena Casanova strikes again.
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Ilona Andrews |
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He said he'd met a girl with stardust on her robe, and when he looked into her eyes, he saw the universe looking back.
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Ilona Andrews |
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At heart, Curran was a cat. He liked soft things, high places, and enough room to stretch out.
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Ilona Andrews |
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Curran got rid of Ascanio and saddled me with not one, but two bodyguards. God help anyone who dared to look at me funny. They would rip him to pieces, just to outdo each other.
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Ilona Andrews |
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Damn it all. "Ascanio!" The bouda sauntered forward, a picture of pure innocence on his face. "What the hell are you doing?" I growled. He pulled on a disarming smile like a shield. "Following you." "Why?" "Because." So help me God, I would brain him with something heavy in a minute. "Because why?" "I wanted to come. It's too dangerous for you and I'm concerned." Derek snarled quietly under his breath. "You can't blame me," Ascanio said. "A..
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Ilona Andrews |
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8130589
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Curran was looking at her. Not in the same way he looked at me, but he was looking. An odd feeling flared in me, hot and angry, prickling my throat from the inside with hot sharp needles, and I realized it was jealousy. I guess there was a first time for everything. "Have you seen my father?" Lorelei asked. "How is he?" "I saw him last year," Curran said. "He's the same as always: tough and ornery." I came to stand next to him. Lorelei rais..
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Ilona Andrews |
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Six vampires came scuttling over the roof, in assorted colors of sunblock, like someone spilled a bag of Skittles. Taste the undead rainbow.
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Ilona Andrews |
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Christopher nodded. "Well, can I come with you to see the horses? I promise to be good and not scare them." "Sure, why not." Teddy Jo waved his arms. "The entirety of Hades can come. We'll have a party." Christopher stepped off the porch in to the backyard, spread his wings, and shot upward. The wind nearly blew me off my feet. "Thank you," I told Teddy Jo. "He gives me the creeps," Teddy Jo growled. "You're the nicest angel of death I know..
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Ilona Andrews |