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I don't want to play anymore ... I love you.
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Ilona Andrews |
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We would screw up our children. It was inevitable. Julie had taught me that you never get the child you want or expect. You get the child you get and you try your best to make sure they turn out to be a decent human being. That was all that mattered. An
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Ilona Andrews |
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Mr. Ramirez looked at Sean and me one last time and smiled. "Good luck with your jogging." No. He didn't just wish Sean and I happy jogging."
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Ilona Andrews |
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The Scourge of Mexico and the most terrifying Prime in Houston unhinged his manly jaws and said the only thing he could, "Yes, Mother."
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Ilona Andrews |
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Get up, dear. We do not let our enemies win. We claw their hearts out and devour them.
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Ilona Andrews |
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Because he doesn't want me talking to my grandmother." Barabas looked at Curran. Curran shrugged. "It's a family thing. Sometimes your father puts your semidead grandmother into a really bad place and is ashamed of it." "Yeah," Barabas said. "We've all been there." "You two are a riot," I told them."
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Ilona Andrews |
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I bloody hated bodyguard detail. On regular jobs, I had to depend only on myself. But bodyguard detail was a couple's kind of dance. You had to work with the body you guarded, and in my experience, bodies proved uncooperative.
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So, are we still on tonight? For our dinner?" I asked. "Hell, yes. We're on for tonight. We're on for tomorrow. We're on for the foreseeable future." --
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hidden-legacy
mad-rogan
nevada-baylor
wildfire
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Ilona Andrews |
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Never show a weakness; never show pain. The vulnerable get eaten. She would break down later when she was alone, but neither he nor anyone else would ever see it.
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Ilona Andrews |
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Your father would be proud of you. Don't ever doubt that. The agency is his legacy, Nevada. You make sure that it thrives and its name stands for something." Right now it stood for "we get ourselves into violent messes and then heroically try to get out of them."
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Do you remember that big speech I made in your garage?" "Which one?" I sighed. "You've made several. I'm contemplating installing a personal soapbox with your name on it." "The one where I said you would beg to climb into my bed?" "Ah. That one. How could I forget? I kept waiting for you to pound your chest like a silverback gorilla."
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Augustine had emailed them to me segregated into two helpful categories: will kill you and can kill you. This was going to be one hell of a soiree.
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The beasties dashed left, rounded the corner, and stopped before a square foot-wide vent secured by a metal grate. "Use the small tooth," Cornelius intoned. "Open the burrow." "I'm in a Disney movie," Augustine said, his face disgusted."
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People lie for many reasons: to save themselves, to get out of trouble, to avoid hurting someone's feelings. Manipulators lie to get what they want. Narcissists lie to make themselves seem grand to others and themselves. Recovering alcoholics lie to safeguard their tattered reputations. And those who love us most lie to us most of all, because life is a bumpy ride and they want to smooth it out as much as possible.
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We live in Houston, Texas!" Grandma wiped her hands with a rag. "You'd get heat stroke."
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Ilona Andrews |
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People lie for many reasons: to save themselves, to get out of trouble, to avoid hurting someone's feelings. Manipulators lie to get what they want. Narcissists lie to make themselves seem grand to others and themselves. Recovering alcoholics lie to safeguard their tattered reputations. And those who love us most lie to us most of all, because life is a bumpy ride and they want to smooth it out as much as possible. John Rutger lied because ..
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Or a stuffed animal. I would've cuddled with it at night." I sighed heavily. "Oh well. I guess that's never going to happen." Arabella giggled. Grandma pointed the breaker bar at her. "Quiet in the peanut gallery."
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Time stopped and for a few blissful moments there was nothing except Connor, intoxicating and irresistible, the taste of him, the scent of him, the raw male power of his arms, and the tender seducing touch of his lips... And then I was out of the car and gone before the power of that kiss wore off.
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Thoughts crawled around my head in all directions like big lazy caterpillars. I gave up, closed my eyes, and let myself drift.
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Adam's eyes narrowed. "I've looked you up. You're small potatoes, Snowflake."
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Sometimes bad shit happens, and you have to protect the people you love," Leon said. "It would be nice if you can do that and keep your hands clean but life doesn't work that way. Life is messy, and sometimes you must do what needs to be done to keep your family safe. It doesn't make you a bad person." I'd have to thank Kurt. "One day some other Prime will threaten our House, and when that day comes, I'll hill him." What? "I'll do it quiet ..
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Pretty speech," he said. "It's the only one I've got." "I know what's really going on here. You're scared to step into my world. Afraid you can't hack it. Much better to hide here and be a big fish in a very small pond." "If that's the way you see it, fine." I raised my chin. "I have nothing to prove to you, Rogan." "But now I have something to prove to you," he said. "I promise you, I will win, and by the time I'm done, you won't walk, you..
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Next to me Arabella, wearing the same outfit I did, pursed her lips together and took a selfie. Ugh.
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I really would like to know," he said with genuine curiosity. "The next time I kill someone, I'd like to do it in a way that doesn't freak you out." "How"
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I can make you feel touched." He paused. "It would be easier if I showed you. Do I have permission?" Yes. "No." Being touched by Mad Rogan wasn't a good idea. We kept walking. What would it be like?" "Does it hurt?" "No." How would it feel? Would it feel . . . oh hell. "Okay." I stopped. We were in front of a small alcove. Nobody was around. If I made an idiot out of myself, nobody would notice. "Just once." A soft burst of heat touched th..
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I don't believe she sees him as family," Cornelius said. "She can see him however she wants. I only care how Rogan sees me."
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nevada-baylor
wildfire
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Alejandro opened his mouth "Marry Me!" "If she says Yes shoot him." Bern said to Leon, his face completely serious. "She'll thank us later." Bugg stirred in his seat. "Catalina! Do not marry this dickfucker! There are better birds in the sea!" He turned to my mom and said "Pardon my French." --
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Even if we were mated, I have my own name and I made my own rep. I don't think the term 'mate' should trump everything I've done. I've earned more than that." Jim"
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I'm curious, have you ever attempted to prevent her from doing what she wanted to do? I'd be delighted to hear how it went.
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The smile died. It was like the sun being turned off. I felt like a moment of silence was in order.
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smiles
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Ilona Andrews |
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Because you can't lie, Kate. Everything you think is right there on your face. I've met kindergarteners who are better actors than you.
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The trick here was indifference, I decided as I took my sweet time coming down the stairs. Act cool. Detached. Something potent and violent boiled inside me and I strained every nerve in my body to keep it on its chain. I could do this. I just had to stay cool. Zen. No punching in the face. Punching would not be Zen. The stairs ended. I wished I knew the jackass who'd made the staircase so short. I'd throw him down the damn steps so he coul..
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Curran stalked into the room as if he owned it, turned, and crossed his arms on his chest. Biceps bulged, stretching the sleeves of his sweatshirt. If there was any justice in the world, he should've gone bald, lost all his teeth, and developed a terrible skin rash. But no, the bastard looked good. In perfect health.
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Next to me, Saiman smiled. "We all want what we can't have, Kate. I want you, you want love, and he wants to break my neck."
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The second message was from Andrea. "Hey. It's me. Raphael says that Curran's been a real bastard since about mid-November. He's in a bad mood. He's snarling at everything and everyone, and he stopped hearing petitions. The big items that have to be done get done, but no new projects have been approved. Raphael's been trying to get financing from the Pack to buy out a competing business. He says the last time he brought it up, Curran almost..
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Andrea exploded out of the staircase, her eyes huge. "Someone broke into Curran's private quarters in the Keep and welded his weight bench together. They also melted the lock on the room where he entertains his women. Was it you?" "He's making a big deal about never expecting me to behave like a shapeshifter. So I did." "Are you out of your mind?" It's not polite to lie to your best friend. "It's a possibility." "You challenged him. The who..
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That's just perfect. I hung up and crossed my arms over my chest. When your butt is permanently attached to a chair, the only thing you can do is sit and hope to look professional.
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A normal human would be dead of alcohol poisoning by now. He wanted to drive. "Give me the keys." He considered it and dangled the keys before me. "What do I get if I let you drive?" I felt the weight of someone's gaze, as if a sniper had sighted my back through a rifle scope. I turned. The building loomed about thirty yards away. The double glass doors leading to the balcony swung open, and Curran walked out. "What do I get if I let you dr..
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Curran lunged through the window He was huge, neither a man, nor a lion. Curran's usual warrior form stood upright. This creature moved on all fours. Enormous, bulging with muscle under a gray pelt striped with whip marks of darker gray, six hundred pounds at least. His head was lion, his eyes were human, and his fangs were monster. So that's what the Beast Lord with no brakes looked like. He landed on the floor of my living room. Muscles t..
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I brushed my hand through his blond hair. "You're a fool, Your Furriness." Tiny gold sparks flared in his irises. "You're in my rooms in my bathtub naked and you're still mouthing off." Did he expect something different? "Hey, I didn't kick you or punch you in the throat. I consider this progress. And you haven't choked me again, which is some sort of record for you . . ." He grabbed me with a growl. "That's it. You're in for it." "Very sca..
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Erra's gaze swept the crowd, taking in the archers, the Biohazard, the vans, the equipment, the audience up in the ruins nearby . . . She raised her arms to the sides. The cape slipped off her. Glossy red fabric hugged her body. It clung to her like a second skin of pure scarlet. My aunt apparently had developed a fetish for spandex. Who knew? Gale thrust his hand through his cloak. His fist gripped a large axe. The orange light of the flam..
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Ilona Andrews |
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Is this my replacement?" What? "I didn't replace you!" "Of course not. I'm irreplaceable." Cornelius"
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Ilona Andrews |
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Being human in our world is synonymous with being included into the framework of society. Humanity entitles one to certain rights and privileges, but also implies voluntary acceptance of laws and rules of conduct. It transcends mere biology. It's a choice and therefore belongs solely to the individual. In essence, if a person feels they are human, then they are.
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humanity
inhumanity
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Ilona Andrews |
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There was tartle, a Scottish word for the panicked pause you experience when you have to introduce someone, but you don't remember their name. There was backpafeifengesicht, a German term for a face you'd love to punch. There was gigil, a Filipino word for the urge to squeeze an item because it is unbearably cute.
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