|
e9f7b42
|
I came to the table, pulled up a chair, and sat. "Everyone brought a pet. I feel left out." An enthusiastic howl broke the silence, and Grendel bounded through the doorway. He galloped through the steak house, skidded on the floor, smashed into my chair, and dropped a dead rat on my lap. Awesome."
|
|
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
3c6960f
|
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."
|
|
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
5b12a89
|
If I fought for them and was crippled, they would all say nice things,and then they would replace me and forget I was ever there. You would stay with me. You would take care of me, because you love me. I love you too, Kate. If you ever became hurt, I would not leave you. I'll be there. Wherever you want'there' to be. -Curran to Kate
|
|
love
magic-slays
ilona-andrews
curran
kate
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
db36b37
|
I flexed my wrist, popped a silver needle into my palm, and offered it to him. 'What's this?' 'A needle.' 'What should I do with it?' He'd walked right into it. Too easy. 'Please use it to pop your head. It's obscuring my view of the room.' - Kate & Saiman
|
|
magic-strikes
saiman
kate-daniels
shapeshifters
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
35c0b95
|
We were screwed and he didn't even kiss us first.
|
|
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
9dbd1b1
|
Was his body made out of orange rocks and did he at any point yell 'It's clobbering time'?" "I find your attempt at levity inappropriate." "Consider me properly chastised."
|
|
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
1bb8b27
|
I dreamed that Curran and I killed a dinosaur and then had sex in the dirt.
|
|
kate
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
d8c480d
|
I'll call you," he repeated. "If you call me, I won't pick up the phone." "You will wait by the phone for my call, and when it rings, you will pick it up and you will speak to me in a civil manner. If you don't know how, ask someone." --
|
|
magic-bleeds
ilona-andrews
kate
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
57f1129
|
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.
|
|
kate
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
0daa8d9
|
I lied. I need your help." "Who are we killing?" "Do you have a pen?"
|
|
magic-strikes
kate
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
016ca93
|
Tall, with skin the color of rich coffee, and dressed all in black, Jim looked like he was carved from a block of solid muscle. 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 touched the ground with its scepter and proclaimed, "There shall be a badass," and Jim sprung into existence, fully formed, complete with clothes, and ready for action."
|
|
kate-daniels
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
128e765
|
I'm welding the bimbo room shut.
|
|
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
b8c6cec
|
Outside the windows the day was bright: golden sunshine, blue sky, pleasant wind . . . 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.
|
|
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
9f42187
|
The mage pulled my knife out of his side and looked at it. "Nice knife." The voice was deep but female. I threw my second knife. The blade bit into the mage's chest. Shit. Missed the neck. "Here, have another one."
|
|
kate
fight
sarcasm
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
14240d7
|
I've read your summary." "And?" "It's not incompetent." Be still, my heart, so I don't faint from such faint phrase. "Did you expect it to be written in crayon?"
|
|
magic-bleeds
saiman
praise
kate
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
cbe466a
|
Secret to what?" "Secret to shutting you up," he said. "I just have to beat you till you're half-dead, then give you chicken soup and"--he raised his hands--"blessed silence."
|
|
silence
magic-burns
ilona-andrews
curran
kate-daniels
kate
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
c513814
|
You want me to level, here it is: I need you. I need you because I love you. Three months without you will be hell. But even if we weren't together, I would still need you. You're a good fighter, you've worked as a bodyguard, and you know magic. We may not have many magic users, but we don't know if those packs do, and if they hit us with magic, we have no way to counter." He spread his arms. "But I love you and I don't want you to be hurt...
|
|
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
5cfb536
|
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."
|
|
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
d611a29
|
He said 'woman' in the same way I'd say 'Mmmm, yummy chocolate.
|
|
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
c573dbd
|
I glanced at Derek. The boy wonder didn't melt into a pile of goo, although his gaze was glued to Rowena's chest. Avoiding eye contact. Good strategy.
|
|
fantasy
good-strategy
derek
magic-bites
ilona-andrews
rowena
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
5148989
|
You need a name." I covered the receiver for a moment. "We need a team name." "Hunters," Raphael said. "Valiant Knights of the Fur," Dali said. "Justice Group," Jim said. "Since Justice League is taken." "Fools." Doolittle shook his head. "Fools," I said into the receiver."
|
|
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
97c5a93
|
What would I do without the moral compass of a teenage werewolf?
|
|
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
a5360ad
|
I chuckled to myself and kept walking. The Universe had proven Curran wrong: a person who aggravated him more than me did, in fact, exist.
|
|
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
36fbaaf
|
I got a dog-training book. It says Grendel needs mental stimulation, so I tried to train him, but I think he must be retarded.
|
|
grendel
kate
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
b5a4925
|
You're not going to die?" "Not right this minute." And of course, saying something like that usually resulted in immediate dying. I braced myself for a stray meteorite falling through the roof to crush my skull."
|
|
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
d292431
|
What did you tell them?" "I don't recall. I think I mentioned your discipline and ability to follow orders. I may have said something about you being a team player." Derek emitted a strangled cough. "Why?" I demanded. "It seemed like a good idea at the time." Curran resumed hammering. "I'm sorry," I said into the phone, sticking me finger into my other ear so I could hear. "His Majesty tends to exaggerate things. I'm not a team player. I'm ..
|
|
funny
roof
derek
kate-daniels
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
608c98b
|
His Majesty needs a can-I girl anyway. And I'm not it." "A can-I girl?" Andrea frowned. I leaned back. " ' Can I fetch you your food, Your Majesty? Can I tell you how strong and mighty you are, Your Majesty? Can I pick out your fleas, Your Majesty? Can I kiss your ass, Your Majesty? Can I..." It dawned on me that Raphael was sitting very still. Frozen, like a statue, his gaze fixed on the point above my head. "He's standing behind me, isn't..
|
|
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
3f975ae
|
Give me an opportunity to fail," Saiman said. "I promise my corpse won't interrupt your 'I told you so' speech." --
|
|
saiman
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
d63ffb6
|
Put your badass faces on and follow me.
|
|
derek
kate
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
689cd31
|
I tried to picture a female version of Jim and got Jim in a dress instead. The image was disturbing.
|
|
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
7fa3c13
|
Congratulations, love. You traded up. Does he treat you well?' 'He's a teddy bear,' I said. Teddy bear looked like he was suffering from murder withdrawal. (Rene and Kate on Jim!)
|
|
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
df41ba0
|
Are you hungry, baby?" Curran asked. "Starving." "I think we should go to dinner." "Great idea." "What are you going to wear?" "My badass face." "Good choice," he said. >>"
|
|
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
d979901
|
He groaned and I saw his face. "Curran!" I would've preferred a homicidal lunatic. Oh, wait..."
|
|
magic-strikes
kate
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
f19a308
|
Barabas placed a stack on the table and held the chair out for me. "For you." "I'm hungry and I don't have time for this." Barabas's eyes held no mercy. "Make time, Alpha. You have two hands. You can eat and sign simultaneously." Curran grinned. "Enjoying my suffering?" I asked. "I find it hilarious that you'll run into a gunfight with nothing but your sword, but paperwork makes you panic." Barabas put a thicker stack in front of him...
|
|
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
924ef02
|
I have spent my spare time studying literature popular with young women of this planet. One should always study the battlefield." Sean glanced at him. "And?" "I suggest you give up now. According to my research, in a vampire-werewolf love triangle, the vampire always gets the girl."
|
|
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
afff784
|
Please, Kate. Suspend your dislike of me for a few moments and listen to what I have to say. It makes sense." "I don't dislike you. It's an oversimplification."
|
|
oversimplification
like
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
c3be0cb
|
Everybody has something, that one thing they must do to feel happy. I think this is yours, and I want you to be happy. You don't have to do it, but it's here if you choose to come back to it.
|
|
happy
work
happiness
something
job
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
357f6df
|
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."
|
|
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
d81ec44
|
Give me a few minutes." "You have time." He sat in the grass. "Are you just going to sit there and watch me?" "Yes. Watching pretty peasant girls is what we poor little rich boys do best." "Peasant?" He shrugged. "You started the name calling."
|
|
flirting
sarcasm
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
3eac743
|
I've had a lot of practice. The Pack contains thirty-two species in seven tribes, each with their own hang-up. Jackals and coyotes pick fights with wolves, because they have an inferiority complex and think they've got something to prove. Wolves believe themselves to be superior, marry the wrong people, and then refuse to divorce them because they cling to their 'mating for life' idiocy. Hyenas listen to nobody, screw everything, and break..
|
|
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
4dfab72
|
Do you have spies in Clan Heavy?" "I have spies everywhere." I looked at Andrea, who was hoarding bacon on her plate. "She had tea with Mahon's wife." Andrea said. Aunt B looked at her. "You and I need to work on your air of mystery."
|
|
aunt-b
kate-daniels
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
00a0c61
|
I'm counting to ten in my head." "Is it helping?" "No." "It doesn't help me with you either. I used to life weights to alleviate frustration, but someone blowtorched my weight bench. How did you do it, by the way?" "I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you."
|
|
magic-bleeds
ilona-andrews
kate
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
614d1a7
|
I do shodo magic," Dali said. "I curse through calligraphy. I have to write the curse out on a piece of paper and I can't move while I do it. One smudge, and I might kill the lot of us." Oh good. "But don't worry." Dali waved her arms. "It's so precise, it usually doesn't work at all." Better and better."
|
|
|
Ilona Andrews |
|
a82ffc6
|
Five minutes later, we were rolling around on the helipad as he tried to muscle his way out of my armlock, after slamming me onto the helipad. "I finally realized the source of your mutual attraction," Saiman said, his voice dry. I looked up. He was standing a few feet away. "Do enlighten us." Curran tried to roll into me to break the lock. Oh no you don't. "You both think violence is foreplay."
|
|
|
Ilona Andrews |