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It took a qualified wizard to detect a summoning in progress. It required only a half-literate idiot with a twitch of power and a dim idea of how to use it to attempt one. Before you knew it, a three-headed Slavonic god was wreaking havoc in downtown Atlanta, the skies were raining winged snakes, and SWAT was screaming for more ammo.
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Ilona Andrews |
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96fe518
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I've never seen such a collection of idiots in my whole life.' Doolittle shook his head. 'If you participate in this lunacy, y'all will get yourselves killed. Then don't come crying to me.' Now that would be a neat trick.
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magic-strikes
ilona-andrews
kate-daniels
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Ilona Andrews |
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8b1a6f9
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Wanna spot me?" "No thanks. How about I just scream verbal encouragements at you?"
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Ilona Andrews |
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034e26c
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You're Mad Rogan!" Leon burst out. "Yes," Mad Rogan said, his voice calm. "And you can break cities?" "Yes." "And you have all this money and magic?" "Yes." Where was Leon going with this? My cousin blinked. "And you look . . . like that?" Mad Rogan nodded. "Yes." Leon's dark eyes went wide. He looked at Mad Rogan, then glanced back at himself. At fifteen, Leon weighed barely a hundred pounds. His arms and legs were like chopsticks. "There ..
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Ilona Andrews |
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It's awful to be rich and mind-boggingly handsome and have women fawn over you. My heart bleeds for you. Poor dear, how do you manage?
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rose
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Ilona Andrews |
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Desandra shrugged her shoulders. "Hey, Kate? Have you thought of walking up to Hugh and telling him that he's got the biggest dick ever?" She spread her arms to the size of a baseball bat. "No, you think it would work?" I asked. "It's worth a try. May be he'll be so happy you noticed his pork sword, he'll forget all about trying to kill us." Pork sword. Kill me now. "I'll think about it." Ascanio began patting his clothes. "What?" Derek gro..
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desandra
derek
hugh-d-ambray
kate-daniels
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Ilona Andrews |
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Where is the bane of my existence?" "In the shower, freshening up." Damn it all to hell. "Oh God, who did Ascanio screw now?" "No, no, he's covered in blood." "Oh good." Wait a minute. "The kid is covered in blood and we're relieved. There is something wrong with us."
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ascanio
kate-daniels
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Ilona Andrews |
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60712eb
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You were joking about the whole please and thank you thing, right?" "Meant every word." A little light danced in his eyes and he very deliberately said, "Baby." No. He laughed. "You should see your face right now." "Don't call me that." "Would you prefer 'darling'? Or maybe 'cupcake'?" He winked."
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Ilona Andrews |
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b88b830
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What do you mean fainted? Took a dive, kissed the pavement. Swooned like a southern belle after her first kiss. Had a dreadful case of the vapors.
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kate
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Ilona Andrews |
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70fb089
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Because he has the best equipment in the City and he knows how to use it!
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humor
kate
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Ilona Andrews |
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2eed698
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Quick, Derek, it's your chance to shine," Ascanio said. Derek gave him a withering look. "Desandra is a mother, Robert is married, Kate's affianced, and I'm an old soul. You're the closest thing to a virgin we've got. Get on with growing some flowing locks."
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humor
derek
kate-daniels
banter
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Ilona Andrews |
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4c43fa7
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Who snitched?" "We have people monitoring police radio frequencies. They gave Jim a heads-up in case our security had to storm PAD offices and bust you out of there. I found out when I saw Jim walking down the hallway snickering to himself."
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magic-slays
ilona-andrews
kate-daniels
kate
jim
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Ilona Andrews |
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b14de94
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She handed him a glass of water and two Aleve gelcaps. "They're anti-inflammatories. They will dull the pain a little bit and keep down swelling and redness. Swallow the pills, don't chew." "Well, I thought I'd stick them into my nose and impersonate a walrus, but if you insist, I'll swallow them."
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funny
rose
medicine
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Ilona Andrews |
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d8be8a1
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Curran shrugged and pulled me back to him. 'You don't pick the family you're born into. You pick the one you make. I already chose my mate and glued her ass to the chair to make sure she knew it.
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kate-daniels
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Ilona Andrews |
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d8f5a9c
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I had the metabolism of a hummingbird on crack.
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Ilona Andrews |
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I turned and bumped my head against his chest a few times. It was the nearest hard surface.
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Ilona Andrews |
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The judge's massive eyebrows crept up. "Kaldar. Are you the one speaking for the plaintiff today?" "Yes, Your Honor." "Well, shit," Dobe said. "I guess you're familiar with the law. You hit it over the head, set its house on fire, and got its sister pregnant."
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law
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Ilona Andrews |
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195240a
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If he full-out flexed, I would probably faint, or jump off the building.
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Ilona Andrews |
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Who the hell would attack the Steel Horse anyway? What was the thinking behind that? "Here is a bar full of psychotic killers who grow giant claws and people who pilot the undead for a living. I think I'll go wreck the place."
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Ilona Andrews |
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90cc017
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Fortune favors the brave," I told her. It also kills the stupid, but I decided to keep that fact to myself."
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Ilona Andrews |
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Curran struck at my wrist. His fingers were cat-quick, but I had spent my life honing my reflexes, and he missed. "Well, look at that." I studied my free wrist. "Denied. Good-bye"
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Ilona Andrews |
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84e1c73
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Go home, kiss your wives, hug your children and put your affairs in order, because tomorrow I will burn your neighborhood to the ground. We will kill you, your families, your neighbors, your pets, and anyone who will stand in our path. An attack on my family will not go unpunished.
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Ilona Andrews |
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c90dc4f
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Keeping you safe keeps me in shape.
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Ilona Andrews |
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2f4dc93
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Your sword is made out of your grandmother's bones?" "Okay, I see how it sounds weird when you say it in that tone of voice" --
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kate
sword
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Ilona Andrews |
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Ready to put your claws where your mouth is, or are you going to cringe behind the big boys and yip all day?" His eyes flared yellow "Is that a challenge?" "Yes it is."
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Ilona Andrews |
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Oh, it's you," Curran's voice said quietly. "I thought it was an elephant."
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Ilona Andrews |
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I sighed and put Slayer between the front seats. "Stay here. Guard the car." Saiman shut the door. "Is the sword sentient?" "No. But I like to pretend it is."
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magic-strikes
saiman
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Ilona Andrews |
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436abfd
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Would you care for something to drink?" "Is it poisoned?" "It's Saturday," I said. "We only serve poison during the week."
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ilona andrews |
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e63a33f
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Kate Daniels, deadly swordmaster. Fear my twitching pinkie.
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magic-bleeds
kate
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Ilona Andrews |
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0defe76
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Too much excitement, Your Majesty?" I asked. "He was standing too close." "He was asking about Andrea." "Too close. I didn't like it." Curran wrapped his arm around my shoulders and started walking, steering me away from the group. His Possessive Majesty in all of his glory."
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Ilona Andrews |
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c572a68
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Cute. I think I would prefer to be stabbed in the eye rather than be called cute.
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magic-strikes
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Ilona Andrews |
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6d2c6f3
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It's not your job to die for your Pack! It's your job to make the other bastards die for theirs.
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Ilona Andrews |
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Andrea: "....I think a dog is a great idea. I just never pictured you with a mutant poodle." Kate: "He isn't a poodle. He's a Doberman mix." Andrea: "Aha. Keep telling yourself that."
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Ilona Andrews |
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If the lot of you survives, Curran will flay the skin off your backs," Doolittle said. "That's what I always love about you, Doctor." Raphael grinned. "You're a cup-halfway-full kind of guy. All flowers and sunshine."
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magic-strikes
ilona-andrews
raphael
kate-daniels
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Ilona Andrews |
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And then what?" "I'll burn that bridge when I cross it."
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paraphrased
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Ilona Andrews |
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I looked at him. "You really need to work on your threats. I can't tell if you're threatening me or inviting me for tea."
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magic-slays
kate
threats
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Ilona Andrews |
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Oh. "So the best way to fight you is to strip naked and attack?" His eyes flashed with a wicked light. "Yes. You should try it and see what happens."
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nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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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 anything different? "Hey, I didn't kick 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..."
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mouthing-off
magic-bleeds
ilona-andrews
kate
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Ilona Andrews |
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This was hell and I was its fury.
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Ilona Andrews |
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And how did your day go?" I asked Ascanio. He turned to me, a dreamy look on his pretty face. "We killed things. There was blood. Fountains of blood. And then we had barbecue."
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kate-daniels
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Ilona Andrews |
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fa60030
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One school of thought says that the best way to handle an issue like this is exposure therapy," Mad Rogan said. "For example, if you're terrified of snakes, repeated handling of them will cure it." Aha. "I'm not handling your snake."
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nevada-baylor
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Ilona Andrews |
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c28ca0f
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The hallway led me to the stairway of a million steps. My leg screamed in protest. I sighed and started climbing. I just had to keep from limping. Limping showed weakness, and I didn't need any enterprising, career-motivated shapeshifters trying to challenge me for dominance right about now. I had once mentioned my desire for an elevator, and His Majesty asked me if I would like a flock of doves to carry me up to my quarters so my feet woul..
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curran
kate
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Ilona Andrews |
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2b53ce1
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What is wrong with you? Many, many things.
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kate
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Ilona Andrews |
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13c0d4e
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Roland had sworn off children--they kept trying to kill him.
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Ilona Andrews |