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Andrea raised her eyebrows. "Look at you, all high-speed."
"Yeah, you'd think I was a detective or something."
Andrea held her hand out. "You'll jinx it.


Ilona Andrews

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Andrea raised her hand. “This is the hand that slapped Aunt B.”
“Maybe you should have it...
ILONA ANDREWS We can do subtle," I assured her.
"It's our middle name," Andrea added.
For some odd reaso...
ILONA ANDREWS Are you sure you know where you're going?" Andrea frowned.
"Would you like me to pull over and ...
ILONA ANDREWS I have a vamp body for you," Andrea said. "It's in the freezer."
I gave her a nice smile. "You ...
ILONA ANDREWS You starting to feel hope yet?" Viola asks, her voice curious.
"No," I say, fuddling my noise. ...
PATRICK NESS Give that boy a cookie!"
Now really wasn't the time to think about food. And where was she keep...
JUS ACCARDO I held my hand out. “Give me a grenade.”

Andrea pulled open her backpack and slid a g...
ILONA ANDREWS When I'm with him, I can feel myself getting better. It's like he's picking up broken pieces of me a...
ILONA ANDREWS He glued the chair to my ass."
Silence.
"Is it still...attached?"
"I can't get it off...
ILONA ANDREWS Bite me, Goth princess,” Shane called from the back. “Not literally or anything.”
“Mayb...
RACHEL CAINE I thought I was good at mixing things up, ... but I realize Andrea is even better. I don't have her ...
GWEN STEFANI It's not a loup cage, you know,' I told her. 'It's a holding cell. Or safe room. or secure room. I d...
ILONA ANDREWS Is he really in love with you?" Chelsea asked after a long, silent moment.

"Yes," Laurel...
APRILYNNE PIKE I am Detective Inspector Me. This is my partner, Detective Her."
The traffic warden frowned. "H...
DEREK LANDY I look up to Andrea Boccelli and Sarah Brightman. The best part about 'America's Got Talent&...
JACKIE EVANCHO I know you'll tell me to fuck off, but I think Curran loves you. Truly loves you. And I think you lo...
ILONA ANDREWS Aha," Andrea said. "I'm going to ignore that you just referred to yourself as 'sugar woogums'.
ILONA ANDREWS When Trace simply held her hands out to her sides and looked at her, Priss asked, "Are we going to h...
LORI FOSTER And I meant to tell you: that was a one-in-a-thousand shot."
She raised her hand. "Don't."
ILONA ANDREWS Do you love him?”
I jumped out of my skin. She was standing right beside me. “Who?”
JULIE ANNE PETERS Yeah, that’s what Jeffrey said too. Oh, wait … Jeffrey said something about a Sacred Abil and th...
JAYMIN EVE, TRICKERY(CURSE OF THE GODS) I wouldn't mind meeting a dashing thief," the woman's friend whispered. Hale winked at Kat.
ALLY CARTER Ethan: I love you, I whispered in her ear.
She held my face in her hands and leaned back so she...
KAMI GARCIA What's this one, Mum? There's no return address, and there's like, five stamps on it. Who's it from?...
KELLY BATTEN I thought it could be something, I mean, eventually." Harrison finally looks at us. "My life I thoug...
COURTNEY SUMMERS I always think Michelle Williams is excellent in her work. And I do love Sofia Coppola. She always c...
FELICITY JONES It’s your duty as my best friend to be outraged with me.”
“I’m outraged!” I snarled....
ILONA ANDREWS Dove held out a hand to Johnson, and he took it—not because they were fleeing a fire and not becau...
DEBRA ANASTASIA Annabeth?” Percy said again. “You’re planning something. You’ve got that I’m-planning-s...
RICK RIORDAN Andrea Bronfman was a pillar of her family and the entire Jewish community. She was an activist as w...
ISRAEL SINGER Derek, you just don't say things like that to a woman. Keep going this way and you'll spend your lif...
ILONA ANDREWS What's with the beard and the horse mane? You look like Rent-a-Villain."

The volhv's eyes...
ILONA ANDREWS The multicolored kitten snuggled between her breasts.

Lucky cat.

"I thought ma...
CANDIS TERRY Taking a deep breath that smelled of rain, she was poised to move when a hand clasped her elbow. Mem...
C.C. HUNTER ... As Lorcan stared down at Lysandra, his blood-splattered face impassive. "Out of the way, shifter...
SARAH J. MAAS Ryan held out his hands. "What the hell is this? Beat The Shit Out Of Ryan Week?" "I didn't think yo...
JAMIE MCGUIRE V, you know I love you like a brother, right?"
"Yeah."
"You feed her and I'll tear out you...
J.R. WARD Can we get a whiteboard,like on Law and Order?" Andrea asked.

Dick nodded. "I was thinkin...
MOLLY HARPER Lorcan reached out, grasping her chin and forcing her to look at him. Hopeless, bleak eyes met his. ...
SARAH J. MAAS Faris turned on him. "Why choose to wear black today, of all days? I know why I'm in black. Why are ...
CAROLINE STEVERMER As he took her hand
he gave her
all she had been
waiting for--
a shiver
dow...
ATTICUS POETRY Call her out,” Arabella said.
“Tell her Rogan is yours!” Grandma Frida pumped her fist. ILONA ANDREWS Oh, they'll never believe a woman could solve such puzzles. They'll just assume I'm humoring you by ...
DEEANNE GIST She came towards me with a juicy gash between her legs that smelled like my best friend's sister" DAVE MATTHES She's always stepped up when we've needed her. When Andrea was sick and missed a game, (Davis) stepp...
BETHANY KOCH What did he do to you?”

“This,” I said, holding up my hand. There was a shattering...
CHELSEA M. CAMERON Percy scowled. "I-I know you."
Nico raised his eyebrows. "Do you?
RICK RIORDAN We can end this before anyone gets hurt." William held his hands out to sides as if to show her he w...
MELISSA MARR How'd you get in here?"
She raised her eyebrows. “You pick pockets.” Kat watched his hand f...
ALLY CARTER His Majesty needs a can-I girl anyway. And I’m not it.”
“A can-I girl?” Andrea frowned....
ILONA ANDREWS Speed. O jest unseen, inscrutable, invisible,
As a nose on a man's face, or a weathercock on a ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE She knew it was crazy. That was a given. She had a balloon-sized head covered by a scarf while rocki...
DEBRA ANASTASIA Too much excitement, Your Majesty?” I asked.
“He was standing too close.”
“He was ...
ILONA ANDREWS You guessed? You must have been pretty sure, considering you could have killed me."
"I was nine...
CASSANDRA CLARE Kate makes good sausage," Jim said.

Six pairs of eyes stared at me. Thank you, Mr. Wonder...
ILONA ANDREWS You know, honey, Natalie's expecting her second."
I arched my eyebrows at my mother, not follo...
RACHEL VINCENT Kat held her head high as she met the King's eye.
Her stare was bold, yet sweet, and it would n...
J.Z. BINGHAM Every time you
tell your daughter
you yell at her
out of love
you teach her ...
RUPI KAUR It was the exact opposite
for me. At first all I
wanted was sex with her,
but soon I ...
ELLEN HOPKINS We knew they had a couple players, both named Moore. Jennifer Hinton did a good job on Andrea Moore ...
REGGIE LEE Oh, I don't know. I might grow on you."
She furrowed her pretty eyebrows. "Like a cancer?"
ILONA ANDREWS Her innocence was maddening. She should know. She should know what her steward had done. She should ...
MARIE RUTKOSKI I love you," he said.

She looked up at him, her eyes shiny and black, then looked away. "...
RAINBOW ROWELL What? Who are you marrying?”
His jaw tightened.“Princess Cleiona Bellos.”
Lucia coul...
MORGAN RHODES Isi, I’m trying to say that you’ve been… no, you’re so, you’re–” He stopped.
"You...
SHANNON HALE Her phone beeps and she pulls it out again. She frowns.

I give her a side-eye. “Everyth...
ASHLEY POSTON There was something about my face,she said, that she couldn't stand. Something about my eyes, the wa...
TAHEREH MAFI We stared at each other for several moments, neither of us speaking or moving, and then I was in fro...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT You were dancing with Yuki and I looked at you. And you turned away and held her closer. Why did you...
APRILYNNE PIKE For the love of God, Hanna, where are you?" he yelled.

Across the room she lowered her fr...
CHRISTINA LAUREN it was a woman who drove me to drink, come to think of it I never did hang around to thank her for t...
DEAN MARTIN She's hurt and still imagines I'd worry about him for even a second ? I touch her shoulder. Her touc...
RICK YANCEY I told them he'd be able to get you to go out." Rianne folded her winnings and tucked the bills into...
MELISSA MARR I was only kidding about the hundred," she says.

oh," I say, "what will it cost me?"
CHARLES BUKOWSKI I know what it felt . . . like when I . . . thought you were dead, and-" A small gasp for breath, an...
DIANA GABALDON He reached over and took Taylor’s hand. She did not pull her hand away.
He moved his hand up ...
MICHAEL GRANT You will not pass!” Roman thundered.
Great. Now he had decided he was Gandalf.
ILONA ANDREWS And I'm not sensitive at all, Philip. Just
mean."
He smiled down at her. "Have you ever co...
NORA ROBERTS Maybe I owe you something too, human," she said, drawing her pistol. Butler almost reacted, but deci...
EOIN COLFER Are you armed?" Oliver asked her.
She glanced down at her backpack and instantly, instinctively...
RACHEL CAINE You're cute when you're worried," she muttered. "Your eyebrows get all scrunched together."
"Y...
RICK RIORDAN To love is to think.
And I almost forget to feel only from thinking about her.
I don’t k...
ALBERTO CAEIRO There's something about her.
It's not her smile or grace,
It's not her beauty or race,
J.A. ANUM I told you everything I know", said the messenger. Arin had gone to his childhood suite, feeling anx...
MARIE RUTKOSKI Her hand touched me at the wrist. "If I gave you my life, you would drop it. Wouldn't you?"
MICHAEL ONDAATJE Let’s get to the point, Amelia.” His hands closed over her shoulders. “Are you going to marry ...
LISA KLEYPAS I have something for you.”
“Yeah? What? Is it shiny?”
They both waited until Indigo ...
NALINI SINGH Instead of being lionized and admired for her genius, instead of being able to earn a decent living ...
CATHARINE MACKINNON If seeing her an hour before her last
Weak cough into all blackness I could yet
Be held by...
MERVYN PEAKE Do you like flowers, Lady Eleanor?"
It was him speaking. Lord Blunt. Asking her opinion on some...
MEGAN FRAMPTON So what was that all about?"
"I think," Jace said, "that she asked if she could touch my mango....
CASSANDRA CLARE Do I feel sorry for Andrea Maslanka? No, I don?t feel sorry for her. I feel sorry for the simpleton,...
FRANCIS RECCHUITI Everyone has always said I look like Bailey, but I don't.
I have grey eyes to her green,
a...
JANDY NELSON I. At Tea

THE kettle descants in a cosy drone,
And the young wife looks in her husba...
THOMAS HARDY The traffic warden looked up. "This your car?"
"It is," said Skulduggery.
The traffic wa...
DEREK LANDY Give the girl some credit. At least she told you, instead of letting you figure it out on your own."...
RACHEL CAINE All right, my hope—but I am not saying the rest of it—I have something you need to feel.”
SHERRY THOMAS Pausing with the teacup near her lips, Helen said, "I would rather marry you. It will be an adventur...
LISA KLEYPAS What'a wrong, Villa? Man, you look like shit!" Ramirez said from the driver's seat. The laughter in ...
MILLY TAIDEN I think it would be best if, when you’re having suicidal thoughts of stabbing yourself, that you t...
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you might want to decide fast. We live in a dangerous world. If you see a chance to be happy, you ha...
ILONA ANDREWS Sh!t. F_ck sh!t.'....

'Sh!t f_ck would have also been accepted.
ILONA ANDREWS He put the book down. “As you wish.” He rose and walked past me. I lowered my sword, expecting h...
ILONA ANDREWS George grimaced. “Jack is spoiled. Things are hard for him, but he isn’t the only one who doesn�...
ILONA ANDREWS That's all right," she told him. "I can manage. I can sleep outside just fine."
Four pairs of e...
ILONA ANDREWS And I meant to tell you: that was a one-in-a-thousand shot."
She raised her hand. "Don't."
ILONA ANDREWS Fuck. Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck. He had the two wards of the fucking Marshal of the fucking Southern Pr...
ILONA ANDREWS Did I hurt you in the parking lot?"
"No, m'lady. I fell, so I could put a tracker on your car."...
ILONA ANDREWS Doode," George said.
He'd practiced all morning but still didn't get it quite right. "Nope, mor...
ILONA ANDREWS You're right, my problems are the biggest problems ever," George said. "No, honestly, it's horrible ...
ILONA ANDREWS Did those nice church ladies come by again?"
He nodded. "I asked them if a man died and then t...
ILONA ANDREWS The mage pulled my knife out of his side and looked at it. “Nice knife.” The voice was deep but ...
ILONA ANDREWS When she looked at him with those dark eyes, Nassar felt the urge to say something intelligent and d...
ILONA ANDREWS Her philosophy was, if it had a pulse, it could be killed. I didn’t really have a philosophy, but ...
ILONA ANDREWS She crouched with her hand out. What the hell was she doing…
"Here, kitty, kitty, kitty." ILONA ANDREWS Unfortunately, the Best Lord had condemned both vehicles as unsafe and instead I now leased a Pack J...
ILONA ANDREWS If the sky could dream, it would dream of dragons.
ILONA ANDREWS Our relationship had been doomed form the start, because it was based on grief, and unlike love, gri...
ILONA ANDREWS Georgie, stop trying to resurrect the shoes. They were never alive in the first place.
ILONA ANDREWS Jack didn’t fully get Jesus. Audrey tried to explain it, and he could repeat it back to her, word ...
ILONA ANDREWS When in doubt, poke the beehive with a stick to see if anything interesting flies out.
I clappe...
ILONA ANDREWS Oh no, is it naked time?
ILONA ANDREWS This doesn't mean you're getting a discount."
Audrey heaved a mock sigh. "Oh well. I guess I'll...
ILONA ANDREWS No matter what happens, you will always be Pack. Because you have that loyalty and restraint. Not hu...
ILONA ANDREWS Please, Kate. Suspend your dislike of me for a few moments and listen to what I have to say. It make...
ILONA ANDREWS He leaned his head to me, his neck so close to my lips, I felt the heat coming off his skin. His bre...
ILONA ANDREWS He poked his finger into my chest again. “Well, I have something to tell you: don’t let the sun ...
ILONA ANDREWS I can't give you the white picket fence, and if I did, you'd set it on fire.
ILONA ANDREWS Just stay close to us. If we get in trouble, we'll kill everything.
ILONA ANDREWS He was going to take a dive into this lake. He just didn’t know it. Cerise rose, finding footing i...
ILONA ANDREWS I would try being friends with her, but she's too busy being a smartass."

"Now you know h...
ILONA ANDREWS The good doctor put a spoon of tea into my honey." "You're drinking tea a honey badger made," Jim sa...
ILONA ANDREWS My point is, I would never hurt you or your family.”
I raised my chin at him. “If you tried...
ILONA ANDREWS This is payback, isn't it?" Jim glared at me. "Don't be ridiculous," I told him. "As the Consort of ...
ILONA ANDREWS Look, he isn’t even concerned.”
I poured the tea. “He’s concerned, Mother. He just does...
ILONA ANDREWS Why were you in a vehicle with Kate, alone? What were you wearing? What was she wearing? How long we...
ILONA ANDREWS Enough," Curran said. An unmistakable command saturated his voice. Jim clicked his mouth shut. I cro...
ILONA ANDREWS Who snitched?"
"We have people monitoring police radio frequencies. They gave Jim a heads-up in...
ILONA ANDREWS Tall, with skin the color of rich coffee, and dressed all in black, Jim looked like he was carved fr...
ILONA ANDREWS I know it's late, but could you find a book for me? It's called The Slavs: Study of Pagan Tradition ...
ILONA ANDREWS You know anything about investigative work?"
"Sure. Annoy the people involved until the guilt p...
ILONA ANDREWS An evil spark flared in his eyes. "Trade: raccoon for some answers.
ILONA ANDREWS Because you are the one. You are better than me in some things, and I am better than you in others.....
ILONA ANDREWS Kaldar smiled at her. Now there was a work of art. If she were just a girl and he were just a man, a...
ILONA ANDREWS She was pretty sure that if you died in the South, you'd have a layover in Atlanta before you reache...
ILONA ANDREWS You enjoyed it. It made you feel alive. You were looking kind of green."

You bastard....
ILONA ANDREWS When walking into the lair of the dragon after robbing his hoard, the least you could do is hold you...
ILONA ANDREWS Breaking into the house in the middle of the night just wasn't his style. He did his best work in pl...
ILONA ANDREWS The heavy eyelids snapped open. Jack froze.
A huge gold-and-amber eye, as big as a dinner plat...
ILONA ANDREWS Audrey turned to him, a sly little spark hiding in her eyes. "THe only man who gets to call me'love'...
ILONA ANDREWS Oh, I don't know. I might grow on you."
She furrowed her pretty eyebrows. "Like a cancer?"
ILONA ANDREWS Did I ever tell you that you are like sunshine in the middle of the night?
ILONA ANDREWS I need you to get down there, open the stalls inside, and panic the horses.”
“ ‘Panic’?...
ILONA ANDREWS Audrey kept moving with practiced quickness, stepping over roots protruding over the trail and pushi...
ILONA ANDREWS The way she sat now, leaning forward frowning, biting her pink bottom lip, her shirt dipping to reve...
ILONA ANDREWS George turned to her. His blue eyes widened. His lovely face took on a forlorn, deeply troubled expr...
ILONA ANDREWS The only way to make sure that the Hand didn't get to you would have been to kill your brother. I co...
ILONA ANDREWS He hit her with his best smile. Her eyes widened. She took a deep breath. 'Oh no, not that seductive...
ILONA ANDREWS At the door, Audrey called, "Are you coming?"
"No, just breathing hard, love." He glanced at he...
ILONA ANDREWS I never wanted to marry anyone before,” he said. “When two people marry, they surrender a small ...
ILONA ANDREWS Ask a man how much a dollar is worth, and he'll tell you, 'Almost nothing.' Try to take a dollar awa...
ILONA ANDREWS Stealers, keepers.
ILONA ANDREWS Oh, so it was a lifesaving kiss."

"Well, if you want to put it that way..."

ILONA ANDREWS I wouldn’t put it past you,” Kaldar said. “Or him. Who knows what the hell he might do?”
ILONA ANDREWS Well, shit," Dobe said. "I guess you're familiar with the law. You hit it over the head, set its hou...
ILONA ANDREWS Congratulations," he said, his voice dry. "You finally managed to find a woman as tragically noble a...
ILONA ANDREWS The judge's massive eyebrows crept up. "Kaldar. Are you the one speaking for the plaintiff today?" <...
ILONA ANDREWS Grandpa?" Declan raised his eyebrows.
"We keep him in the shed out back," Jack said helpfully. ...
ILONA ANDREWS Kaldar picked up a rock and tossed it into the clearing. It landed between two wards. A green stem s...
ILONA ANDREWS William's eyes glowed like two amber coals. She met his gaze and flinched. No emotion reflected in t...
ILONA ANDREWS Behind him Kaldar nudged Urow's youngest son. "Bet you he lasts at least thirty seconds."
"Um.....
ILONA ANDREWS She surveyed the carnage behind him. "Did you have fun?"
He showed her his teeth. "Yes.
ILONA ANDREWS Failure happened. The trick was to accept the risk and try anyway.
ILONA ANDREWS You say the sweetest things. And that spaghetti perfume you're wearing is to die for. No hobo could ...
ILONA ANDREWS He had the prettiest hair she had ever seen on a man: dark brown, almost black, and soft like sable,...
ILONA ANDREWS You said he was a soldier. You don't suppose...?"
"Oh, Gods." Ignata blinked. "You think someth...
ILONA ANDREWS It depends. If I don't let you in, will you huff and puff and blow my house down?"
She had no ...
ILONA ANDREWS Oh, Gods."
His eyes shone with want and predatory satisfaction. "The name's William. It's a com...
ILONA ANDREWS Some women waited for a night in shining armor. She, apparently, had ended up with a knight in black...
ILONA ANDREWS It could be worse," he said finally. "Efrenia married an arsonist. Jake's wife is a kleptomaniac. I ...
ILONA ANDREWS How is it different?"
He rolled his head back, sable hair falling down on his shoulders. "With ...
ILONA ANDREWS Shane lowered his glasses on his nose and gave me his version of a severe stare.
I leaned a lit...
ILONA ANDREWS You'll lose."
"What makes you so sure?"
"You have no discipline. All you do is tear down s...
ILONA ANDREWS I know you'll tell me to fuck off, but I think Curran loves you. Truly loves you. And I think you lo...
ILONA ANDREWS Oh my God, she was retarded and I was going to kill Jim.
ILONA ANDREWS You sure you don't need your Prince Charming to come and save you?"
The knot in my stomach eva...
ILONA ANDREWS I also stole a small yellow doughnut from the box of Duncan's doughnuts in the rec room and fed it t...
ILONA ANDREWS Rene, you want us to find you-don't-know-who and to retrieve his you-don't-know-what for you-won't-t...
ILONA ANDREWS If the lot of you survives, Curran will flay the skin off your backs," Doolittle said.
"That's ...
ILONA ANDREWS Tiny gold sparks flared in his irises. "You're in my rooms in my bathtub naked and you're still mout...
ILONA ANDREWS Hi, Your Majesty, we drugged your love muffin and then let her walk out into the dark, in the sn...
ILONA ANDREWS Kate Daniels, deadly swordmaster. Fear my twitching pinkie.
ILONA ANDREWS I've never seen such a collection of idiots in my whole life.' Doolittle shook his head. 'If you par...
ILONA ANDREWS I'm counting to ten in my head."
"Is it helping?"
"No."
"It doesn't help me with you ...
ILONA ANDREWS I glanced at Derek. The boy wonder didn't melt into a pile of goo, although his gaze was glued to Ro...
ILONA ANDREWS Secret to what?"
"Secret to shutting you up," he said. "I just have to beat you till you're hal...
ILONA ANDREWS I've read your summary."
"And?"
"It's not incompetent."
Be still, my heart, so I don'...
ILONA ANDREWS I'll call you," he repeated.
"If you call me, I won't pick up the phone."
"You will wait b...
ILONA ANDREWS I flexed my wrist, popped a silver needle into my palm, and offered it to him.
'What's this?' ILONA ANDREWS If I fought for them and was crippled, they would all say nice things,and then they would replace me...
ILONA ANDREWS When I'm with him, I can feel myself getting better. It's like he's picking up broken pieces of me a...
ILONA ANDREWS You know," she said, stirring her tea, "the fastest way to get him off your back is to sleep with hi...
ILONA ANDREWS He lunged for the maps. I grabbed the chair and hit him with it. He went down. I hit him again to ma...
ILONA ANDREWS You will not pass!” Roman thundered.
Great. Now he had decided he was Gandalf.
ILONA ANDREWS I'll be busy for the next eight weeks, so let's set this for November 15th.
MENU
I wan...
ILONA ANDREWS No more tubs for me." I jumped off the bed and pulled on a pair of Pack sweats. "They make me lose a...
ILONA ANDREWS This man was a rogue, not because circumstances forced him to be a criminal but because he was born ...
ILONA ANDREWS Not only will you sleep with me, but you will say 'please.'"
I stared at him, shocked.
Th...
ILONA ANDREWS Andrea raised her hand. “This is the hand that slapped Aunt B.”
“Maybe you should have it...
ILONA ANDREWS She handed him a glass of water and two Aleve gelcaps. “They’re anti-inflammatories. They will d...
ILONA ANDREWS I know people who will gently persuade you to be forthcoming.
ILONA ANDREWS You think he's got 'government badass' tattooed on his chest?" I murmured.
A faint grimace skew...
ILONA ANDREWS I hit him on the back of the neck. He submerged. Help. I've drowned the Beast Lord.
ILONA ANDREWS The vampire leaned forward, tapping a scimitar claw. "Is that a lion with horns and a pitchfork?" ILONA ANDREWS The first rule of etiquette a boy learns when he's about to enter
society is that civility is d...
ILONA ANDREWS Everybody has something, that one thing they must do to feel happy. I think this is yours, and I wan...
ILONA ANDREWS Cats randomly refuse to follow orders to prove they can.
ILONA ANDREWS Your sword is made out of your grandmother’s bones?”
“Okay, I see how it sounds weird whe...
ILONA ANDREWS Have you ever met someone and felt… I don't know how to describe it, felt a chance at having somet...
ILONA ANDREWS And then what?"
"I'll burn that bridge when I cross it.
ILONA ANDREWS If you come back to me, I'll never leave you", I whispered into the furry ear. "I'll make you all th...
ILONA ANDREWS Estene aleera hesaad de viren aneda." And now, you are forever mine.
ILONA ANDREWS What’s this ”
“A needle.”
“What should I do with it ” He’d walked right into...
ILONA ANDREWS Cute. I think I would prefer to be stabbed in the eye rather than be called cute.
ILONA ANDREWS Ready to put your claws where your mouth is, or are you going to cringe behind the big boys and yip ...
ILONA ANDREWS Curran shrugged and pulled me back to him. 'You don't pick the family you're born into. You pick the...
ILONA ANDREWS Give me an opportunity to fail," Saiman said. "I promise my corpse won't interrupt your 'I told you ...
ILONA ANDREWS Kate's Speciality: Killing things, with much bloodshed. Talking trash, infuriating authority. Drivin...
ILONA ANDREWS You snore worse. At least I don't turn into a lion in my sleep."
"I only did it once."
"On...
ILONA ANDREWS You’re taking a nap? Come on, Kate, I need you for this fight. Stop lying around.”
“You m...
ILONA ANDREWS Aha! So I’m not crazy.”
“You are most definitely crazy,” Derek said. “But in a derang...
ILONA ANDREWS I think you’re confused as to the nature of our relationship. You and I, we don’t get along. You...
ILONA ANDREWS I turned to leave and paused before the gap in the ruined wall. "One last thing, Your Majesty. I'd l...
ILONA ANDREWS Did he just rip out the engine?" I asked.
"Yes", Saiman said. "And now he is demolishing the Ma...
ILONA ANDREWS Saiman reached into the trunk and pulled out a pink tulle tutu.
“No.”
“Yes.” ILONA ANDREWS I take back what I said about the donkey,’’ Ascanio said. ‘’She’s awesome
ILONA ANDREWS You can’t blame me,” Ascanio said. “Anybody in my place would be concerned. You don’t even h...
ILONA ANDREWS Ascanio..."
"Yes, Consort?"
"I think you misunderstand the whole nature of what it means t...
ILONA ANDREWS I've been assigned to bodyguard you."
You've got to be kidding me.
Derek snorted. ILONA ANDREWS swore. “Barabas said you might say that. I’m supposed to tell you this.” Ascanio cleared his t...
ILONA ANDREWS Because that's what it would catch in the wild, a boar, right? I can't wait to see a pack of bunnyca...
ILONA ANDREWS Sit your ass down, Don Juanabe," Derek said.
"Don Juanabe?" Ascanio pulled out his swords.
ILONA ANDREWS Okay, pull me up."
The rope didn't move.
"Ascanio?" What was it now? Did he see a butterfl...
ILONA ANDREWS Say 'pop.'"
"Pop?"
"That was the sound of me pulling your head out of your ass.
ILONA ANDREWS And how did your day go?" I asked Ascanio.
He turned to me, a dreamy look on his pretty face....
ILONA ANDREWS Quick, Derek, it's your chance to shine," Ascanio said.
Derek gave him a withering look.
"...
ILONA ANDREWS Desandra shrugged her shoulders. "Hey, Kate? Have you thought of walking up to Hugh and telling him ...
ILONA ANDREWS Put your badass faces on and follow me.
ILONA ANDREWS Her face looked like it would shatter any second.
ILONA ANDREWS One day I'll kill him, you know.
I glanced at her. She was deadly serious.
ILONA ANDREWS She put her hands over her face. Ah crap. What do I do now? Do I say something, do I not say somethi...
ILONA ANDREWS Andrea, in less than twelve hours, Atlanta will be full of demons. They will kill, feed, and release...
ILONA ANDREWS Are you happy?
When I can get out of my own way.
And the rest of the time?
The rest o...
ILONA ANDREWS It's not a loup cage, you know,' I told her. 'It's a holding cell. Or safe room. or secure room. I d...
ILONA ANDREWS Who is there with you?"

"Raphael"

Kate's voice snapped. "I'll be in Atlanta in...
ILONA ANDREWS Derek, you just don't say things like that to a woman. Keep going this way and you'll spend your lif...
ILONA ANDREWS We can do subtle," I assured her.
"It's our middle name," Andrea added.
For some odd reaso...
ILONA ANDREWS He glued the chair to my ass."
Silence.
"Is it still...attached?"
"I can't get it off...
ILONA ANDREWS Who is Hunter Becker?"
"Becker the Gory? Lighthouse Keepers? Boston?"
"I would've preferre...
ILONA ANDREWS We don't need teenage bouda sex fiends as interns.
How do you know he is a sex fiend?
He i...
ILONA ANDREWS Would you like to work here with me?
We have no clients and the pay is shit.
ILONA ANDREWS Aha," Andrea said. "I'm going to ignore that you just referred to yourself as 'sugar woogums'.
ILONA ANDREWS What do you mean fainted?
Took a dive, kissed the pavement. Swooned like a southern belle after...
ILONA ANDREWS I got a dog-training book. It says Grendel needs mental stimulation, so I tried to train him, but I ...
ILONA ANDREWS Are you sure you know where you're going?" Andrea frowned.
"Would you like me to pull over and ...
ILONA ANDREWS It’s your duty as my best friend to be outraged with me.”
“I’m outraged!” I snarled....
ILONA ANDREWS I have a serious question."

"I will give a serious answer."

"Can a god be kill...
ILONA ANDREWS I batted my eyelashes and did my best to appear dumb as a board
ILONA ANDREWS The dark scary servant of all evil was on his way to rescue me. Somehow that thought failed to make ...
ILONA ANDREWS Your favorite volhv showed up half an hour ago, complaining about his lack of sleep and stupid gods....
ILONA ANDREWS Some people had attack dogs. Ghastek had attack lawyers.
ILONA ANDREWS The door swung open and Kate walked in. Her jeans and T-shirt were splattered with blood and she was...
ILONA ANDREWS My mind struggled to formulate a coherent though, any thought. I opened my mouth. "Your pajamas have...
ILONA ANDREWS Only poor people are weird. Rich people are eccentric.
ILONA ANDREWS I was so happy to be out of there. “Barabas, if you weren’t batting
for the other team, I�...
ILONA ANDREWS I gave him my Order smile: sweet grin, hard eyes, reached over to my passenger seat, and pulled out ...
ILONA ANDREWS You think this is some sort of comedy going on here?” Collins gave him his tough stare.
A lit...
ILONA ANDREWS Bad days, good days, ‘I’ll cut you if you look at me the wrong way’ days. I’ll take them all...
ILONA ANDREWS You’re touching me,” I chided him.
He caressed my back, sliding his hand down, hitting eve...
ILONA ANDREWS Raphael turned me over and looked at me, his face close to mine. "You and I will never be done.You'r...
ILONA ANDREWS Are you implying that our relationship is like a Spanish soap opera?”

“I’m not imp...
ILONA ANDREWS Kate stood by the door with her arms crossed.
That was an anti-Curran pose. What the hell was t...
ILONA ANDREWS Someone pounded on the office door. Barabas moved to the door, slid aside the metal shutter covering...
ILONA ANDREWS My tablecloth was missing in action and long, jagged scratches covered the table's surface.The scrat...
ILONA ANDREWS Since we’re playing that game… I tilted my face up to his and gave him a lovesick gaze.
“...
ILONA ANDREWS The rage of the Beast Lord was a terrible thing to behold. Some people stormed, some punched things,...
ILONA ANDREWS At first glance you looked at Kate and thought “fighter,” maybe merc. Five inches taller than me...
ILONA ANDREWS Curran and Kate stood by the door.
“I can’t believe you decided to come down here and check...
ILONA ANDREWS You’re the most experienced investigator I’ve got who’s not tied up in something, and I can’...
ILONA ANDREWS Kate smirked.
"What?"
"Your horse looks pink."
"So?"
"If you paste some stars on...
ILONA ANDREWS It’s never a good thing when the black volhv says “Uh-oh” and then runs for his life.
ILONA ANDREWS Our standard rate. A doubloon a day."
It was generous. More than generous--some families would ...
ILONA ANDREWS So, regarding that tidbit about your having a fertile imagination when it comes to private activitie...
ILONA ANDREWS Rumors said that if he got drunk enough, he sometimes got his jollies by stripping naked and scaring...
ILONA ANDREWS The decorator of Las Colimas must have been a great admirer of both early Aztec and late Taco Bell a...
ILONA ANDREWS Fuck the pack. I gave them fifteen years of my life. I fought for them, bled for them, and the momen...
ILONA ANDREWS Because he has the best equipment in the City and he knows how to use it!
ILONA ANDREWS I'm welding the bimbo room shut.
ILONA ANDREWS Was his body made out of orange rocks and did he at any point yell 'It's clobbering time'?"
"I ...
ILONA ANDREWS You should name him Fezzik."
"Inconceivable.
ILONA ANDREWS