Kim Harrison: But he's Rachel Candy!" -Both Jenks and Al

He didn't want Lucy to grow up feeling alone, surrounded by everything and having nothing.

Kim Harrison

feeling-alone growing-up feelings

Rachel knew what she was doing. And when she didn't, she could improvise on the fly, coming up with options that left a lot of collateral damage but usually only hurt herself, not the people around her. It was one of the things he would never admit that he admired about her.

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damage hurt people

I'd watch your mouth", he said, tilting his head as he looked at my ID."The last lunker who laughed at her picture spent the night in the emergency room with a drink umbrella jammed up his nose".

Kim Harrison

noses night watches

One person can't hold anything, but two can have the world.

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persons two world

I didn’t mean now,” he protested. “I’m not going to raise the child. I’m having enough trouble with Rachel.

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trouble mean children

I think she suspects something, though. We’ve had cherry pie for dessert five nights in a row.” His voice drawled, and my smile deepened.

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voice night thinking

I got it this time, Daddy Warbucks," I said.

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daddy said

Wayde yelled, and I hit him again, adrenaline pulling a scream of outrage from me. He went quiet, and I held my breath to make sure I could hear him breathing. I suppose I could have used my magic on him, but this was a lot more satisfying.

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breathing magic quiet

I didn’t know what I was going to say, a feeling that was compounded when the line clicked open and Trent’s very muzzy voice murmured, “Rachel? Mmm, hi.

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lines voice feelings

Boots and leather jackets were strewn on her bed, and what looked like a new knife set. She’d taken a class last winter and was dying to try them out legally on someone.

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knives taken winter

HAPA was like mint. You could rip it up, and six months later, it was back, healthier than ever. Mint smelled better, though, and you could make juleps out of it. I don’t know what I could make out of HAPA. Compost, maybe.

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mint six-months rip

I frowned, wondering if Trent would mind being the size of a fairy for a day. He could talk to the newest tenants in his garden.

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size garden mind

Yes, but . . .” She hesitated, her gaze finally coming to me. “I survived because I fell in love.” With you was unspoken.

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i-fell-in-love-with-you unspoken love-you

Apparently their numerous tattoos gave them protection against the cold as they had no coats.

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coats cold tattoo

My office is trashed,” he grumped as he squished across his damp carpet and took the coffee that I was holding out to him. “Why are you smiling? My fish are dead.

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carpet coffee office

Don’t stereotype, Jenks. HAPA is an equal-opportunity hate group,” I said.

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groups hate opportunity

She’s not much of a team player, more of a team yeller.

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team-player team player

Elves apparently had a short childhood. Not like witches, who seemed to take forever to grow up, according to Jenks.

Kim Harrison

childhood growing-up forever

They weren’t idiots, but I attracted trouble that just begged me to beat it into submission.

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submission idiot trouble

Get your hand off me,” I exclaimed, voice loud with misplaced anger as I yanked away from his grip. “I’m a professional, not some distraught girlfriend.” Well, I was that too, but I knew how to act at a crime scene.

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girlfriend voice hands