Why had I wasted all my time pretending to be someone I wasn't? I was tired, so very, very tired of standing on my own brakes. I felt...right. I felt free.

Ilona Andrews

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Where is Barbie?" The female shifter snickered and choked it off.... by Ilona Andrews

Where is Barbie?" The female shifter snickered and choked it off. "Is there a stripper pole?

barbie female

He finished the bandage and was examining it critically. "You know those things are unreliable." His voice held just a touch of reproach. “Eleven out of twelve work fine. I’d say that’s better chances than getting an orgasm with a blind date and women still try.

twelve voice trying

Because he has the best equipment in the City and he knows how to... by Ilona Andrews

Because he has the best equipment in the City and he knows how to use it!

equipment cities use

Yes, I'm too mad to punish you right now. We'll talk about it when we get home. Go brush your teeth, comb your hair, put on dry clothes, and get the guns. We're going to Wal-Mart.

gun home hair

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?

over-you mind heart

You like the girl," Alasdair offered. Nassar leveled a heavy gaze at him. "Lillian said you tried to be funny in the car. I told her it couldn't possibly be true. The moment you try to make a joke, the sky shall split and the Four Horsemen will ride out, heralding Apocalypse.

four-horsemen-of-the-apocalypse girl sky

Do you know what separates adults from children? Self-discipline. We don’t want to go to work, we don’t want to do our chores, and we don’t want to make unpleasant decisions, but we do all those things because we’re aware of the consequences which will follow if we don’t.

discipline self children

She could've stared into those eyes for a thousand years and neve... by Ilona Andrews

She could've stared into those eyes for a thousand years and never noticed the time passing by.

passing-by eye years

It a dude and a girl, and the house and wooo scary things happen... by Ilona Andrews

It a dude and a girl, and the house and wooo scary things happen and then they kill everything.

scary girl house

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.

worry writing moving

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

use views rooms

What kind of woman greets the Beast Lord with 'here, kitty, kitty... by Ilona Andrews

What kind of woman greets the Beast Lord with 'here, kitty, kitty'?

beast kind lord

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.

idiot cry would-be

I could have fixed almost everything else, but death defeated me... by Ilona Andrews

I could have fixed almost everything else, but death defeated me every time.

defeated fixed

If the lot of you survives, Curran will fray 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.

sunshine doctors flower

Just once I want it to be easy and neat. But no, there is never a good decision. I pick what I can live with.

decision easy want

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.

eye wonder boys

You said sloppy! Look, I didn't even use my sword; I hit him with... by Ilona Andrews

You said sloppy! Look, I didn't even use my sword; I hit him with my head, like a moron.

use said looks

I've never created a riot before. I did cause a brawl at the last formal. A large number of young women there actually arrived with the expectation of seducing me into matrimony, and a couple of their mothers came to blows. It was hilari—I mean, dreadful. Simply dreadful.

couple mother mean

It's a reflex. Hear a bell, get food. See an undead, throw a knif... by Ilona Andrews

It's a reflex. Hear a bell, get food. See an undead, throw a knife. Same thing, really.

reflexes bells knives