Quotes from Kelley Armstrong

You've got some kind of hold over her, and I don't like it." Rafe leaned over and whispered. "It's a love spell I picked up from a witch over in Nanaimo. But don't tell Maya.

When we were finally in position, the others pulling away, I whispered, "Poseur." Rafe glanced over, brows arching. "Keep calling me that and I might get insulted. "Stop earning it and I'll stop saying it.

So, you wanted to get to know me…" he said. I laughed, and the fuzzy feeling evaporated. "Um, no, I don't think I ever said that. " "Close enough. Here's your chance. Ask me anything and I'll reply with relative honesty.

Keep it." "But it's important to you." "Proving I mean it when I say I'll be back." My cheeks heated and I pressed it into his hand. "Please. I don't want to lose it." He took it. Before I could pull my hand back, he caught my wrist and tied the bracelet around it. "Problem solved." I tried to glance down at it, but his fingers slid under my chin, eyes closing as his mouth moved toward mine.

Mom isn't here," Corey said. "Neither is Travis. So much for my grand resurrection." He slumped onto the sofa. "We'll have to wait for them. Which is a little anticlimactic.

Ask me anything." "Fine. What's the scariest thing you've ever done?" He laughed. "Wow. Straight for the jugular.

My people didn't cook over fire." "All people cooked over fire at some point," Antone said. "You know what I mean. Your family." "My family lived in a suburb of Phoenix. I learned campfire cooking in Scouts, like most boys in America." "Touchy, touchy," Moreno said. "I was just--" "Being an ass?" the woman said.

I just wanted to make sure there wasn't a problem." There is. There's a huge problem. And I should tell you. If anything goes wrong and you get hurt, I'll never forgive myself. "No problem," I said.

He was no genius, but he showed up and did the work, and most times that was all it took to succeed at anything in life.

As we headed back into the living room, I noticed the phone on the counter. Daniel followed my gaze and laughed. "Um, yeah. We're holed up, waiting to notify someone that we're back…and there's a phone. We've been in the woods way too long.

You've got some kind of hold over her, and I don't like it." Rafe leaned over and whispered. "It's a love spell I picked up from a witch over in Nanaimo. But don't tell Maya." "You think you're funny." "No, I think you have your own issue with me and I think I know what it is. But it has nothing to do with me personally, so I'm going to try not to take it personally.

Our lips brushed. Then his eyes snapped open and he pulled back fast. I jerked away. "Right. Bad idea. We--" "No." He pointed. "That." I twisted to see a wall of smoke heading straight for us.

The guys had already cleaned up. Or done the best they could with a quick wash and teeth brushing at Corey's. There hadn't been any spare toothbrushes, so I'd done mine with my finger and tried not to look in the mirror. One glance had told me that no amount of touch-ups was going to help. I needed a twenty-minute shower.

How about we up the stakes? I win, you talk to me." Now it was my turn to raise my eyebrows. "I'm afraid to ask what you mean by talk …

When Moreno went for a second beer, Antone said, "Enough. I don't mind you guys having one drink, but there's a reason I'm drinking water. We need to be alert here." "Against what?" Moreno said. "Killer bunnies?" "Don't dignify that with a response, Cal," the woman said.

The truck rounded the last corner. It was more like a cube van, yellow with some kind of crest on the side. I struggled for a better look. The air was getting hazy now. Invisible smoke stung my eyes. "The fire department?" Rafe scowled at Daniel. "We're running from a fire and hiding from the fire department?

And if I win?" He grinned. "Then you get to spend thirty minutes with me, lucky birthday girl.

The guys had made log benches for spectators, back when they were twelve and had visions of every girl in class lining those benches, swooning as they showed off in the ring. Never quite worked out that way--if there were spectators, they were more likely to be heckling than swooning--but the memory made me smile as I lowered myself quietly onto the bench behind Daniel.

Penny, go see if she wants another sausage," Antone said. "I'd like to see her eating more." "I have a Snickers bar in my bag," the woman--Penny--said. "I'll take her that. Kids always like candy." "Not sure that applies to teenage girls, but you can give it a shot.

Next the guys were heading out to find a house we could hole up in--someplace the Cabals wouldn't expect to find us. Sam's leg wasn't up to scouting, and Rafe thought I should stay with her, take a break, get a hot shower, and put on the fresh clothes I'd brought from home. That may have been his nice way of saying I really needed that shower.

I do not judge lives that have seen the kind of hardship I struggle to comprehend.

And, having won thirty minutes of your time, I think I just gave you thirty minutes of reasons to run the other way as fast as you can.

Corey was already gone, heading for the stairs again. He took them two at a time. Then he pitched forward, hands clutching his head as he let out something between a moan and a strangled cry. Daniel raced upstairs to help him to his feet…and Corey promptly puked on him. "You were done with that shirt, right?

He bent down and his kiss was so full of longing that tears pricked my eyes again. When another one rolled down my cheek, he wiped it away. "No more of that," he said. "I'm just--" "I know." His lips moved to my ear. "So am I.