Quotes from Ilona Andrews

What in the bloody hell are you?" "Andrea Nash," I said. "This is my associate, Robin of Loxley.

The responsible thing to do, the Head of the House thing to do, would be to send her on her way. This wasn't our fight and there was no profit to be made here. We were an emerging House, and we had neither the financial resources nor the manpower of MII. If I helped her, I would be putting all of us in danger. But she was a friend. She'd kept us all from dying at Nevada's wedding, and when I looked at her, my chest hurt.

I don't want to play anymore … I love you.

Time stopped and for a few blissful moments there was nothing except Connor, intoxicating and irresistible, the taste of him, the scent of him, the raw male power of his arms, and the tender seducing touch of his lips... And then I was out of the car and gone before the power of that kiss wore off.

If it feels wrong, it probably is.

Don't change shape," Raphael snapped. "Shut up." "Be good or I'll kiss you in front of everybody." "Hell no," I snarled. I had to hold on and live through this so I could punch him in the face. It was a great goal.

Is this my replacement?" What? "I didn't replace you!" "Of course not. I'm irreplaceable." Cornelius

Two pairs of eyes blinked at her from angelic faces: Georgie's blue and Jack's amber. Hooligans, both of them.

Thoughts crawled around my head in all directions like big lazy caterpillars. I gave up, closed my eyes, and let myself drift.

Those who remain have forgotten they are alive. They think they have more in common with their fallen than with their enemy. Nothing could be further from the truth. I know the difference between life and death. Two live beings from the opposite boundaries of the galaxy have infinitely more in common with each other than the living and the dead from the same family.

I'm in love with someone else." "But why, Rogan? What is it about her? Is it because she's violent like you?" "I was asleep," he said. "And she woke me up.

Life had tried to kill me in all sorts of ways lately, but falling off of a flying horse was a new and unwelcome development.

This is not an heirloom," Alessandro said with grim sincerity. "I didn't take it from my family. I designed it for you and had it made. Nobody else has ever worn it and if you say no, nobody ever will.

If I were on my own, packing some power, and for some reason not wanting to be found, I might lay low for a while. But I'd know sooner or later I'd have to come out and play, because whoever's looking for me would eventually find me. I'd start building some connections. The thing about a lone wolf? Once you corner it, it has no one to turn to.

He fixed me with his Mad Rogan stare. "If you find the connection between Brian's disappearance and the conspiracy, I want to know about it. Not eventually, not when it's convenient, but immediately." "Yes, sir. I was going to kiss you good night, but now I can't. It's against the rules to fraternize with my superior officer." "Hilarious," he said.

This particular hyena was short and had blue hair that stuck out straight up from her head. She saw me looking. "Like my do? I'll tell you who did it. Of course, it won't look as good on you as it does on me." She winked. "I'm sure. So how much does it cost to get a gas burner installed on your head?

To the left Derek raised his bloody muzzle from the ruined back of the fifth reeve. Don't bite! Dumbass. Perfect wolf for you—isn't happy until he's got poisonous shit smeared all over his teeth.

No, it's human," Curran said. "That's the problem. People, especially unhappy people, want a cause. They want something to belong to, to be a part of something great and bigger, and to be led. It's easy to be a cog in a machine: you don't have to think, you have no responsibility. You're just following orders. Doing as you're told.

Three years ago, on a night like this I would have been driving my old car home alone, praying it didn't die a noble death in some snow drift. When I rolled up to the house, it would be dark. My heat would be off to save money, my bed would be cold, and if I wanted to tell someone about my day, I'd have to talk to my sword and pretend it listened. Slayer was an excellent weapon, but it never laughed at my jokes.

This could be made much simpler if we just locked Caldenia up until it's over," Sean said. "Sometimes you say things that make me wonder about you." "No need to wonder. I'm a simple man. I love you and I will protect you. And the inn. Even if I have to murder Caldenia and everyone else to do it." I stood on my toes and kissed him. "What if we don't murder anybody?" The corners of his mouth curved. "No promises.

Cerise Mar voiced a polite and a nonviolent request that they get the hell off our land, which was refused.

What part of 'drop it' don't you understand?" "The part where you keep interfering with my investigation and shooting people I need to interrogate." "Interrogate? I must not understand the meaning of that word, because from where I'm sitting, you blunder around asking people questions until they try to kill you.

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.

Your ego would survive an apocalypse." "Thank you." "It wasn't a compliment." "It was to me.