Quotes from Ilona Andrews

The Kodiak of Atlanta was brave and powerful and the closest thing to a father Curran had. He also had an uncanny ability to alienate everyone in the room and then have to defend himself when a brawl broke out. He took self-defense seriously. Sometimes there was no building left standing when he was done.

Hugh reached out with his magic. The dog was a mess, torn and bitten, but a faint, barely-there heartbeat shivered in his chest. Hugh concentrated. This would be complicated. He knitted the organs together, repairing the tissue, sealing the blood vessels, mending the flesh like it was fabric, muscles, fascia, and skin. The two Dogs by his side waited quietly.

Is there anything in the legends about a topaz called the Wolf Diamond? A large yellow gem maybe?" I asked. Dali wrinkled her forehead. "Topaz is associated with Brihaspati—Jupiter." "The Roman god?" Jim frowned. "No, the planet. Honestly, Jim, the world doesn't revolve around the Greco-Roman pantheon.

The pain gets better with time," I told her. "It always hurts, but it gets better.

Cookies aren't gonna cut it. Do you know any lion hunters who bait their traps with cookies?

At the risk of sounding crude, wooing you is like playing basketball with a porcupine. No compliment goes unpunished." "Then stop complimenting.

My wrists and ankles were bleeding. My knees too—I must've scraped myself trying to draw the circle. So far today I'd seen a woman almost die, I'd shot a person, I'd killed another person with my shockers, I'd been strung up on wires and almost crushed by a car, and now I was bleeding all over the place. If I could, I would punch today right in the face.

In this life each of us must decide three things for ourselves: who to worship, who to marry, and who to serve.

As he passed me, he leaned to Curran and handed him a paper fan folded from some sort of flyer. Curran looked at the fan. "What?" "An emergency precaution, Your Majesty. In case the lady faints." Curran just stared at him. Raphael strode toward the Pit, turned, flexed a bit, and winked at me. "Give me that," I told Curran. "I need to fan myself." "No, you don't.

He seemed to shrug off the sun's rays.

We smiled at each other. Ms. Vigue was doing her best to appear approachable, while I did my best to appear harmless. We were both lying as hard as we could.

Any landing you could walk away from was a good landing.

Besides, dragons kidnap virgins, so I'm out." And why had I just told him I was not a virgin? Why did I even go there? "It doesn't matter if I'm the first. It only matters that I'll be the last.

It was a nice kiss. Very... memorable. If he came near me with that look again, I'd hit him upside the head and claim self-defense. No jury in the world would convict me.

More words, bigger hole, Your Furriness.

I loved that he called me on my bullshit. I laughed at his jokes and I loved that he laughed at mine. I loved that no matter where I was he would come for me. That he would always be there, helping me cut my way through the mess that was life.

Kaldar stopped pacing. It was decided, then. He would marry Audrey. He just had to convince her to see things from his point of view.

your rank, the bigger the homestead. Despite the modern convenience of cities, almost all

Are you implying my people can't be circumspect?" I looked at Jim. "Please relay my congratulations to His Majesty on learning such a big word all by himself.

How? How will it be fine?" He looked over at me. "This car is very light and we're going to drive very fast.

Sometimes, when you crave certain feelings, you'll trick yourself into thinking the other person is something other than what he appears.

when sleep mugged him.

The Marshal of House Krahr opened his mouth. I braced myself. "Your sister is magnificent," Arland said.

Arland shuddered. Helen giggled again, grabbed her mug, and hurled it at the wall. The mug shattered. I looked back. Helen's seat was empty. The platter of bacon had vanished. Sean lost it and laughed.