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I’d missed him so much, it almost hurt. It started the moment I left the Keep and nagged at me all day. Every day I had to fight with myself to keep from making up bullshit reasons to call the Keep so I could hear his voice. My only saving grace was that Curran wasn’t handling this whole mating thing any better. Yesterday he’d called me at the office claiming that he couldn’t find his socks. We talked for two hours.Ilona Andrews
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Did he just rip out the engine?" I asked." Yes", Saiman said. "And now he is demolishing the Maserati with it." Ten seconds later Curran hurled the twisted wreck of black and orange that used to be the Maserati into the wall. The first melodic notes of an old song came from the computer. I glanced at Saiman.He shrugged. "It begged for a soundtrack.Ilona Andrews
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Help me, I can’t breathe, your ego is pushing all the air out of the room.Ilona Andrews
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I came to the table, pulled up a chair, and sat. “Everyone brought a pet. I feel left out.” An enthusiastic howl broke the silence, and Grendel bounded through the doorway. He galloped through the steak house, skidded on the floor, smashed into my chair, and dropped a dead rat on my lap. Awesome.Ilona Andrews
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Andrea raised her hand. “This is the hand that slapped Aunt B.”“Maybe you should have it gold-plated.”“ Here, you can touch it, since you’re my best friend.Ilona Andrews
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I trusted her about as far as I could throw her. I was strong and she was small, but it still wasn't very far.Ilona Andrews
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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 your told.Ilona Andrews
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What did I tell you about plastic ties? Only for humans, Julie murmured. If you don't listen to me, I can't teach you anything.Ilona Andrews
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The last time Assistant Principal Parker called, a girl in the school's locker room had accused Julie of being a whore during the two years she'd spent on the street. My kid took exception to that and decided to communicate that by applying a chair to the offending party's head. I'd told her to go for the gut next time- it left less evidence.Ilona Andrews