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Sophie raised her head. Light filtering through the trees dappled her face. “Hawk.”Charlotte looked up as well. A bird of prey soared above the treetops, circling around them.“ It’s dead, ” Sophie said. “George is guiding it. He is very powerful.” The realization washed over Charlotte in a cold gush of embarrassment. “Is George spying on Richard and me?”“ Always, ” Sophie said. “All those perfect manners are a sham. He spies on everyone and everything. Declan hasn’t been able to conduct a single business meeting in the past year without George’s knowing all the details. He does let go when you make love. He is a prude.”“‘ Prude’ is a coarse word. He has a sense of tact, ” Charlotte corrected before she caught herself.“ A sense of tact, ” Sophie repeated, tasting the words. “Thank you. The other one is somewhere around here, too.”“ The other one?” Sophie surveyed the woods. “I can smell you, Jack! ”“No, you can’t, ” a distant voice answered.Ilona Andrews
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It seems that we had...not a better education, per se, but perhaps more incentive to use it. They learn, but they hardly think.Ilona Andrews
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If she died as a result of this journey, it wouldn't be because of slavers. It would be because Richard's inability to communicate would give her a heart attack.Ilona Andrews
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Kaldar almost never stops and thinks about the consequences of his actions. Something is fun or not fun, and my brother’s fun often lands him in interesting places such as jails or castles belonging to California robber barons. Where other people see certain death, my brother sees an opportunity for a hilarious, thrilling adventure. But when I got the tattoo, Kaldar warned me that marrying her was a bad idea. .Ilona Andrews