Stairs, " Valkyrie said, disappointed." Not just ordinary stairs, " Skulduggery told her as he led the way down. "Magic stairs."" Really?"" Oh, yes." She followed him into the darkness. "How are they magic?"" They just are."" In what way?"" In a magicky way." She glared at the back of his head. "They aren't magic at all, are they?"" Not really.Derek Landy
This is what it's all been about with you, " he said in an even tone. "All the fear, allthe running. The nightmares." When she nodded, he said, "You called him the devil."" But you.. married him?" "Basically? Yes.""Ceremony and everything?" She swallowed. "He tricked me into it. I-I was only sixteen." A muscle ticked in his cheek and his irises grew pale. "Then know this.." She stopped breathing." Lass, I'm about to make you a widow--.Kresley Cole
Aurora sagged. "Why is it, " she asked, "that every time I'm with you two we end up stealing something big?"" We always return it, " Donegan said, a little defensively. "Maybe not always in one piece or necessarily to the right person but return it we do, and so it is not stealing, it is merely borrowing." Gracious looked at him. "It's a little bit steaDerek Landy
Yael wanted to be like the Valkyrie maidens in the old Norse lore. Winged women who rode to war on the backs of wolves, choosing which soldiers lived and died. She'd thought she could death mean something, if she wielded it rightRyan Graudin
As a demigod - Fen cleared his throat - "I am flush with power. My power can be transformed into the kind of energy you need to feed." As he spoke, his eyes sparked with something feral that sent shivers racing down my spine. "It can happen from touch, kissing, but the greatest source is during the act of.." Ohmygodsinheaven. " Sex? Are you referring to sex?".. " My power becomes concentrated for.. a very brief moment. It's all about the transfer of energy from one body to another." He looked wildly uncomfortable. "All who live in Asgard know this already. I've never had to explain it to someone." His semen packs a punch?.Amanda Carlson
Straightaway, she'd called to the guard, "Oh, boys?" She'd sauntered to the glass in only her black lace bra and panties. "I need some assistance, " When they slowed, agog, she'd purred, "Can one of you help me find my orgasm?Kresley Cole
Aidan from the past: He took her hands in his bloodied, callused ones. “Accept me?” His eyes glowed, his lashes spiked from rain. Declan in the present: He gripped her nape. “I fuckin love you, Regin! ” Rain spiked his lashes as he gazed down at her, commanding her, “Love me back!Kresley Cole
He's like six hundred years younger than you are. I refuse to be the moral compass of our cell! Most weekends I have an intoxispell bong attached to my mouth like a respirator. I love scatological humor, and I list 'pranks involving nuclear waste' and 'making demons eat things' as my hobbies.Kresley Cole
And if you don’t think I can hold my own against all those eighteenth-century mortals you were out tagging, then you’re a fool, Casanova.” ... “Oh, yes, I know all about you.” He went still. “What are you talking about?”“ I was alive back then. And all the Lore heard about the ruthless warlord brothers from Estonia. The general, the scholar, the enigma, and .. . the manwhore.Kresley Cole
You're still... Declan?"----Voice hoarse, he said, "Aye, it's me. I will never be your perfect Viking, Regin! I've made unforgivable mistakes. I've no family or friends, and my men hold no love for me. I'm scarred inside and out. And I'm bloody askin' for you anyway!Kresley Cole
Seconds passed, then ... La Dorada skulked into view. She was half-mummified, but sodden.Kresley Cole
Valkyrie, I will get answers from you one way or another. Either through this painful exercise in futility, as you believe, or through a civilized conversation."" You call this civilized?" She strained against her cuffs, leaning in to whisper, "Psst, Chase. The sexual tension between us is grueling.Kresley Cole
What'd you want to talk about?"" Just to commend you on your revenge last night. It must have been fiendish. Of course, I can only imagine since there wasn't a mark on Chase this morning, only residual bliss."" He heals fast! I whaled on his face. Must've been thirty hits." Natalya's lips quirked. "You're glowing like a Lite-Brite.""Shut it, fairy.Kresley Cole
Don't get pissy with me leech." With a glare, Carrow pressed her print to his torque. "Even tapped out, I can still do a love spell to make you fall in love--with the sun.Kresley Cole
Yo, Dekko, who do I gotta blow around here to get a shower?Kresley Cole
You do not mind my humor?”“ Not at all. I’ve not laughed like this …” His brows drew together. “I think I’ve never laughed like this.”“ Usually I exasperate people. And I jest at inappropriate times. Such as during executions. Freya says ’tis my gift and my bane to frustrate others.”“ I like your manner, Reginleit. Life is long without humor.Kresley Cole
I'm told the effect is cumulative--it will continue to worsen." Though outwardly calm as he explained this, his face had paled even more. "But if you tell me about the Valkyrie's weaknesses, I'll administer the antidote."" Weaknesses? So many. Foremost, we're ... ticklish.Kresley Cole
His tone dripping condescension, Lothaire crooned, “Ah children, it’s not yet story time.” He closed his eyes and turned away, saying over his shoulder, “To anyone who contemplates even nearing me while I sleep: I will garrote you with your own viscera.Kresley Cole
Just hear me out. While you were napping, I was busy chatting up our allies. Didn't you know--your woman's a golden-tongued ambassador! My sisters always said I graduated from the shock-and-awe school of diplomacy, but joke 'em if they can't take a fuck, right?Kresley Cole
She murmured, "You're unfinished."" Aye, precisely."" I need to go." When she moved to get up, he shoved her against his side and slapped her arse to keep her there. "You stay with me." She snapped, "What do you want from me, CKresley Cole
Apparently unaffected, she rose. "Yeah, you're probably right. I should be going." She feigned a yawn. "You've gotta head back to work and I've gotta head to jail. Big night for me. I'm planning to shiv someone for a bar of soap. --Kresley Cole
Regin had known the risk in coming here, but she wasn't fearful. As Lucia had also told her, "Sometimes I don't think you have the sense to be afraid when you should." Regin had interpreted that to mean, "You have no sense of fear, oh, great Reginleit.Kresley Cole
..., It'd taken her several seconds to react to the sight of them together. She'd been almost hypnotized by the scene as Lothaire drank. Chase's masculine face had been tense, his gray eyes focused on the ground. Lothaire's face had been starkly beautiful, his pale blond hair brushing Chase's shoulder. Light and dark. One terrible, one tKresley Cole
It felt bizarre to be ignored in general, much less by an embodiment of Aidan--who used to stare at her so hard that he'd run into trees.Kresley Cole
He can learn things about me through your blood. Can learn about my sister! " She briefly covered her mouth. "He can see everything we've done! I don't want that leech to know what we do in private." Lothaire strolled up, making a scoffing sound. "As if I don't watch you two live from a distance.Kresley Cole
He shot to his feet, faced off against her. "No more mercy for ye, Valkyrie." Holding nothing back, he launched a haymaker at herKresley Cole
Kneeling before him, Regin murmured, "Don't let that Fegley worm get to you." Still staring ahead, the kid slowed his banging. "There's a good ... male of indeterminate species.Kresley Cole
When Thad began nuzzling her neck, pressing his opened lips against her, she smacked him in the back of the head. "Don't go vamp on me now! "" Whaa! " He shot upright, his fangs sharp. "WhereKresley Cole
Declan andKresley Cole
Regin! " He leapt up from a bunk." Well, well, the gang's all here." Nix must've given him Regin's whereabouts. Again."I'm going to get you out of here, " he said, his green eyes aglow. She snorted. "Let me know how that works out for you, Job MacBangup." Seeing Brandr here just brought her situation into stark relief. "It's curious though--you don't usually show up until it's time to bury him.Kresley Cole
I give you a week, maybe two, before you're driven to bite someone."" I don't know how to... to bite or drink! But you could teach me."" And what could you possibly do in return?" Lothaire waved a negligent hand. "Play football for me? Break in my jeans really well?Kresley Cole
You see, that's the thing with you detrus, " Chase began in a contemplative tone. "Your bodies are abominations. If I severed your arms--" Lothaire yawned loudly."--you'd merely regenerate from the injury. You might experience pain, but you wouldn't suffer the horror of permanent loss, not like a human." Lothaire grew increasingly bored by this. "When I get free, I believe I'll show you your spine. I'll hand it to you so casually, politely even, as if expecting you to remark upon it.Kresley Cole
I can't believe you're going to sacrifice your archery mojo for MacReive." Lucia would forfeit her fantastical skill with a bow if she was unchaste. "Who am I going to hang out with when your a talentless nobody?Kresley Cole
There's no poetry in me, Reginleit. No fine words." He stared down at her, his gaze seeming to consume her. "I come to you as a man unfinished.Kresley Cole
Lothaire briefly gazed heavenward. "Chase is clearly a reluctant sharer. Which should incite her curiosity about what's going on in his head. She's a disgustingly self-righteous Valkyrie, filled with the need to fix things, to right wrongs. If anything needed fixing ..." He waved a hand to indicate Declan from head to toe. "As wrong as he can be.Kresley Cole
Tell me, if I take you to my room and put you in my bed, what do you think would happen?"" I can draw you a diagram. Hint: I'm slot B, and you're tab A.Kresley Cole
No ale for the girl, Birgit, " Aidan said to the woman. "Do we not have milk?" Regin's face heated. And all the worse, because she would dearly love some milk.Kresley Cole
You could run, and I could stay to fend them off, " the vampire offered. "For some reason, I feel amazingly refreshed." He swung an amused look at Declan that made him grind his teeth. "And it seems I'm quite handy against them."---- Natalya tossed away her busted TEP-C. "So, Lothaire, you're going to fight them out of the blackness of your heart?Kresley Cole
Warlord, you once told me I'd always know what you're thinking. What are your thoughts now?"" Partly, I'm thinking that I might shame myself in my trews, just from the feel of you next to me.Kresley Cole
When they passed the centaur king's cell, Volos pointed at Regin and slid his forefinger across his throat. She replied, "Hey, didn't I see you in a donkey show down in Tijuana? No? You've got a twin then--Kresley Cole
Wouldn't be surprising. Most immortal females behave like they're in heat." Her brows rose. "You are the one who taught me about pleasure." .. "And now in another lifetime, you ridicule me for missing it? Come on, Chase. Take me to where you live. Scared I'll find some footy pajamas? A fleshlight? I want a bath almost as much as you need to watch me take one. I get so much more talkative when I'm clean. Loreans are really fastidious, you know.Kresley Cole
Regin to Declan:"Lemme guess, " Regin said. "You had your introductory spiel all planned, but rational thought deserted you when you saw me stroll in braless."----" For the record, " She continued, "it's not my fault I came in here looking like Chesty LaRue. You caught me on laundry day, so I have no undergarments on. Though I will cop to a little extra spring in my step for your benefit.Kresley Cole
Face it, Nat, this is one tiger who will never be jumping through your flaming hoop--Kresley Cole
Regin:“I finally understand what a dickie-do is. Your gut does stick out more than your dickie do.Kresley Cole
Be careful of what you say and do in life, you never know who's watching.Mark McQuillen
She took a life because someonehumiliated her, hurt her image of herself as the Valkyrie, thestainless warrior. Exposed her weakness, which was only love. So sheavenged herself. So easy to justify, I wrote to her. It's because youfelt like a victim you did it. If you were really strong, you couldhave tolerated the humiliation.Janet Fitch
I.. I don't, I don't think I can do this."" Do what?" It didn't answer." Do the tests?"" I can't work with you when you're like this! " it blurted. "To every one of my specimens, I am the last thing they see! Terrror is what I am used to-- terror is what I like! I prefer my subjects to scream and beg, not ask to see results! "" I'll scream my questions, if that helps."" It won't, " it said sadly. "I'll know you're only trying to make me feel better. .Derek Landy
Let me get this straight, " I said once I was settled securely on the rock. "I was struck by some kind of magical energy sent from Odin that shot out of the lights in the storeroom at Macy's, hitting me and knocking me into a pile of shoes? And because of that, I'm now immortal?Amanda Carlson