“Really, Luther, if I knew you were that hungry, I would’ve picked up some takeout.”At the sound of my voice, he turned. “You!”“Me.”“What is this?” He looked at Julie. “Mini-you?”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Shifts
“Okay," Juke said. "Your horse is a donkey, your poodle is a giant wolf breed, and your boyfriend is whatever the hell he is. You have problems.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Shifts
“You're screening your calls?""Why not? It saves me from conversations with idiots.""Is that an insult?" His voice dropped into a deep growl."You're not an idiot," I told him. "You're just a deadly psychopath with a god complex.(…)”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Strikes
“swore. “Barabas said you might say that. I’m supposed to tell you this.” Ascanio cleared his throat and produced a remarkably accurate impression of Barabas’s tenor. “Courage, Your Majesty.” “I will kill him.” “The Beast Lord or Barabas?” “Both.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Slays
“Did you just grab my butt?” I whispered. “What?” “Curran!” “Yes?” I could hear controlled laughter in his voice. Unbelievable. I sped up. “We’re tracking ghouls and you’re grabbing my butt.” “I always make sure to pay attention to important things.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Shifts
“Punch any of mine, and I’ll break your arm off and beat you to death with it.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Breaks
“The decorator of Las Colimas must have been a great admirer of both early Aztec and late Taco Bell architectural styles.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Bites
“She can tell you the height of the attacker from the trigonometry of the blood spatter, while I'm fuzzy on what trigonometry is.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Slays
“Awesome. I'd terrified the Legatus of the Golden Legion just by showing him my sword. If I waved it around, he'd probably explode.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Breaks
“I crouched on the beam. The bunnycat shivered less than a foot away."Here… " Bunny? Kitty? "Here, cute creature thing… Don't be scared.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Breaks
“Why is everyone calling me Consort?""Jim designated you as Consort in official papers. You don't want to be called Mate, calling you Alpha is confusing, and 'Beast Lady' makes people laugh.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Slays
“So how was it?" she asked. "Kissing Curran?""I can't let him kiss me again, because if he does, I'll sleep with him."Andrea blinked. "Well," she said finally, "At least you know where you stand.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Strikes
“Do we have a flamethrower?” Curran asked.“No.”“We should get a flamethrower.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Shifts
“I'm investigating people who sacrifice trained killers to dark gods.Perfect, it will keep him occupied.In what capacity?Bait.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Slays
“The kind of eyes that jumped from a woman's dreams right into her morning and made trouble in the marriage bed.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Burns
“Are you waiting for a clue to fall on your head?" Derek asked."Yep. Tell me if you see one coming.""Nope.""My super mental powers must be getting rusty.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Rises
“The stallion stared in my direction and bared his teeth. Now horses were giving me crap.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Gifts
“We have to get the Diamond. And Cesare’s head.”They looked at me.“Why the head?” Doolittle asked.“Because it’s easy to carry and I can torture it for a long time.” And I didn’t just say it out loud, did I? I checked their faces. Yep, I did.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Strikes