“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
“He'd laugh in my face, then I'd slice him to ribbons and then he'd break my neck”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Bleeds
“I reached over and squeezed Curran’s hand. “Come on, you, me, a platter of barely seared meat, it will be great. If we see the navigators, we can make fun of the way they hold their forks.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Gifts
“The vampire leaned forward, tapping a scimitar claw. "Is that a lion with horns and a pitchfork?""Yep.""Is he carrying a moon on his pitchfork?""No, it's a pie.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Bleeds
“Maybe I should drive,” Troy said. “She knows what she’s doing,” Mad Rogan said. I sniffed. “What?” “The fragrance of a genuine compliment from Mad Rogan. So rare and sweet.”Ilona Andrews Source: Burn for Me
“Damn boudas. I tell him he's under siege and he goes to take a nap.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Slays
“My mind struggled to formulate a coherent though, any thought. I opened my mouth. "Your pajamas have Eeyore on them.""I like Eeyore. He's sensible. A sober outlook on life never hurt anyone.”Ilona Andrews Source: Gunmetal Magic
“What is he doing here?" Curran growled."He's Roland's Warlord. He's here for me." He was here for the woman who had broken his master's blade."Tough luck. You're mine.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Strikes
“He joked while Dali cut him, mangling the words with his monstrous jaws, snarled with a pretended rage and dramatically promised to "kirrrl youraaalll for this!”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Strikes
“Just once I want it to be easy and neat. But no, there is never a good decision. I pick what I can live with.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Burns
“Why couldn't she have gotten another Edger or some dimwit from the Broken for a passenger? No, she got Lord Leather Pants here.”Ilona Andrews Source: Bayou Moon
“I closed my eyes.“Are you okay?”“I’m tired. My knee is hurting again and I’m trying to teleport myself upstairs.”“Um, Kate, you can’t do that.”“I know. But I’m trying very hard. Let me know if I start fading?”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Slays
“There was something very comforting about him, and I was not sure if it was his easy manner or his complete immunity to my scowling.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Bites
“For a second I thought I might actually be alive,” I said, looking at Nick’s unshaven face. “Now I know— I’ve gone to Hell and you’re my nursemaid.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Bites
“I can't hate people that much. Don't get me wrong. I want to murder every last Keeper I can find. But that's not hate. That's vengeance.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Slays
“You're crazy, you know that?""Yes. But I'm a demon in the sack."I laughed. "Okay then. That fixes everything.""That's right, it does.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Breaks
“That suit has gone to your head.""It's not the suit, buttercup.""I don't do pet names.""Do you do werewolves?""Okay, I'm not talking to you anymore.”Ilona Andrews Source: Clean Sweep
“I stopped the blade two inches before it touched Andrea’s neck. Because she was my best friend, and sticking knives into your best friend’s windpipe was generally considered to be a social faux pas.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Strikes
“Mom?" Mother turned to Grandmother."What?""She's going to lunch with her kidnapper!""Take a picture for me," Grandma said.”Ilona Andrews Source: Burn for Me
“Did you read the instructions?” He shook his head. “Why, were you afraid they’d take your man card away?” “Are you going to help me or just make fun of me?” “Can’t I do both?”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Rises
“I wondered if kicking him in the head would make the whole explanation pop out of his mouth in one chunk.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Slays
“Did you think I was sitting on my hands?” “I thought you might be injured.” He looked at me. “We’ve met, you and I?” I deliberately took a big step back. “What?” he growled. “I’m making room for your ego.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Shifts
“This was heaven. "Hey, baby," Hugh said. Heaven just got canceled.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Breaks
“But then I didn't run from my challenges. I met them straight on and bashed my head against them, until it left me hurt, bloody, and dazed.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Slays
“Now was not a good time, but we didn't often get to chose the time to repay our debts.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Burns
“Half-man, half-beast, all nightmare. The shapeshifter warrior form.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Burns
“You can’t blame me,” Ascanio said. “Anybody in my place would be concerned. You don’t even have a proper horse. You’re riding a mutant equine of unknown origin.”“Don’t disrespect my donkey”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Breaks
“Eleven out of twelve work fine. I'd say that's better chances than getting an orgasm with a blind date and women still try." He blinked and laughed softly. "I never know what you'll say next." "I don't either.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Bites
“On the other hand it was bad manners to look a gift horse in the mouth. Even if you're getting it from an overweight cracker in a fringe shirt.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Bites
“Sometimes the Universe smiled. Mostly she kicked me in the face, stomped on my ribs once I fell down, and laughed at my pain, but once in a while she smiled.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Breaks
“Did you run any of this by Curran?”“I told him I was about to do something idiotic and dangerous, and he told me to go ahead and let him know if he could help in any way.”“I don’t understand your relationship.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Binds
“I unbuckled my seat belt.“Are you going to jump onto his car?” Julie asked. “I can get closer.”“What are you, out of your mind? No, I’m not jumping on his car. That only works in movies.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Shifts
“One day, she’d find a way to live her life to the fullest. She was sure of it. She just had no idea how she would manage it.”Ilona Andrews Source: On the Edge
“They say a hundred-and-thirty-pound woman has no chance against an athletic two-hundred-pound man. That's a lie. You just have to make the decision to hurt him and then do it.”Ilona Andrews Source: Burn for Me
“Curran growled. "Later, babycakes."Asshole. "Good hunting, sugar woogums.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Slays