“I'd watch your mouth", he said, tilting his head as he looked at my ID."The last lunker who laughed at her picture spent the night in the emergency room with a drink umbrella jammed up his nose".” SaidLastsNightRoomsWatchesDrinkMouthsNosesLaughedEmergenciesUmbrellaEmergency Room Author:Kim Harrison
“My blood rose, mixing with my lingering fear of the unknown to drive her to a fever pitch. Her lips touched my lower neck and vertigo spun the room, burning tracings of desire to settle deep and low in me. I exhaled into the promise of more to come, calling it to me. I breathed it in like smoke, the rising passion starting a feeling of abandonment inside. I didn’t care anymore if it was right or wrong. It just was.” IfsFeelingsCareDesirePassionRoomsBloodCallingPromiseLowsRoseStartingLipsBurningSmokeSettlingRisingNecksTouchedAbandonmentFeverMixingSpunLingeringFear Of The UnknownTracingVertigoFever Pitch Author:Kim Harrison
“What are you doing in Nicky's room, Rachel? Oooh! He summoned you to the west coast, didn't he? Did you kill him? Good for you taking care of that little problem? I should give you a bunny!" - Algaliarept” GivingShouldLittlesProblemCareRoomsWestCoastBunniesWest CoastAlgaliarept Author:Kim Harrison
“That’s my girl,” she said, her eyes holding a shared pain as she saw my confusion. “Al, where are you going to put her? Not in your room. She’d pull a line through you and kill you when you hog the blankets. I’ll take the waif in. I promise I’ll bring this one up properly.” SaidEyePainGirlLinesRoomsSawsPromiseConfusionAlsHer EyesBlanketI PromiseMy GirlHogYour Room Author:Kim Harrison
“I jerked to a stop at the door to my room. "What's wrong with my boots?" I said, thinking they were the only thing that I was going to keep on. Ah…the only thing from this outfit, not the only thing total.” ThinkingSaidRoomsDoorsBoots Author:Kim Harrison
“Shut up," I hissed. Ticked that he was taller than me, I stepped up onto a nearby coffee table. "I'm not in a cage anymore," I said, keeping enough presence of mind not to poke him in the chest with a finger. His face went startled, then cloric. "The only thing between your head and my foot becoming real close and personal right now is my questionable professionalism. And if you ever threaten me again, I'll slam you halfway across the room before you can say number-two pencil. Got it, you tall freak of nature?” IfsMindSaidTwoRealEnoughFacesRoomsNumbersFeetBecomingRight NowTablesFingersCoffeeTallChestsFreakShut UpCagesPencilsHalfwayProfessionalismSlamQuestionablePokePresence Of MindBecoming Real Author:Kim Harrison
“Rachel?” came Ivy’s voice from her room. “Where’s my sword?” “In the foyer where you left it last week when the evangelists were canvassing the neighborhood” LastsLeftVoiceRoomsWeekNeighborhoodIvyEvangelistsFoyersCanvassing Author:Kim Harrison
“Behind the fury, he was tired. He was tired of being hauled around and shoved into a little room. He was tired of trying for me and failing. And to have Minias know it, to be carted off under his leash…It was almost insulting. Maybe, if I gave Al a night of peace to lick his wounds and his pride, he would grant that same courtesy to me?” IfsKnowsTryingLittlesNightRoomsBehindsFailingPrideTiredWoundsGrantsAlsCourtesyFuryInsultingLeashesTired Of Trying Author:Kim Harrison
“Her tiny hand gripped mine with a surprising warmth, and in a shocking wash of emotion, I felt everything I knew shift. The scent of cinnamon and baby powder hit me, and as my eyes widened, my heart melted, making room for her.” HeartHandsEyeFeltRoomsEmotionMinesBabyMy HeartTinyWarmthSurprisingScentShockingPowderCinnamonTiny Hands Author:Kim Harrison
“The demon's eyes flicked to mine, his smile widening. "This is Nicholas Gregory Sparagmos's room," he said, and my breath caught. "Delightful, just delightful! What are you doing in Nicky's room, Rachel? Ooooh, he summoned you to the West Coast, didn't he? Did you kill him? Good for you for taking care of that little problem! I should give you a bunny. Where is he? Stuffed in a closet?" ~ Algaliarept, Black Magic Sanction, Kim Harrison” GivingShouldLittlesSaidProblemEyeCareBlackRoomsMagicMinesBreathsWestCaughtDemonClosetsCoastDelightfulSanctionsKimBunniesWest CoastHis SmileBlack MagicAlgaliarept Author:Kim Harrison
“Men,” she said as she took my arm and led me to the brightly lit room. “They forget we need to see the outcome of pain before we willingly put ourselves through it. How else would we suffer nine months to have a beautiful child? We already know we have guts.” KnowsMenNeedsChildrenSaidPainBeautifulSufferingForgetRoomsArmsMonthsNineOutcomesGutsLitNine Months Author:Kim Harrison
“We could've done this anywhere, but I wanted you to see me, to see this," he said, gesturing at the room. "I wanted you to know where I come from, what I am under the choices I make.” KnowsSaidDoneWantedChoicesRooms Author:Kim Harrison
“People ask me what I do in my spare time, and I look at them blankly, truly believing that I don't even have spare time, and if I did, I'd probably use it for something mundane, like chipping away at the mound of laundry rising to dangerous proportions in the back room.” PeopleIfsBelieveLooksUseAsksRoomsDangerousAsk MeRisingProportionSparesMundaneLaundrySpare TimeChipping Away Author:Kim Harrison
