Bran grabbed my hand,pulled me to a chest, and swung the heavy lid open. A white cloth covered the contents. He jerked it aside. Human heads filled the chest. "Oh God." He scooped a mummified head from the chest by a scalp lock and thrust it at me. "All of them are mine." This was officially the weirdest version of "come down to my place and I'll show you some etchings" I've ever been hit with.
Ilona AndrewsThere are only two things that can screw this up for us: you and me." "Then we're doomed for sure.
Ilona AndrewsWhen you want to take over a city, you have to destroy the illusion of safety it provides. You have to hit the large well-protected establishments, find the powerful people who run them and are viewed as invincible, and kill them. You want to destroy the morale first. Once the people's resolve is gone and everyone is scared for their own skin, the city is yours.
Ilona AndrewsA girl half my age swept by and slammed two giant tankard filled with beer on the table. Ragnvald held his up. I smashed my tankard against his. Beer splashed. We raised the tankard and pretended to take much bigger gulps than we did.
Ilona AndrewsIs he a scumbag in training?โ Richard glanced at the gunman. โAt least have the decency to hold the gun properly, you fool. If you donโt know how, pass it to someone who does. Iโm not going to suffer being shot at by anything less than a full- fledged lowlife. (Richard)
Ilona AndrewsBarabas placed a stack on the table and held the chair out for me. โFor you.โ โIโm hungry and I donโt have time for this.โ Barabasโs eyes held no mercy. โMake time, Alpha. You have two hands. You can eat and sign simultaneously.โ Curran grinned. โEnjoying my suffering?โ I asked. โI find it hilarious that youโll run into a gunfight with nothing but your sword, but paperwork makes you panic.โ Barabas put a thicker stack in front of him. โThis is yours, mโlord.โ Curran swore.
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