Men and swords. My father said that if you put any able-bodied man, no matter how peaceful, into a room with a sword and a practice dummy and leave him alone, eventually the man would pick up the sword and try to stab the dummy. It is human nature.
Ilona AndrewsTiny gold sparks flared in his irises. "You're in my rooms in my bathtub naked and you're still mouthing off." Did he expect anything different? "Hey, I didn't kick or punch you in the throat. I consider this progress. And you haven't choked me again, which is some sort of record for you.
Ilona AndrewsThe human body is an amazing organism. It can go from dead tired to completely alert in a terrified blink.
Ilona AndrewsI sighed and put Slayer between the front seats. "Stay here. Guard the car." Saiman shut the door. "Is the sword sentient?" "No. But I like to pretend it is.
Ilona AndrewsJack didnโt fully get Jesus. Audrey tried to explain it, and he could repeat it back to her, word for word, but he still didnโt comprehend most of it. The best he could gather was that Jesus lived long ago, told people to be nice, and they killed him for it. At the end, he asked who was Jesusโ necromancer and if he was in the Bible, then Kaldar couldnโt stop laughing and had to sit down.
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