Hold your horses. I'm coming."... "From where I'm standing you're just breathing laboriously." The snow swam out of focus. "Breathing hard. Are you coming or just breathing hard. You've got to get your one-liners straight.

I did some thinking.” “That is a very dangerous pastime,” Ghastek said.

You know anything about investigative work?" "Sure. Annoy the people involved until the guilt party tries to make you go away.

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.

I realized that I'm a child." William looked point-blank at her chest. "No.

Curran struck at my wrist. His fingers were cat-quick, but I had spent my life honing my reflexes, and he missed. “Well, look at that.” I studied my free wrist. “Denied. Good-bye

Nobody ever died of being shot by a cookie.