The heavy eyelids snapped open. Jack froze. A huge gold-and-amber eye, as big as a dinner plater, stared at him. The dark pupil shrank, focusing. Jack stood very still. The colossal head turned, the scaled lip only three feet from Jack. The golden eyes gazed at him, wirling with fiery color. Jack breathed in tiny, shallow breaths. Dont blink. Don't blink... Two gusts of wind erutped from the wyvern's nostrils Jack jumped straight up, bounced off the ground into another jump, and scrambled up the nearest tree. In the clearing, Gaston bent over, guffawing like an idiot. 'It's not funny!
Ilona AndrewsI said, I know why youโre afraid to fight with me.โ "And why is that?โ If he flexed again, Iโd have to implement emergency measures. Maybe I could kick some sand at him or something. Hard to look hot brushing sand out of your eyes. "You want me.โ Oh boy. "You canโt resist my subtle charm, so youโre afraid youโre going to make a spectacle out of yourself.โ "You know what? Donโt talk to me.
Ilona AndrewsAnd I meant to tell you: that was a one-in-a-thousand shot." She raised her hand. "Don't." "It was awesome," George confirmed. "It really was," Jack said. "His head exploded.
Ilona AndrewsGive me an opportunity to fail," Saiman said. "I promise my corpse won't interrupt your 'I told you so' speech.
Ilona AndrewsYouโre like a god from a Greek myth, Saiman. You have no empathy. You have no concept of the world beyond your ego. Wanting something gives you an automatic right to obtain it by whatever means necessary with no regard to the damage it may do. I would be careful if I were you. Friends and objects of deitiesโ desires dropped like flies. In the end the gods always ended up miserable and alone." โ Kate Daniels
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