Kate had never met a person she didn't want to protect, preferably by hacking at the hostile parties with her sword.
Ilona AndrewsI'm a substitute mom." "You're more like a crazy aunt who only gets called when somebody needs bailing out of jail.
Ilona AndrewsDo you like my working persona?" Saiman asked softly. "An aesthetically pleasing combination of intelligence and elegance, wouldn't you say?" Aren't we pleased with ourselves. "Are you Chinese, Japanese, half-white? I can't tell, your features are neither here nor there." "I'm inscrutable, mysterious and intellectual." He forgot conceited. "Did you have any trouble getting that ego through the door?" Saiman didn't even blink. "Not in the least.
Ilona AndrewsIโd missed him so much, it almost hurt. It started the moment I left the Keep and nagged at me all day. Every day I had to fight with myself to keep from making up bullshit reasons to call the Keep so I could hear his voice. My only saving grace was that Curran wasnโt handling this whole mating thing any better. Yesterday heโd called me at the office claiming that he couldnโt find his socks. We talked for two hours.
Ilona Andrews