"Amy," Elsie Moore said in her crackling voice, her gaze fixed on Declan. "I want you to get me a new bear. A blond one."
Ilona AndrewsYou fellows ever thought of hiring out as a Christmas lights crew? Youโd make a fortune.
Ilona AndrewsCongratulations," he said, his voice dry. "You finally managed to find a woman as tragically noble as yourself. I didn't think one existed." "I'm not tragic." Kaldar held up his hand. "Spare me. Some children are born wearing a silk shirt; you were born wrapped in melancholy. When they slapped you to make you cry, you just sighed heavily and a single tear rolled from your eye." He dragged his finger from the corner of his left eye to his cheek. " Your first words were probably 'woe is me.'" "My first words were 'Kaldar, shut up!' because you talked too much. Still do.
Ilona AndrewsI do shodo magic,โ Dali said. โI curse through calligraphy. I have to write the curse out on a piece of paper and I canโt move while I do it. One smudge, and I might kill the lot of us.โ Oh good. โBut donโt worry.โ Dali waved her arms. โItโs so precise, it usually doesnโt work at all.โ Better and better.
Ilona AndrewsPeople think I built the Pack, because I'm the guy who has the welfare of all shapeshifters in mind. They're wrong. Everything I built, I did so that when I mate and have children, nobody can touch my family. (...) I built all this so I can protect you.
Ilona AndrewsWould you like to borrow a pair of my panties to wave around at the next Council meeting to get the point across?โ His eyes flashed. โGot any to spare?โ I couldโve picked somebody rational. But no, I had to fall in love with this arrogant idiot. Come to the Keep with me, be my princess. Mourn me when your crazy dad kills me. Yeah, right.
Ilona Andrews