Would 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 AndrewsHow did the hearing go?โ she asked. โWe won, sort of,โ Kaldar said. โWe die at dawn.โ โThe court gave the Sheeriles twenty-four hours,โ William corrected. โYes, but โwe die at dawn the day after tomorrowโ doesnโt sound nearly as dramatic.โ โDoes it have to be dramatic all the time?โ Catherine murmured. โOf course. Everyone has a talent. Yours is crocheting and mine is making melodramatic statements.
Ilona AndrewsWho is there with you?" "Raphael" Kate's voice snapped. "I'll be in Atlanta in three hours. Where are you?" "I said it's nothing major." "Bullshit. You wouldn't work with Raphael unless the Apocalypse was imminent and that was the only way to prevent it.
Ilona AndrewsWho are you, what are you doing here, who is Hood, why does he want Julie, and where is Julie's mother?" "Is that all!" He wiped the red smudge off his lip with the back of his hand. "Yes. No. Why is the cauldron important, where did it go, how is Morrigan involved, where do you go when you disappear, and why do you keep stealing the maps? Okay, now that's everything.
Ilona AndrewsIs there a cookie at the end of this lecture? ... I got a cookie after all ... Dear god, the cookie was poisoned.
Ilona AndrewsI shouldโve been furious, but for some reason I wasnโt. Maybe because I knew he was telling the truth. Maybe because Voron left me just like that, without the much-needed explanations. Maybe because things I had learned about him since his death had made me doubt everything heโd ever said to me. Whatever the case, I felt only a hollow, crushing sadness. How touching. I understood my adoptive fatherโs killer. Maybe after this was over, Hughโs head and I could sing โKumbayaโ together by the fire.
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