Did something happen to the sanctity of your church again?" My eye twitched. "Newt broke it so she could look in my closet." Again.

I’m not going to pick her up and carry her screaming to the basement,” Trent said. “It’s a workday. Besides, she has a crutch.” “Crutch or no, she’s hurt!” Ceri protested. “I mean,” Trent said intently, “she can hit me with it if I do something she doesn’t like.

As the joke goes, you don’t have to be faster than the wolf chasing you, just faster than everyone else running away.

A slow smile curved over my face, and I leaned down over him. "No," I said. "Wishes are lies. Tell me you're going to leave. Tell me you're not going to stay. Tell me that it's only for a while so I can enjoy today," I whispered in his ear, as if saying it louder would break me. "And when you go, don't think me cold when I don't cry. I can't cry anymore, Pierce. It hurts too much.

Your hair is a tangled mess,"he said, thinking he liked it that way, like a lion's mane.

Oh, I'm sorry. Did I interrupt some sort of dominance foreplay?

Making a spell is easy. It's trusting you did it right that's hard.