Maybe if I didn't say anything about what happened, we could get back to the way we were. Ignoring a problem was a perfectly acceptable way to deal with it, as long as both people agree never to bring it up again.
Kim HarrisonBut why allow someone to make a bad choice when a little information might engender a better one? It's hard to wake up and see the sun if the blinds are pulled.
Kim HarrisonBehind the fury, he was tired. He was tired of being hauled around and shoved into a little room. He was tired of trying for me and failing. And to have Minias know it, to be carted off under his leashโฆIt was almost insulting. Maybe, if I gave Al a night of peace to lick his wounds and his pride, he would grant that same courtesy to me?
Kim HarrisonBut the same things that had once attracted menow left me with a mild sense of unease. Ivy would say I was getting smarter, but I just feltโฆempty.
Kim HarrisonRachel, we've been over this. This is what I do," he said, crumbs of whiten cheese falling from the knife. "Find a way for your lofty, unrealistic ideals to deal with it.
Kim HarrisonIโm your worst nightmare come to walk this side of the lines. Iโm an elf, Trent something youโre forgotten how to be. Youโre scared of black magic. I can see fear shimmering under your aura like sweat. I live and breathe black magic. Iโm so tainted with it that I will use it without thought, without guilt and without hesitation.
Kim Harrison