When the kid began to flag, Riley picked her up, swung her onto his back, and kept running. The leopard in Mercy growled in approval - whatever his faults (and they were many and legend), Riley knew how to take care of the innocent.

I will fight you endlessly if I think you're wrong but I will never judge you.

Hawke's gaze was so innocent, Andrew knew it was pure bullshit

I might not be Silent any longer, but I still have the perfect poker face.

After they were both done, the pile of knives and guns on the coffee table looked like they’d cleaned out an armory. “I think we have a problem, Dmitri.

But you, you’ve always been the rain, the wind, inside my mind. I taste you when I sleep, when I wake, when I breathe.

Now a small woman, with dangerous curves. I could bite into her.