You forgot the ‘my precious,’” Anna said dryly. “If you want to act like a freaking nutcase, you have to do it right.

Most of the pack would rather have Darryl mad at them than Auriele.

If you could just see your face,” she told me. “You look like a cat in a bathtub.

Just as I’ve always known there are monsters in the world, monsters and things even more evil, I’ve always known that it is God who keeps evil at bay.

I could hear him laughing. Son of a bit*h. I would kill him. I didn't care if he was coyote or the son of Satan.He was a dead man walking.

When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace.

You don’t have the courage of a half-bred mongrel.