“He smiled at that, and then his gaze shifted to a spot over my shoulder and it faded. 'These doubts wouldn’t have anything to do with the company you’re keeping of late, would they?'I didn’t get a chance to answer before the shop door was thrown open and a furious war mage stomped in. Pritkin spotted me and his eyes narrowed.'You shaved my legs?!'Mircea looked at me and folded his arms across his chest. I looked from one unhappy face to the other and suddenly remembered that I had somewhere else to be.”
―
Karen Chance,
Curse the Dawn
“And I just couldn't take it anymore. I closed the distance between us, slammed him back against the chair and kissed him, holding his head still with both my hands buried in that stupid, stupid hair. I half expected more resistance, because Pritkin had never met an argument he didn't like. So it was a shock when he ran his hands down my sides, cupped my hips and slid us both to the floor."I'm going straight to hell for this," he muttered."At least you'll know a lot of people," I said breathlessly. ” ― Karen Chance, Curse the Dawn
“My lord...I can explain-," Louis-Cesare began, looking less than certain that he could do anything of the kind.Radu held up a hand. "I am sure there is a perfectly good reason why my niece is naked and tied to her bed. I am also equally certain that I do not wish to hear it".” ― Karen Chance, Midnight's Daughter
“I tell of hearts and souls and dances...Butterflies and second chances;Desperate ones and dreamers bound,Seeking life from barren ground,Who suffer on in earthly fateThe bitter pain of agony hate,Might but they stop and here forgiveWould break the bonds to breathe and liveAnd find that God in goodness bringsA chance for change, the hope of wingsTo rest in Him, and self to dieAnd so become a butterfly.” ― Karen Kingsbury, Oceans Apart
“I wasn't entirely sure, but a polite John Pritkin might be a sign of the apocalypse.” ― Karen Chance, Embrace the Night
“He wasn't that good looking, he had the social skills of a wet cat and the patience of a caffeinated hummingbird” ― Karen Chance
“I’d have been dead a long time ago if not for my friends, one of whom had just jumped off the cliff after me. I’d have been a lot more appreciative if he hadn’t pushed me first." ~Cassandra Palmer” ― Karen Chance, Hunt the Moon
“No, Miss Palmer. What is bizarre is that I currently have a vagina.” ― Karen Chance, Curse the Dawn
“Pritkin kissed like he did everything else, straightforward, accepting no prisoners and with an intensity that left me breathless. It was hot and hard and desperate, like he was starving for it, and I opened my mouth and took it, because, God.” ― Karen Chance, Embrace the Night
“I was alive, they were not. Go Me. (Touch the Dark)” ― Karen Chance, Touch the Dark
“I'm tired, I'm hungry and I have a head in a bag," I warned him. "Do not fuck with me.” ― Karen Chance, Death's Mistress
“We’re going jogging.”“I don’t run for recreation. I run when someone’s after me with a weapon.”“That can be arranged,” ― Karen Chance, Embrace the Night
“How the hell do you think I feel?" I don't want to end up inside a woman!" He paused. "Well, at least not that way” ― Karen Chance, Touch the Dark
“He had the look of an atheist who’d just had a visit from God: stunned, disbelieving and faintly ill.” ― Karen Chance, Claimed by Shadow
“Think you can maybe not die for five minutes?""I'll try,"I told him seriously."You know, if anyone else said that, it would be funny.” ― Karen Chance, Hunt the Moon
“My sometimes friend, sometimes enemy, all the time pain in the ass.” ― Karen Chance, Hunt the Moon
“I drank some too-hot coffee and scowled at him, annoyed although I couldn't remember why. The light from the lounge was leaking in, highlighting his spiky blond hair. I decided that must be it. "You really hate my hair, don't you?" he asked, a smile flickering over his lips so fast I might have imagined it."Yeah""Why?"I reached out to touch it, and was surprised as always to find it mostly soft. Just a little stiff in places from whatever product he used on it. It felt weird, imagining Pritkin having anything in his hair but sweat. But he must have; nobody's did that all on its own."It's like...angry hair," I said, trying to pat it down and failing miserably.He caught my wrist. "Most people would say that suits me.""I'm not most people.""I know.” ― Karen Chance, Hunt the Moon
“Not really hungry.""She’ll eat." Pritkin said curtly."I said —""If you starve to death it would damage my professional reputation.""I eat plenty.""The same does not apply should I strangle you in understandable irritation, however.""I’ll have a sandwich," I told Nick. "No meat.” ― Karen Chance, Embrace the Night
“Once upon a time, when I was a child reading fairy tales, I'd ached to have my own adventures. Not that I'd wanted to be some dippy heroine languishing in a tower, awaiting rescue. No, I'd wanted to be the knight, charging into battle against overwhelming odds, or the plucky country lass who gets taken on as an apprentice to a great wizard. As I got older, I'd found out the hard way that adventures are rarely anything like the books say. Half the time you are scared out of your mind, and the rest you're bored and your feet hurt. I was beginning to believe that maybe I wasn't the adventurous type.” ― Karen Chance, Touch the Dark
“And I just couldn't take it anymore. I closed the distance between us, slammed him back against the chair and kissed him, holding his head still with both my hands buried in that stupid, stupid hair. I half expected more resistance, because Pritkin had never met an argument he didn't like. So it was a shock when he ran his hands down my sides, cupped my hips and slid us both to the floor."I'm going straight to hell for this," he muttered."At least you'll know a lot of people," I said breathlessly. ” ― Karen Chance, Curse the Dawn
“My lord...I can explain-," Louis-Cesare began, looking less than certain that he could do anything of the kind.Radu held up a hand. "I am sure there is a perfectly good reason why my niece is naked and tied to her bed. I am also equally certain that I do not wish to hear it".” ― Karen Chance, Midnight's Daughter
“I tell of hearts and souls and dances...Butterflies and second chances;Desperate ones and dreamers bound,Seeking life from barren ground,Who suffer on in earthly fateThe bitter pain of agony hate,Might but they stop and here forgiveWould break the bonds to breathe and liveAnd find that God in goodness bringsA chance for change, the hope of wingsTo rest in Him, and self to dieAnd so become a butterfly.” ― Karen Kingsbury, Oceans Apart
“I wasn't entirely sure, but a polite John Pritkin might be a sign of the apocalypse.” ― Karen Chance, Embrace the Night
“He wasn't that good looking, he had the social skills of a wet cat and the patience of a caffeinated hummingbird” ― Karen Chance
“I’d have been dead a long time ago if not for my friends, one of whom had just jumped off the cliff after me. I’d have been a lot more appreciative if he hadn’t pushed me first." ~Cassandra Palmer” ― Karen Chance, Hunt the Moon
“No, Miss Palmer. What is bizarre is that I currently have a vagina.” ― Karen Chance, Curse the Dawn
“Pritkin kissed like he did everything else, straightforward, accepting no prisoners and with an intensity that left me breathless. It was hot and hard and desperate, like he was starving for it, and I opened my mouth and took it, because, God.” ― Karen Chance, Embrace the Night
“I was alive, they were not. Go Me. (Touch the Dark)” ― Karen Chance, Touch the Dark
“I'm tired, I'm hungry and I have a head in a bag," I warned him. "Do not fuck with me.” ― Karen Chance, Death's Mistress
“We’re going jogging.”“I don’t run for recreation. I run when someone’s after me with a weapon.”“That can be arranged,” ― Karen Chance, Embrace the Night
“How the hell do you think I feel?" I don't want to end up inside a woman!" He paused. "Well, at least not that way” ― Karen Chance, Touch the Dark
“He had the look of an atheist who’d just had a visit from God: stunned, disbelieving and faintly ill.” ― Karen Chance, Claimed by Shadow
“Think you can maybe not die for five minutes?""I'll try,"I told him seriously."You know, if anyone else said that, it would be funny.” ― Karen Chance, Hunt the Moon
“My sometimes friend, sometimes enemy, all the time pain in the ass.” ― Karen Chance, Hunt the Moon
“I drank some too-hot coffee and scowled at him, annoyed although I couldn't remember why. The light from the lounge was leaking in, highlighting his spiky blond hair. I decided that must be it. "You really hate my hair, don't you?" he asked, a smile flickering over his lips so fast I might have imagined it."Yeah""Why?"I reached out to touch it, and was surprised as always to find it mostly soft. Just a little stiff in places from whatever product he used on it. It felt weird, imagining Pritkin having anything in his hair but sweat. But he must have; nobody's did that all on its own."It's like...angry hair," I said, trying to pat it down and failing miserably.He caught my wrist. "Most people would say that suits me.""I'm not most people.""I know.” ― Karen Chance, Hunt the Moon
“Not really hungry.""She’ll eat." Pritkin said curtly."I said —""If you starve to death it would damage my professional reputation.""I eat plenty.""The same does not apply should I strangle you in understandable irritation, however.""I’ll have a sandwich," I told Nick. "No meat.” ― Karen Chance, Embrace the Night
“Once upon a time, when I was a child reading fairy tales, I'd ached to have my own adventures. Not that I'd wanted to be some dippy heroine languishing in a tower, awaiting rescue. No, I'd wanted to be the knight, charging into battle against overwhelming odds, or the plucky country lass who gets taken on as an apprentice to a great wizard. As I got older, I'd found out the hard way that adventures are rarely anything like the books say. Half the time you are scared out of your mind, and the rest you're bored and your feet hurt. I was beginning to believe that maybe I wasn't the adventurous type.” ― Karen Chance, Touch the Dark
