Karen Chance

“If I'd had enough breath, I would have screamed, both at the sensation and at the sheer pettiness of the bastard who…

— Karen Chance

The worst part was the silence. Death was supposed to be loud — gunshots, explosions, screams and thunder. Not this eerie quiet…

— Karen Chance

“It’s beautiful, dulceață,” he said, his tone awed. “Do you see? Beautiful.” “What is?” “The snow. The night.” His arms tightened. “You.”…

— Karen Chance

I have to fix this,” I told him, as clearly and calmly as I could. “If you want to help me, then…

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I stared at him, unable to believe this was happening. That he could just disappear, along with everything rich and strange he’d…

— Karen Chance

“I didn’t know how men managed with something taking up so much room down there. And what the hell kind of design…

— Karen Chance

“This isn't sex." I blinked. "Oh. Then what is it?" "An emergency!" I started to argue and then thought twice about it.…

— Karen Chance

I left it with a warmer,” he said drily. Because war mages ate their fried chicken frozen to the ground and they…

— Karen Chance

“I started to get up, but that hand tightened on my foot. I wanted to pace, needed to let off some of…

— Karen Chance

The Circle had been less than thrilled by its choice, but we'd finally come to terms. As in, they were no longer…

— Karen Chance

“Who is this Marlowe guy anyway? He's an ass. Threw him out. Threatened to have Ysmi sit on him if he returned.…

— Karen Chance

“Louis-Cesare and Ray were in trouble. I could tell because I could see them, not clearly, but in fits and starts, little…

— Karen Chance

My lord...I can explain-," Louis-Cesare began, looking less than certain that he could do anything of the kind. Radu held up a…

— Karen Chance

“Don't give me some stupid lecture about war when the person we're talking about losing is you!" I said, surprised by the…

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Laura won’t hurt you,” I said, wrestling him for control. “She’s one of the sweetest ghosts I ever met. She just likes…

— Karen Chance

“I drank some too-hot coffee and scowled at him, annoyed although I couldn't remember why. The light from the lounge was leaking…

— Karen Chance

“Tony wanted to kill me, the Senate wanted to make me their stooge, and, oh, yeah, I'd also managed to piss off…

— Karen Chance

So maybe it was just as well that my companion was more like Mulder. A coked-out Mulder with a lot of weapons,…

— Karen Chance

Mess with my weed again and I’ll be informing Daddy that there was an early casualty on the mission.” I saw him…

— Karen Chance

“What’s this shit?” Ray demanded, looking at the salesclerk. “Honey, truth hurts, but ain’t no way you’re a Magnum.” “Well, I ain’t…

— Karen Chance

I'm about to rupture something," he was informed, as the big, gaily wrapped box she was carrying smacked into the small of…

— Karen Chance

“Louis-Cesare slowly pulled himself into a half-standing position against the side of the winery.'What? Did you think one little mage was going…

— Karen Chance

You love me?" He just looked at me for a moment. And then he reared back his head and laughed, a rich,…

— Karen Chance

“I tossed it on a pile with the coat, my stiff-with-cold jeans and the expensive scrap of silk that had been wedged…

— Karen Chance

And then Mircea finally let me down, only to get his hands inside the coat and push me against the wall. “I’m…

— Karen Chance

Mircea leaned over to refill my wineglass, and a section of his bare chest showed under the robe, along with a hint…

— Karen Chance

You will die a worse death if you do not leave my domain,” a voice thundered down from the third story of…

— Karen Chance

What?” I said defensively, clutching the mink and my dignity. Since I was barefoot, mostly naked and completely hungover, I was pretty…

— Karen Chance

I narrowed my eyes at it. Ming-de’s little gift, I assumed. “You look better in color,” I snapped. He sent me a…

— Karen Chance

“I’m like the master. I like to walk on the wild side.” It took me a moment to realize what he meant.…

— Karen Chance

“It didn’t matter what my heart said, I reminded myself. My heart told me stupid stuff all the time. My heart should…

— Karen Chance

“I felt rather than heard someone come up behind me and I didn’t have to wonder who. My vagina had just gotten…

— Karen Chance

“What do you know about racing?" Ronnie asked, curious. He looked fascinated, like a scientist confronted by a strange new species: dontgivadamnus…

— Karen Chance

Is there anyone in this apartment who hasn’t seen me naked?” I demanded, grabbing the sheet and the phone. “I genuinely hope…

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A gentleman would have announced himself!” I told him, pressing against the side of the tub. “And a scoundrel would have joined…

— Karen Chance

You could say I'm on the troubleshooting squad." "Troubleshooting?" He put a hand on the back of his waistband. "I see trouble…

— Karen Chance

“Átnéztem a pólókat, és találtam egyet, melyről egy kiguvadt szemű rajzfilmfigura meredt rám. A felirat szerint „Túl sok vér van a koffeinkeringésemben”.…

— Karen Chance

“Can you repeat that pickup line for me?” I heard one of the vamps ask. “I want to write it down. Something…

— Karen Chance

“I shifted back onto the plane, fuming, and a ghost popped in. That wouldn’t normally require comment, as it happens to me…

— Karen Chance

“Louis-Cesare looked pained. Ray was even dirtier than I was, and his bright red briefs had gotten a tear across the butt…

— Karen Chance