Be reasonable. I know you can be. If you try very, very hard.” - Al to Rachel — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Al was looking at me in disbelief. “Not your lover?” “No.” “But he is Rachel candy,” Al said, his confusion too honest… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
The quickest way to a woman's crotch is through her gullet. Can I make you a cake?" Big Al to Pierce, then… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
A demon was asking me what I wanted. My eyes flicked to Al, and he shrugged. “What do you want?” he said… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Ku’Sox was indeed a demon. In. The. Sun. I needed answers, but I wanted them from Al, not…Cute Socks here. — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
I can think of a lot of things to do," he said, "and none of them involve standing up. - Al — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
I sighed. "And what am I to you, Al?" "My maid," he said brightly. "Shall we do this? — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
No exclusive,” I said aloud, watching Al for his opinion and seeing him shake his head and hold his hands out in… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Pierce jerked his hand from Trent and pushed himself straight. “Kalamack Industries,” he said, expression twisted as he wiped his hand on… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
He's going to hurt you," Al said, looking at Pierce. "I can take care of you, teach you to survive. Be there… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Why?" I said, taking the paper from him as Al smiled. "If it's not what I agreed to, I will burn Al's… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Al was standing a bare three feet away, his mood almost jovial as he took the paper and it vanished in a… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Newt spun, making her robe unfurl. “He’s my familiar, bought and paid for. I can claim anything of his. Even his life.”… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Al's red eyes slid past me to Pierce. "Play?" he said, his voice dripping with interest. "Gordian Nathaniel Pierce's quirks are legendary.… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Where did he go!” he bellowed, gloved hands clenching. “I had him in a snare that would take Alexander the Great a… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
What are you doing now?" Al questioned "Seeing if your circumcision is gone? It is. My expression went blank, and Trent hesitated.… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
That’s my girl,” she said, her eyes holding a shared pain as she saw my confusion. “Al, where are you going to… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Rachel, my itchy witch," Al said as he tugged the lace at his cuffs. "We've talked about this. You simply must stop… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
You!” she said, stepping forward with a vehement expression and her finger pointed. Heart pounding, I pressed into Al. Funny how he… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Al's voice was faint but resolute. "Stand up. Try to look sexy." "In a bedsheet?" I complained, running my hands down it.… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
We all watched Al open the door. Turning, he waved to us, then passed the threshold. The door shut behind him. I… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
I pushed him away, catching Lee's awe that I was not only standing with a demon outside a circle, but that Al… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
But a slow, deeply satisfied smile came over him, and his breath quickened. 'So softly it starts,' he whispered. 'Foolishly clever and… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
God, it stinks,” I said, hand over my nose as he pulled me into a long step. Al strode forward, head high.… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
It stinks of trains and that chili with the chocolate in it. Ooooh, books!" he exclaimed suddenly, making a beeline for the… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Al was cruel, vindictive, angry, elegant, powerful. He gave me strength, he gave me wisdom, not only about magic, but about myself.… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
No, you just keep crashing my life. Look—" I said, and Al grunted. "Here it comes," the demon muttered. "Listen. Listen to… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Somehow I found him. Somehow I found Al's sarcastic thoughts, bitter and old. Tired, angry, bored. Alone. — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
A devious spark lit through Al, making me smile. One way. It costs too much, he said. “There’s no inflation in the… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
In a few hours, I’m going to be banished to the surface, my belongings raffled off as novelty items and my living… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
What are you doing now?” Al questioned, listing heavily as he tucked another one of those bottles under his arm and staggered… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
I smell pancakes," Al said as he jauntily smacked Pierce's hat back on the witch's head. "Did the runt make you breakfast?"… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Behind the fury, he was tired. He was tired of being hauled around and shoved into a little room. He was tired… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Numb, I took the perfectly browned puff. Okay. Let me see if I have this right. Al provokes me into defending myself.… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
You tried to slide his original curse back onto him?” Al said in wonder. “At the restaurant? And I stopped you? Sweet… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Hey,” the other said, coming to life. “You’re supposed to be in jail.” Al grinned at him, his white-gloved grip tightening on… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Maybe I could be friends with a ghost. I wouldn’t be able to kill him. — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
My God", he whispered. What have I done to her? He thought, humbled. The spell was broken, but it wasn't sealed, and her soul… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
I turned back to the mirror, seeing that there were no lines on it. It was empty. "What happened to my mirror?" I said,… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
“Half of it was meticulously arranged as an office with her computer - faster and more powerful than an industrial-sized package of laxative -… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Actually,” I said, hesitant to bring it up, “I was thinking along the lines of a curse that can turn you human.” “Or witch?”… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
“I’m giving you fair warning, Mr. Cormel. If you bespell Rachel, I’ll open up your head for the sunshine to come in.” - Jenks” — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
The demon had trouble remembering what she was doing, but she was powerful, sort of the crazy Wendy of the lost lord-of-the-flies boys. — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Your hair is a tangled mess,"he said, thinking he liked it that way, like a lion's mane. — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
“From my ear Jenks snickered. “Awwww, you two are so sweet, I could fart fairy balls.” — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Uh... ," Ivy stammered, and I glanced up to see her eyes wide in consideration. "I'm kidding," I said. "It passed the lethal-amulet test,… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
I'll always be here," he said softly. "You can never fill my need, never drive me away, no matter how much you give me.… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
