Quote by Ilona Andrews

“Knocking him down won the first fight. I wanted to win all the next ones, too. So they’d leave me alone.”

— Orson Scott Card

“Listen to me, he thought. If I were talking out loud, I’d be whining. Derek gets hit and I act like I’m the one…

— Gary Paulsen

“Derek was telling her something about a hand in a box. It was a dead hand. Why the hell did he have to bring…

— Gordon Andrews

“Derek got in my face, close enough for me to smell his bad breath and get a zoom on his zits. One on his…

— Jordan Dane

“After a few seconds to savor his self-derailment, Derek gets back on course.”

— Charles Stross

“He knocked again and his smile broadened. “Knock, knock,” he added, at once giving himself away. He was pleased to hear that her heartbeat…

— Heather Killough-Walden

“Seth glanced back over his shoulder at the door. “Alex, you’re starting to worry me. Insult me… or something.”

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

“I was midway down to the first floor when it finally hit me: I had just told the alpha of all shapeshifters that hell…

— Ilona Andrews

“Screw the punch; you want a knock-out, don’t you?”

— Teresa Denys

“Somebody knocked, and I’m glad it wasn’t her. I mean I want her to come, but I thought it was him, so I ignored…

— Jarod Kintz

“He may be in for a rough morning then," Derek remarked, chuckling.”

— Stephen Zimmer

“I could dodge the kick, but the stable door was already down - and I hadn't even realised it until I saw the splinters.”

— Mike Carey