In diplomacy, like in great many other things, the rules of engagement survive only until one remarkable person decides to break them.
Ilona AndrewsDo you know what separates adults from children? Self-discipline. We don’t want to go to work, we don’t want to do our chores, and we don’t want to make unpleasant decisions, but we do all those things because we’re aware of the consequences which will follow if we don’t.
Ilona AndrewsHe’d spent the night in the boat. Next to the spaghetti queen.
William glanced at the hobo girl. She sat across from him, huddled in a clump. Her stench had gotten worse overnight, probably from the dampness. Another night like the last one, and he might snap and dunk her into that river just to clear the air.
She saw him looking. Dark eyes regarded him with slight scorn.
William leaned forward and pointed at the river. “I don’t know why you rolled in spaghetti sauce,” he said in a confidential voice. “I don’t really care. But that water over there won’t hurt you. Try washing it off.”
She stuck her tongue out.
“Maybe after you’re clean,” he said.
Her eyes widened. She stared at him for a long moment. A little crazy spark lit up in her dark irises. She raised her finger, licked it, and rubbed some dirt off her forehead.
Now what?
The girl showed him her stained finger and reached toward him slowly, aiming for his face.
“No,” William said. “Bad hobo.”
The finger kept coming closer.
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She could've stared into those eyes for a thousand years and never noticed the time passing by.
Ilona AndrewsTags: cerise-mar
On your best day, you're only as good as I am on my worst with one arm tied behind my back.
Ilona AndrewsTags: magic-bleeds
You're problem is, you underestimate me because I'm a woman.
Ilona AndrewsYou said sloppy! Look, I didn't even use my sword; I hit him with my head, like a moron.
Ilona AndrewsTags: kate
Yes I can,” Curran snarled. “Listen: this is me telling you what you will not do.”
I raised the cookbook and tapped him on the nose. Bad cat.
I glanced at Derek. The boy wonder didn't melt into a pile of goo, although his gaze was glued to Rowena's chest. Avoiding eye contact. Good strategy.
Ilona AndrewsTags: fantasy ilona-andrews derek rowena avoiding-eye-contact good-strategy magic-bites
It a dude and a girl, and the house and wooo scary things happen and then they kill everything.
Ilona AndrewsTags: tweet
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