Sherrilyn Kenyon

“Check on Ren.” – Sundown“In the electricity cube? What kind of psycho are you?” – Sasha“Sasha…” – Sundown“Fine. I get shocked, you better start checking shoes before you put them on.” – Sasha”

“Psst!”(Sasha turned around in a circle, looking for the source of the sound. Jess arched a brow at Abigail.) “I didn’t do it.” – Abigail(They looked at Sasha.) “What? Some freak noise gets made, and you blame the dog? That ain’t right. Next thing you know, I’ll get blamed for gas attacks, too.” – Sasha”

“So this is it, huh? Not how I thought I’d go out. (He glanced around at the extremely green cavern walls.) Well, at least we’ll all be minty fresh when we go.” – Sasha”

“We’re going to die, aren’t we?” – Abigail“Hope not. I still have another episode of No Ordinary Family downloaded on my computer that I haven’t had a chance to watch yet. Be a damn shame to miss it. Might have to hurt them if that happens.” – Sasha”

“Who the hell thought of that? Probably the same sick SOB who saw a chicken shoot an egg out of its nether region and said, “Hey, y’all, I think I’m gonna dry that up and eat it. Wish me luck. If I get sick from it, someone fetch a doctor.”’ – Sundown”

“You don’t know what you’re talking about.” – Coyote“Arrogance. The number one cause of death among both peasant and king. Beware its sharp blade. More times than not, it injures the one who wields it most of all.” – Choo Co La Tah”

“Hearts can never be stolen, Cy. They can only be given.” – Ren”

“Didn’t I tell you to stay out of my thoughts?’ – Abigail‘You can beat me later. Just do it naked.’ – Sundown”

“So beautiful.” – Coyote‘Ew…where’s my Perv Be Gone?’ – Abigail”

“Yeah, I understand better than you can ever imagine. I know exactly what it’s like to want something so bad, you can taste it and to have to watch as it voluntarily goes to someone else and then wish them both the best and try to mean it. I know the bitter taste of gall as they dir down at your table and you have to smile while inside you die every time they touch or exchange love-saturated glances. Don’t talk to me about torment, Jess. I wrote the fucking book on it.” – Ren”

“I really don’t have to die?” – Abigail“Are we going to be doing this all night? Should I book us a reservation at Redundancy?” – Choo Co La Tah”

“Not all sacrifices involve death, child. As the Enapay used to say, the noblest sacrifice of all is to open you heart up completely to another person and give them the dagger with which to slay you…” – Choo Co La Tah”

“Unfortunately, the heart played its own tune, and it was deaf to what the head tried to tell it.’ – Abigail”

“We’re not dead yet.” – Sundown“Yet is the operative word. If that’s all that’s in the way, I’ll kill you and end it. Ren? Give me your knife.” – Sasha“It’s their decision.” – Ren“Oh, that’s it. You’re fired buddy. Get off my island until you learn to be a team player.” – Sasha”

“We don’t have to do this. I can fight Coyote. We have the ability to defeat him.” – Sundown“Are you out of your effing mind? Hello? Where have you been for the last two days? I want whatever screwed-up glasses you’re looking through. ’Cause from where I’ve been standing, we’ve been getting our asses seriously kicked around the block. Up a few stairs and down again.” – Sasha”

“Only Jess could make Kleenex sexy.’ – Abigail”

“So Wolf, what did you do?” – Sundown“You mean before or after I soiled my jeans? Which, by the way, I want kudos for coming back in the cab when I could have gone home. The foot valve was stuck. It doesn’t happen often. But it can happen as you just saw. If you’re lucky you can pop it back out from the cab. Obviously, given the horrors of this night, I wasn’t lucky so I had to crawl under the damn thing at ninety miles an hour and pound it out from underneath. I don’t ever want to hang like that under a speeding vehicle again. I swear I just lost eight of my nine lives.” – Sasha “What is it with you the cat analogies?” – Sundown”

“All right, everyone. Fess up. Who just shat in their pants? C’mon. Admit it. I know I did and I’m wolf enough to own it.” – Sasha”

“Can’t you flash us out?” – Abigail“My powers were strangled by a bitch-goddess as punishment for my gross stupidity. I’m lucky I can still flash myself, never mind other people. All I have is raw power and sexy, fighting prowess. Well, okay, if I had to, I might teleport one, maybe two others. But I wouldn’t bet my better body parts on it.” – Sasha”

“They’re trying to scare us.” – Choo Co La Tah“Working. ’Cause the wolf here is definitely feeling an ‘oh shit’ moment. (He glanced over to Abigail.) You wouldn’t want to change my diaper, would you?” – Sasha”

“Now there’s something you don’t see everyday. Gah, I hope there’s no human roaming around with a video recorder or cell phone. Be a bitch to explain that. Easier to just kill them.” – Sasha”

“Shut up. What did you ask me, anyway?” – Sundown“Really? Good thing I didn’t tell you to duck a bomb.” – Sasha”

“What?” – Sundown“I have never in my extremely long life seen anyone take so long to answer a question. It’s like you went into your mind and got lost. You need a bread crumb, buddy? Here, Lassie, here. Come back, girl.” – Sasha”

“Step aside, boys. I have the evil powers for this.” – Abigail“My lady got mad skills.” – Sundown”

“Point taken there. Now, the important question, so pay attention, ye ADD degenerates. How the F do I kill them? ’Cause no offense, I was trying and they were kicking my ass all over the place. It really wasn’t pretty and didn’t do much for my ego either. My only reprieve is that no one I have to face on a regular basis witnessed my beating. Don’t know why you wanted me here when I’m about as useful as a wart on Aremis’s bum.” – Sasha”

“Don’t be stupid, Jess.” – Abigail“Brains don’t exactly run in my family. Suicidal lunacy, on the other hand…” – Sundown”

“Where’s Sasha?” – Sundown“Getting his ass kicked while deflecting this asshole from you. Any time you want to help me, Jess. Step right up.” – Sasha“Whatever you do, keep him busy.” – Sundown“No problemo. Using my face as his punching bag seems to be working. I’ll just need you to help me find all my teeth later.” – Sasha”

“I think I’m going to barf a hairball.” – Sasha“You can’t. You’re canine.” – Sundown“Tell that to the hairball in my stomach.” – Sasha”

“You believe everything you read in the papers? They get all the facts screwed up, and I think most of them are so crooked, they have to screw their pants on in the morning. Hell, most of them have to go diagonal just to walk in a straight line.” – Sundown”

“Hey, Choo? Wanna take odds on our survival tonight? We are in Vegas, after all. I think we should up the ante and have a huge payout for whoever calls in.” – Sasha”

“What happened?” – Abigail“What always happens when preternatural powers are unleashed or go to war, and no one cares about the collateral damage during the battle. I lost my entire family in the blink of an eye. Buy hey, I saved a lot of money on not having to buy Christmas cards.” – Sasha”

“If it makes you feel any better, this isn’t my first apocalypse. There is hope.” – Sasha“Obviously the world survived.” – Abigail “Yeah, not really. It kind of blew everything back to the Stone Age. The good news is, people are resilient, and that which doesn’t kill you merely serves as a cautionary tale for others. It also makes one hell of a bedtime story, especially if the Crypt-Keeper’s your audience.” – Sasha”

“By the way, cowboy, you do know that if we were to wreck, I can teleport out of this thing. Right?” – Sasha“Is Scooby still bitching? Remind me to check his vet record when we get back. I think he might have distemper or rabies or something.” – Sundown”

“Really? Is there anyone here one hundred percent human? No. I think dying from an unbuckled belt is the least of our concerns right now.” – Sasha“And I don’t put it in drive until everyone’s secure. That means you, wolfboy.” – Sundown“Un-frakkin’-believable. I’m in hell. With a lunatic. Might as well have stayed with Zarek. Next thing you know, you’ll be drowning pancakes with syrup, too. (He made a grand showing of buckling himself in.) Hope you get fleas.” – Sasha”

“What? Was he raised in a barn? Didn’t he ever learn how to close a door? Amateur shape-shifters…No manners whatsoever.” – Sasha“Do we need to get you a Midol before we go?” – Sundown “I’m not that easy to soothe, cowboy. My peeves are on a cellular level.” – Sasha”

“You be really careful.” – Sundown “Always. You have to be careful when you fly, or you end up smeared on the side of a building.” – Ren”

“All right. I will be a man about this…I’m so sorry Bets. I should have hidden the keys. Booted your tires. Something. I had no idea anyone would abuse you so, baby. I swear I’ll never let anyone hurt you again. Ayyy, how could they do this to you? How? Oh the humanity!” – Andy“I really need to get that boy a girlfriend- or at least laid.” – Sundown”

“You’ll live. It’s just a car, kid.” – Sundown“And hell is just a sauna. Fine. You’re right. I’ll live, even though right now it feels as if my guts have been yanked out through my nostrils and laid on the floor for your bitter amusement. You insensitive bastard! Just wait till I pick up your bike from the Ishtar. Let’s see who laughs then.” – Andy“You hurt that bike, and I’ll rip out your spine.” – Sundown”

“You ready for the next part?” – Sundown “Like an adrenaline shot straight into my heart via my eyes.” – Abigail”

“Things were about as normal as a Luddite working for Bill Gates.’ – Sundown”

“At this point, they were mired so deep in the mud of Shit City, he might as well have his mail forwarded.’ – Sundown”

“Did they launch the last space shuttle yet?” – Sundown “I don’t follow.” – Ren“I’m just thinking maybe we should evacuate the whole planet. I’ve heard the moon is kind of nice this time of year.” – Sundown “Focus your ADD, Jess.” – Ren“I gotcha, brother. What you’re forecasting is six more plagues coming out of the northwest at maximum velocity with a mild chance of survival. Followed by the world getting swallowed whole in a vat of evil.” – Sundown”

“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss other people. Life's too short to worry about what other people do or don't do. Tend your own backyard, not theirs, because yours is the one you have to live in.”

“No one has heard from him in countless centuries. For all we know, the Grizzly might have killed him when he behind the Gate or he could have possessed him. You have no idea what the Grizzly is capable of. Trust me. We have to stop them from opening that jar. If the Grizzly gets out again–” – Ren “It’ll be a fun time in Disneyland. Y’all think we could arm Mickey? He might be badass with a gun.” – Sundown”

“Can we wake him out of it?” – Sundown“Well, you know, cowboy, that’s a really good idea. Damn shame I didn’t think of it, huh?” – Ren “Cut the sarcasm. And you’re sure it’s not a vision quest?” – Sundown“For the sake of our long-term friendship, I’m not even going to dignify that with the response it deserves.” – Ren”

“Am I forgiven yet?” – Sundown“Find. But only because you look good naked.” – Abigail”

“I have some telekinesis, which you already discovered. Premonitions. Can see auras and…I make a killer omelet.” – Sundown”

“Now what other evil powers do you have that I should know about?” – Abigail “I can roll my tongue.” – Sundown“I’m serious, Jess.” – Abigail“So am I. Not everyone can do it. It’s a genetic thing, you know.” – Sundown”

“Abby, listen to me. I can hear thoughts–” – Sundown“Little late now, bucko. I noticed. Thanks for volunteering that. Let me give you a Hero Award for your first confession. Big flippin’ hairy doo dah…Woo. Hoo.” – Abigail”

“I killed your friends.” – Abigail“And I’m not happy about that. But your head wasn’t screwed on right. It’s easy to let the enemies in and listen to them sometimes, especially when they’re pretending to be your best friends who only want the best for you. At least that’s what they claim. They’re insidious bastards, telling you what you want to hear and using your emotions to manipulate you think doing their bidding.” – Sundown”