“I smiled, trying to look harmless.“Don't do that. You'll freak everyone out,” he ordered.I dropped my smile.“Now you look like you want to eat everyone.”“I do.”“I should smack you.” He looked back at the humans. (Tommy & Danny)”

“Are you still upset I murdered our parents? - Tommy to Danny”

“All right,” he muttered and threw his legs over the side of the bed. He pinched the bridge ofhis nose, squeezing his eyes shut. “Did anyone call VF?”“No, we didn't want to get busted,” the short, stocky human replied.“Good, go downstairs and tell everyone it’s cool. He won't hurt anyone. He's like a pettiger.”“Tigers eat people,” the short, stocky human said.“Only if you piss him off, so don't give him a reason.”

“I would like it very much if you pulled on something of mine.” Kale”

“But you kissed me!”He wished she’d quit reminding him of that. It just made him want to do it all over again. “Devon, I give you my word, all I intend to do now is sleep.”She studied him through narrowed eyes. “How do I know that once we’re in bed you won’t… won’t…”“Turn into a wild, rutting beast who’s unable to control himself?” he supplied.“Exactly,” she breathed, looking supremely relieved that he’d said it and not she.“That’s very flattering, but I can assure you that you’re quite safe.” He waited until he saw her relax to add casually, “That only happens when the moon is full.”

“What the hell is this stuff?" he muttered, frowning at the oily spot on the linen cloth. "Pearlman slathered it on me this morning.""It's macassar oil. Gentlemen use it to keep their hair neat. Nicholas used it," she added pointedly."Well, tomorrow he's giving it up. I smell like a rotten apple.""You do not. And I think it looks rather nice."He sent her an incredulous look. "I look like an otter. And everything I put my head against gets greasy.""That's why someone invented the antimacassar," she told him, almost smiling."The-aha!" He laughed as he made the connection. "Of course. First they invent something stupid, then something ugly to make up for it. We live in a wondrous age, Annie.”

“Kelly looked at the cop, then sighed. “What a cluster. I take it you haven’t been killing young women and leaving their half-eaten bodies in the desert?”Adam was ticked. I could tell it even if he was looking like a reasonably calm businessman. Adam’s temper was the reason he wasn’t one of Bran’s werewolf poster boys. When angered, he often gave in to impulses he wouldn’t otherwise have given in to.“Sorry to disappoint you,” Adam told Kelly in silky tones. “But I prefer rabbits. Humans taste like pork.” And then he smiled. Kelly took an involuntary step backward.Tony gave Adam a sharp look. “Let’s not make things worse, if we can help it, gentlemen.”