Quotes by Kelley Armstrong

I might be half Dereks size, but I was the one who sounded like a two-hundred-pound beast plowing through the woods.

I ran my tongue along the top of his underwear, letting it slide underneath. Then i shifted my body forward, lips moving back up his chest, until i was straddling him again.

As my hair fell free, Cortez entwined his fingers in it and kissed me even harder. Then he slipped one hand from my hair and snapped his fingers over our heads. The lights went out.

My foggy brain slid away and— And I was still dressed in only my bra and panties. Well, at least it’s a nice set of bra and panties. Yep, these were the thoughts going through my brain as I looked at a photo of a decapitated head on my bed.

You know children, always playing with the forces of darkness.

He was trying to tell me something.Derek snorted. Aren’t they all? Must be a rule in the ghost handbook—if in danger of evaporating, make sure you’re in the middle of a dire pronouncement.

‎If you want that kind of thing, call Nick. His advice is shit, but he really likes to give it.

I wouldn’t call Gabriel Walsh if I was on fire.” She pursed her lips. “No, I might. To sue everyone responsible—from the person who lit the match to those who made my clothes. But I’d wait until the fire was out. Otherwise, he’d just stand there until I was burned enough for a sizable settlement.

Maybe my expectations for honesty are too high.

And they certainly wouldn’t take you along to a murder. That would be irresponsible parenting.

Gabriel discourages emotional attachments the way most of us discourage door-to-door salesmen. Theyre inconvenient, intrusive, and liable to end up saddling you with something you never wanted in the first place, at a cost far higher than you wish to pay.

This is what I wanted. This guy. This life. This me. I was never getting my old life back, and I didnt care. I was happy. I was safe. I was right where I wanted to be.

I have to.Ive been fighting it all night. Im going to lose. My battle is as futile as a woman feeling the first pangs of labor and deciding its an inconvenient time to give birth. Nature wins out. It always does.

Dont apologize.I wasnt-Not in words, but it was clear from your tone. Apology suggests that you are keeping me from doing what I need to do, which implies I am somehow powerless to do otherwise. Its a choice, Olivia.

Whats next? If there are vampires in there, they probably drink artificial blood plasma substitute.

One life per year. It seemed so moderate a price... until you looked back and realized you could fill a movie theater with your victims.

Common courtesy dictates that we never drain the lifeblood of anyone to whom weve been formally introduced.

I glanced in the first open door and stopped short. Desks. Four tiny desks. A wall of faded posters of alphabet animals. A blackboard, still showing the ghost of numbers. I blinked, certain I was seeing wrong.Derek nudged my legs, telling me to get moving. I looked at him, and I looked at the classroom.This was where Derek had grown up. Four tiny desks. Four little boys. Four young werewolves.For a second, I could see them—three boys working at the three clustered desks, Derek alone at the fourth, pushed slightly away, hunched over his work, trying to ignore the others.Derek nudged me again, whining softly, and I looked down to see him eyeing the room, every hair on his neck on end, anxious to get away from this place.

Philip wooed me with all the patience of someone trying to coax a half-wild animal into the house and, like many a stray, I found myself domesticated before I thought to resist.

Simon kissed me and I just stood there like someone had cut the cord between my brain and my muscles.Finally, the connection caught and I did kiss him, but awkwardly, some part of me still holding back, my gut twisting, like I was doing something wrong, making a huge mistake, and—Simon stopped. For a moment, he hovered there, face above mine, until I had to look