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Our standard rate. A doubloon a day." It was generous. More than generous--some families would put him up for a week for a single coin. "Half a doubloon a day," she said. "No, you see, the idea behind bargaining is that you ask for a larger amount.

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Ideas, Coins, Half

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Rose pictured him standing at the boundary of the Ogletree house in that enormous fur cape, with a giant sword sticking over his shoulder, roaring at the top of his lungs and then being upset that nobody came out, and laughed.

Ilona Andrews

Rose, House, Upset

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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.

Ilona Andrews

Cat, Yes I Can, Noses

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Now Julie could stay here, in the Keep full of homicidal maniacs who grew teeth the size of switchblades and erupted into a violent frenzy when threatened.

Ilona Andrews

Teeth, Size, Violent

Ilona Andrews (2011). “Magic Slays”, p.16, Penguin

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Jealous of the actors now, are we?" "What, of some fancy boy on the screen? Inconceivable." Oh, this was going to be good.

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Jealous, Boys, Actors

Ilona Andrews (2011). “Magic Slays”, p.243, Penguin

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Curran struck at my wrist. His fingers were cat-quick, but I had spent my life honing my reflexes, and he missed. “Well, look at that.” I studied my free wrist. “Denied. Good-bye

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Cat, Bye, Looks

Ilona Andrews (2009). “Magic Strikes”, p.45, Penguin

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I'm counting to ten in my head." "Is it helping?" "No." "It doesn't help me with you either. I used to life weights to alleviate frustration, but someone blowtorched my weight bench. How did you do it, by the way?" "I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you.

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Frustration, Weight, Benches

Ilona Andrews (2010). “Magic Bleeds”, p.257, Penguin

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Tiny gold sparks flared in his irises. "You're in my rooms in my bathtub naked and you're still mouthing off." Did he expect anything different? "Hey, I didn't kick or punch you in the throat. I consider this progress. And you haven't choked me again, which is some sort of record for you.

Ilona Andrews

Progress, Gold, Irises

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Kate Daniels, deadly swordmaster. Fear my twitching pinkie.

Ilona Andrews

Twitching, Kate, Magic Bleeds

Ilona Andrews (2010). “Magic Bleeds”, p.242, Penguin

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I know it may come as a shock, but it's sort of considered polite to wait for the consent of the woman. In fact, I'm pretty sure that if you don't wait, you may have to deal with pesky criminal charges like kidnapping and rape.

Ilona Andrews

Waiting, Criminals, May

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When you want to take over a city, you have to destroy the illusion of safety it provides. You have to hit the large well-protected establishments, find the powerful people who run them and are viewed as invincible, and kill them. You want to destroy the morale first. Once the people's resolve is gone and everyone is scared for their own skin, the city is yours.

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Running, Powerful, Cities

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Getting a lecture on restraint from the woman who threw a hissy fit and blew up Babylon.

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Lectures, Fit, Babylon

Ilona Andrews (2010). “Magic Bleeds”, p.195, Penguin

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Im's offspring stare at stars and make clocks that calculate useless happenings like the angle of a hawk's claws as it strikes its prey. They demonstrate their contraptions and everyone marvels. My children get drunk, confuse a herd of cows with an enemy regiment, and slaughter the lot, screaming like lunatics until the entire army panics.

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Stars, Children, Army

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...they tended towards the simple pleasures in life: drinking, whoring and fighting, preferably all three at once.

Ilona Andrews

Drinking, Fighting, Simple

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Grandpa?" Declan raised his eyebrows. "We keep him in the shed out back," Jack said helpfully. "So he doesn't eat dog brains.

Ilona Andrews

Dog, Eyebrows, Grandpa

Ilona Andrews (2009). “On The Edge”, p.122, NYLA

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Rumors said that if he got drunk enough, he sometimes got his jollies by stripping naked and scaring hikers out in the Broken into thinking he was Bigfoot.

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Thinking, Drunk, Broken

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How are you?" "Perfectly fine," he said. "Are your ribs broken?" "Probably not. Cracked at most. We fought very carefully." "Did this settle anything?" "It made me feel better," he said, sitting up. "Did you see me kick him in the kidneys?" "I saw.

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Feel Better, Broken, Ribs

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I got a dog-training book. It says Grendel needs mental stimulation, so I tried to train him, but I think he must be retarded.

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Dog, Book, Thinking

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Shifting in the hospital bed had blown her closet door wide open.

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Doors, Bed, Shifting

Ilona Andrews (2011). “Magic Slays”, p.34, Penguin

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What do you mean fainted? Took a dive, kissed the pavement. Swooned like a southern belle after her first kiss. Had a dreadful case of the vapors.

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Mean, Kissing, Southern

Ilona Andrews (2011). “Magic Slays”, p.32, Penguin

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People around me die. They drop like flies. I've gone through life leaving a trail of dead bodies behind me. My mother is dead, my guardian is dead, my aunt is dead—because I killed her, and when my real father finds me, he'll move heaven and earth to make me dead.

Ilona Andrews

Mother, Father, Real

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I turned and bumped by head against his chest a few times. It was the nearest hard surface.

Ilona Andrews

Surface, Chests, Hard

Ilona Andrews (2011). “Magic Mourns: A Companion Novella to Magic Strikes: A Penguin eSpecial from Berkley”, p.76, Penguin

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Yep, Atlanta was burning. Again.

Ilona Andrews

Atlanta, Burning

Ilona Andrews (2011). “Magic Mourns: A Companion Novella to Magic Strikes: A Penguin eSpecial from Berkley”, p.76, Penguin

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Who is Hunter Becker?" "Becker the Gory? Lighthouse Keepers? Boston?" "I would've preferred Becker the Easiley Surrendering or Becker the Quite Reasonable, but beyond that his name tells me nothing.

Ilona Andrews

Boston, Names, Hunters

Ilona Andrews (2011). “Magic Slays”, p.130, Penguin

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Congratulations, love. You traded up. Does he treat you well?' 'He's a teddy bear,' I said. Teddy bear looked like he was suffering from murder withdrawal. (Rene and Kate on Jim!)

Ilona Andrews

Congratulations, Love You, Suffering

Ilona Andrews (2009). “Magic Strikes”, p.115, Penguin

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