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They didn't understand that she held his heart, held it so utterly that there was nothing he wouldn't do, no line he wouldn't cross to keep her safe.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Kiss (Guild Hunter, #2))
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I can smell blood, Elena,β Dmitri drawled, walking back into the room. βAre you trying to flirt?
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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You do realize this makes your wings even more unique."
"Are you saying you shot me as a cosmetic procedure?
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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Emotion without reason lets people walk all over you; reason without emotion is a mask for cruelty.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Kiss (Guild Hunter, #2))
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Oh my God! I'm crushing an angel. Let me up!
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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I will love you even when I am dust on the wind.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Blade (Guild Hunter, #4))
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He wanted to give me a blade? What's wrong with that?β
βBlades,β he whispered, βand sheaths go together. And your sheath will only ever hold my blade.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Kiss (Guild Hunter, #2))
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You are mine, Elena. If you choose to sleep in another bed, I will simply pick you up and bring you home.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Consort (Guild Hunter, #3))
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How long have you been with Raphael?β
βYou ask a lot of questions for a dead woman.β
βWhat can I say? I prefer to die well-informed.
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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Tell me something, Raphael?"
He was already turning, heading to the door. "What is it you'd like to know, Guild Hunter?"
She hid her smile at his slip. "What do I call you? Husband? Mate? Boyfriend?"
Stopping with his hand on the doorknob, he shot her an inscrutable look. "You can call me 'Master'.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Kiss (Guild Hunter, #2))
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Option 1: Attempt to back out.
Probable result: Death after painful torture.
Option 2: Do the job and hope.
Probable result: Death but probably no torture (good)
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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Iβll wait for you to find me again. So donβt take too long.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Blade (Guild Hunter, #4))
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Ever had a woman say no to you, Dmitri?β
βOnce.β He turned the corner with a smile that made her want to cup his face, trace those beautiful lips with her own. βI married her.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Blade (Guild Hunter, #4))
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You know how spooky Ashwini is. She called an hour ago to tell me she has a secret stash of handheld grenade launchers she thought I might want to know about. My response was, 'What the fuck?
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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We die...... We die together. That's the deal.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Kiss (Guild Hunter, #2))
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You don't fear me," he said now.
She wasn't stupid enough to lie. "I'm petrified. But I figure you didn't make me come all this way just so you could push me off the roof.
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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This was the kind of job that made legends out of hunters. Of course, to be a legend, you generally had to be dead.
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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The bastard kissed her. She was so mad, she bit him hard enough to draw blood. Raphael pulled back, lip already beginning to swell. βWe are no longer even, Elena. Youβre now in debt.β
βYou can deduct it from my slow and painful death.
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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No one has ever been able to pinpoint the trigger."
"But?"
"But it is legend that ambrosia only rises when-"
She held her breath.
"- an archangel loves true.
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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I'm the hunter," Elena reminded him. "I should go first."
"Of course you may go first. When I am dead.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Legion (Guild Hunter, #6))
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I donβt want to lose my memories. Donβt make me forget. I would rather die as
Elena, than live as a shadow.
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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A lot of women have trouble with their mothers-in-law.β
Raphaelβs look was priceless. βMy mother is an insane archangel.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Consort (Guild Hunter, #3))
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Elena: "I guess a dying woman can be stupid if she wants. I'm crazy about you, Archangel. You scare the shit out of me at times, but I want to dance with you anyway.
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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Are your eyelashes like your hair?β
βYes. Theyβre very beautifulβwant to see?β
Her lips twitched. βVanity is a sin,Bluebell.β
βWhen you have it, flaunt it, I say.β
-Elena and Illium
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Kiss (Guild Hunter, #2))
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Only ignorance excuses stupidity
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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Some things were worth the dance with danger.
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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He closed his eyes, dropping his forehead against hers. βYouβll be the death of me, Elena.β She smiled. βYou need a little excitement in that boring old life of yours.
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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Love, he thought as he held her to his heart, was an agony beyond compare.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Kiss (Guild Hunter, #2))
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Elena.
Hush, let me talk to the crazy lady.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Consort (Guild Hunter, #3))
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If this is death, Guild Hunter,he thought to his mortal as angelfire scored through his bones and touched his heart, then I will see you on the other side.
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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For the first time in forever, he was stunned to silence. Not by her words, but by the tenderness in her hands, the worry in her eyes. He was an archangel. Heβd been wounded far, far worse and shrugged it off. But then, there had been no woman with sun kissed by the sunset and eyes of storm gray to tear into him for daring to get himself hurt.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Consort (Guild Hunter, #3))
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There was a very slight chance she might actually kill him that way, and if she did, sheβd be brought up on charges. Unless, of course, she could prove harmful intent. She could see it now.
See, Your Honor, he was going to f*ck me silly, make me like it.
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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But it was the dark hunger in his tone that got to her. Damn kinky vampire had actually liked the knife.
Shit.
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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Howβs Her Royal Bitchiness?β
βAlive.β
βPity.
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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After they were both done, the pile of knives and guns on the coffee table looked like theyβd cleaned out an armory. βI think we have a problem, Dmitri.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Blade (Guild Hunter, #4))
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Raphael, tell him you wonβt do anything to him if I get βdamaged.β β
βThat would be a lie, Elena. I would tear out his throat.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Consort (Guild Hunter, #3))
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I'm crazy about you, Archangel. You scare the shit out of me at times, but I want to dance with you anyway.
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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A queen keeps a court that is spoken about. A goddess keeps a court that is never forgotten.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Kiss (Guild Hunter, #2))
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Ransom really looked at the other man for the first time, shook his head, stared again. βHoly hell, your eyes are like a fucking viperβs.β
Venom raised an eyebrow. βYou have hair prettier than one of Astaadβs concubines.β
Ransom gave the vampire the finger.
Venom grinned.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Consort (Guild Hunter, #3))
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What would you like to call me?"
That made her pause. "Husband" was too human, "partner" factually wrong for a being as powerful as an archangel, "mate"...perhaps. But none of it was quite right. "Mine," she said at last.
He blinked and when he raised his lashes again, the blue was liquid fire. Yes, that will do. "But for public consumption, you are my consort."
"Consort," she murmured, tasting the word, feeling it's shape. "Yes, that fits.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Consort (Guild Hunter, #3))
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But you, youβve always been the rain, the wind, inside my mind. I taste you when I sleep, when I wake, when I breathe.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Kiss (Guild Hunter, #2))
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Eternity would mean nothing without you. For no power on this earth would I trade my Elena.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Legion (Guild Hunter, #6))
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Our memories make us... even the darkest of them all.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Consort (Guild Hunter, #3))
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He was trying to make me his bed buddy. I declined. He gave chase."
[...]
"How, exactly, did you 'decline' his offer?"
"By slitting his throat."
The silence in the garage was broken only by the sound of water drip-dripping somewhere in the distance. Sara just stared. So did Ransom. Then the idiot male started laughing hysterically. He laughed so hard he fell off the bike and onto the scarred concrete of the garage floor. Even that didn't stop him.
Elena would've kicked him, except he'd probably use the chance to pull her down with him. "Shut up before I do the same to you."
He tried to stop laughing. Failed. "Jesus, Ellie. You are awesome!
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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I want no blood from you--not until we're both sweaty and naked and you're screaming my name.
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Pawn (Guild Hunter, #0.8))
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The longer you live, the more mistakes you make. And the more sorrows you carry.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Kiss (Guild Hunter, #2))
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Venomβs pupils contracted the instant before he slid his sunglasses back on.
She couldnβt help it. βWhy isnβt your tongue forked?β
βWhy canβt you fly?β A smirk. βThose things on your back arenβt accessories you know.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Kiss (Guild Hunter, #2))
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Thought you were--'
'--Raphael said--'
'I said, no way in hell--'
'Damn straight--'
'--and Ransom was ready to come--'
'--woke up and I had wings!
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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I've never heard a man's cock described as a fang before...."
"Fang, cock.... It's all sexual to a vampire."
"But not to an angel. My cock serves a highly specific purpose.
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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Honor?β
βYes.β
βIβm going to do things to you now that a good girl definitely shouldnβt let a man do to her.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Blade (Guild Hunter, #4))
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He has a fascination with mortals.
Raphael had said that to her before she'd woken with wings of midnight and dawn.
"Why are you starting at me, Ellie?" Illium said without taking his eyes from the blade dancing around his fingers.
The words were instinctive, something she might as easily have said to rib Ransom. "You're so pretty, it's difficult to resist."
A flashing grin, a hint of that aristocratic English accent in his response. "It's hard to be me, it's true.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Consort (Guild Hunter, #3))
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So the big, bad, and able-to-mind-control angel thinks youβre his. As
in βI donβt share my woman.
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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You want to play? Come find me angel boy.
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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I'm sorry. I never meant to hurt you."
"Then why were you carrying a gun?
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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I look into my heart and see the abyss looking back at me.'
'I won't let you fall.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Kiss (Guild Hunter, #2))
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You refused to fall in love with anyone else, Dmitri.β A whisper with the impact of a gun-shot. βSo I had to come back for you . . . husband.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Blade (Guild Hunter, #4))
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Illium, with his wings of silver-kissed blue and a face designed to seduce both males and females, not to mention his ability to do the most impossible acrobatics in the air, would provide a worthy diversion. The fact that heβd decided to ditch half his clothing was just icing on the cake.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Consort (Guild Hunter, #3))
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Sara held up a hand. 'How exactly did you "decline" his offer?'
'By slitting his throat.
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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Voles-tu, mon petit papillon.β Illium laughed at Galenβs instruction to βfly, little butterfly
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Kiss (Guild Hunter, #2))
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And if she fell, he'd fall with her.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Kiss (Guild Hunter, #2))
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Am I too early?"
"No. He's waiting for you." The smile faded, to be replaced by a slightly disappointed expression. "I thought you'd be . . . scarier.
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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Even as she spoke, silver blue flashed on her other side and then Illium was standing beside her, his wing touching Elena's in an intimacy that made Raphael raise an eyebrow. Illium's lips curved in a wicked smile that did little to hide the intensity of his emotions. I would not watch you die again, Sire. His veins stood out against his skin as he gripped the wrist of one hand with the other.
Raphael met those eyes of gold that had stood beside him for centuries. If I had done so, I would have gone knowing you would keep my heart safe.
Illium's gaze went to Elena. Always.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Consort (Guild Hunter, #3))
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A naked blade sheathed in velvet, that was Raphael's voice.
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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Stay with me. Iβll show you things thatβll make you laugh in delight, scream in passion, cry for the sheer joy of it.
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Pawn (Guild Hunter, #0.8))
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Holding her gaze, he closed the final distance between them and went down to his knees, that beautiful bruised face looking up at her.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Blade (Guild Hunter, #4))
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Illium seems far too pretty to be dangerous.β Dmitriβs male beauty, by contrast, was a darker, edgier thing.
βNo one ever expects him to take out a blade and slice off their balls,β he said with lethal amusement in his tone as he drove them toward the George
Washington Bridge. βHe does it with such grace, too.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Blade (Guild Hunter, #4))
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The scent of the sea, a wild turbulent storm, crashing into her mind.
Elena, why is Dmitri naked?
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Kiss (Guild Hunter, #2))
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A life is not a waste of time
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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Bluebell,β she said, remembering from Erotique. βPretty name.β
βI call Dmitri Dark Overlord.β
βShae,β Dmitri said and the female vampire rose at once to walk quickly into the house. βNow, pretty Bluebellββanother languid stroke across her skinββtell the Overlord what you discovered.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Blade (Guild Hunter, #4))
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Her wild storm had just told her he loved her, the piercing joy of his song branding her as indelibly his.
Iβll be home soon, princess.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Storm (Guild Hunter, #5))
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My mother," he said, "has invited us to a ball."
Elena pulled a blade from one of the butter-soft forearm sheaths that had been a gift from Raphael. "Excuse me while I stab myself in the eyes-and disembowel myself while I'm at it.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Legion (Guild Hunter, #6))
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Do you have no sense of self-preservation?
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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Reason without emotion is often a mask for cruelty; emotion without reason can allow people to excuse all sorts of excesses.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Kiss (Guild Hunter, #2))
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Somehow the idea of Montgomery as a fairy doesn't have the same effect on me as it appears to have on you.
-Raphael
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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Your love is a fierce thing, Elena, a thing with claws and teeth when it comes to protecting those you claim.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Legion (Guild Hunter, #6))
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Raphael, in case you're getting ideas - I won't be this civilized if you decide you need a concubine. In fact, it's a good bet I'll turn homicidal.
He didn't look up from his conversation with Astaad as he said, A pity, in that cool "Archangel" tone of his. I will now have to ask the pilot to empty the hold of my chosen females.
We're going to have to talk about this new sense of humor of yours.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Legion (Guild Hunter, #6))
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We'll build our own home."
The promise curled around her heart, a vivid ray of sunlight. "In Manhattan?"
"Of course." A slow, slow smile. "What kind of mansion would you like?"
Damn, but the archangel was playing with her again. The sunshine grew, filled her veins.
"Actually, I kind of like yours." She slid her arms around his neck. "Can I have it? Oh, and can I have Jeeves, too? I've always wanted a butler."
"Yes."
She blinked. "Just like that?"
"It's only a place."
"We'll make it more," she promised, her mouth to his. "We'll make it ours.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Kiss (Guild Hunter, #2))
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If I were to splay you out on my desk and thrust my fingers into you right now, I think Iβd find different.
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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Sara had named her daughter Zoe Elena. Damn if Elena hadn't sniffled like a baby herself when she found out.
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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Is your skin this tone all over?"
"Only one way you're going to discover the answer to that.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Blade (Guild Hunter, #4))
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You ever taunt me with Tasha again," she said in a harsh whisper when they broke the kiss to gasp for air, "and I will geld you."
Raphael winced. "That would take at least a day to repair. Are you sure you want to lose my....attributes for that long?
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Legion (Guild Hunter, #6))
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Ransom thought her girly tendencies the funniest thing ever, constantly teased her over them, but the last time he'd opened his big mouth, she'd gotten her own back by pointing out that his long black hair sure did look well conditioned.
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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Illium, his expression subdued as it had been for too many days, turned to her. βMind if I have a go?β
βKick his ass.β
Stripping off his shirt and boots, Illium held out his hand for one of Venomβs blades. Lips curving, Venom passed it over. βSure you can handle me, pretty, pretty Bluebell?β
βDid I ever tell you about my snakeskin boots?β A savage grin, and she knew Venom was about to bear the brunt of whatever haunted the blue-winged angel.
Venom swirled his blade in hand. βI do think I need some new feathers for my pillow.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Consort (Guild Hunter, #3))
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Illium says that perhaps I can use them to flutter someone to death.
- Aodhan to Jason, Archangel's Storm
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Storm (Guild Hunter, #5))
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I think Illium can take care of himself.β
βNot if he keeps flirting with you.β
A fine, almost elegant tendril of heat, champagne and sunshine, decadence in the light.
βRaphaelβs not the sharing kind.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Kiss (Guild Hunter, #2))
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Do you scent the same things I do?β
Ransom made a face when she described what sheβd picked up from the passing vamp. βYeah, except I donβt say shit like βcinnamon spice with a hint of burnt oak.β I say βdude smells like an electrified tree with a side of doughnut topping.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Legion (Guild Hunter, #6))
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llium snorted. βI look like a damned duck.β His words werenβt far off the mark. The feathers that had grown over the injured section were soft, white, and delicately β¦ fluffy. βI hope to hell these baby feathers fall off and get replaced by real ones. They will, wonβt they?β He sounded worried.
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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I could've totally cut out your heart before you knew what was happening."
"What stopped you?"
"I thought Montgomery might've been pissed off at all the blood on the sheets."
"Montgomery would never be something as uncouth as pissed off. Annoyed in an icily genteel manner, perhaps.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Legion (Guild Hunter, #6))
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He leaned a fraction closer. βMy lovers have always been warrior women. Strength intrigues me.β
She refused to let him play with her like this, even if her body disagreed. Vehemently. βDo knives intrigue you, too? Because touch me and I will cut you up. I donβt care if you throw me off the nearest balcony.
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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I could kiss you forever," she murmured against his lips, sucking at the lower one, playing with the upper, his body weight a luscious pressure. "I love feeling you against me."
"You say such things, Elena. You will make me your slave.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Legion (Guild Hunter, #6))
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You are wearing no panties with another male in the room? Raphael ran his hand down Elena's spine and over her lower curves, searching for lines and finding nothing but firm feminine flesh. You truly aren't.
Elena's shoulders shook, deep creases in her cheeks. Oh, my God, you're scandalized! Eyes tearing up in the effort to fight her laughter, she pressed her hands to his chest and stared down at the floor. Should I tell you I did find a way to wear a knife? In a thigh sheath.
Of course you did. What do panties matter so long as you have your steel.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Legion (Guild Hunter, #6))
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Do you know where Jason is?β she asked Dmitri when they exited the morgue.
Dmitri pressed the car remote to unlock the flame red Ferrari parked in the employees-only lot. βTired of your Bluebell already?β A tendril of champagne circled around her senses, cut with something far harder.
Never had she felt that harsh edge in Dmitriβs scent. She pitied the woman he took to his bed today.
βYeah, thatβs it. Iβm building a harem.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Consort (Guild Hunter, #3))
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Wave to the nice tourists, Sparkle. I promise it won't cause pestilence and firestorms."
Elena bit the inside of her cheek at Aodhan's glare-she'd never seen anyone crack his reserved shell. "Sparkle and Bluebell, nice."
"Never," Aodhan said, hands stubbornly on the girder, "ever repeat that. Illium seems to have forgotten I promised to separate his tongue from his mouth should he utter it again in this immortal lifetime.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Legion (Guild Hunter, #6))
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For a hunter, her shields were surprisingly weak, as if she somehow still saw innocence in the world.
Then she will kill you. She will make you mortal.
Was it not worth the loss of a little immortality to have that strange mix of innocence and strength close to him?
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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I'm the best," Elena muttered to herself the next morning s she got out of the taxi in front of the magnificient creation that was Archangel Tower.
"Hey, lady, you gonna pay me or just talk to yourself?"
"What? Oh.... Keep the change."
... "...you got a big hunt coming on?"
Elena didn't ask how he'd pegged her for a hunter. "No. But I do have a high chance of meeting a horrible death within the next few hours. Might as well do something good as up my shot at getting into heaven.
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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However," he continued when she remained silent, her throat a knot of emotion, "it seems Montgomery could not help himself when it came to this vase. I'm afraid he has a weakness for beautiful things and has been known to relocate an item if he feels it is not being accorded the proper appreciation. Once he 'relocated' an ancient sculpture from the home of another archangel.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Consort (Guild Hunter, #3))
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Oh, this is a special blend for you." Taking one of the fingers she hadn't licked, he rubbed it along her lips. "What we usually shed is apparently comparable to the most delicious of chocolates or the finest of wines. Decadent, rich, and very expensive."
She told herself she wasn't going to lick the glitter off her lips. "And this blend?" The taste was inside her mouth without her having any knowledge of taking it in. And Raphael was incredibly close, his wings creating a white gold wall all around them his hands strong and warm on her hips. "What's so special about it?"
"This blend," he murmured, bending his head, "is about sex."
She put her hands on his chest but it wasn't a protest. After the blood, the fear, she needed to touch him, to know this glorious creature existed. "Another form of mind control?"
He shook his head, his mouth a hairbreadth from hers. "It's only fair."
"Fair?" She flicked her tongue along his lower lip. It made his hands clench on her hips.
"If I licked you between your thighs, your taste would have the same aphrodisiac effect on me.
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))
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He'd never forget what Naasir had said to him when Dmitri yelled that he didn't intend to bury another child and that Naasir needed to have a care for his life.
βAm I a person, Dmitri? Will you be sad if I die?β
Hardened and cruel though heβd become, the innocent question had shaken him. βYes,β heβd said, as honest in his answer as Naasir had been in his question. βYou are a person. You are Naasir. Iβll lose a piece of me if you die and itβs a piece Iβll never get back.β
Naasir had stared at him for a long time before coming over to hug him. βOkay, Dmitri. Iβm sorry. I didn't know I was a person before.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Shadows (Guild Hunter, #7))
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The two angels were both tall, but Aodhan was perhaps an inch taller, and now his eyes locked with Illium's for a long, quiet moment before he lowered his head slightly. Illium raised his hand, the movement slow, hesitant....and then his fingers brushed Aodhan's cheek just below the cut that had almost sealed. The first ray of dawn kissed the tear that rolled down Illium's face, caressed the painful wonder on Aodhan's as he lifted his hand to clasp the wrist of his friend's hand.
That instant of contact, the power of it, stole her breath.
Then Illium smiled, said something that made Aodhan's lips curve-Elena thought it might've been "Welcome back, Sparkle"-and they were separating to sweep off the Tower in a symphony of wild silver blue and heartbreaking light.
"Raphael," she whispered, having felt him come up behind her. "Did you see?"
"Yes." His hand on her nape, his thumb brushing over her pulse. "Of course it would be Illium who reached him," he murmured.
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Nalini Singh (Archangel's Legion (Guild Hunter, #6))
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Ellie, my darling, please explain to me why the office has been flooded with calls about, and I quote"--she crooked her fingers in the air--"a vicious vampire on the loose, a crazy knife-wielding maniac, and oh, this one's my favorite--an assassin carrying a gun!"
"I can explain."
Sara folded her arms and tapped one fashionably clad foot. "Explain why you flashed not only a knife but a gun? I hope to God you didn't actually use either of them without authoriation because if the VPA gets ahold of it, we're screwed."
Elena rubbed the back of her neck. "Exigent circumstances. He was trying to make me his bed buddy. I declined. He gave chase."
Ranson chocked back what sounded suspiciously like a laugh. "Why did you say no? It's been a dry spell of what, forever?"
She threw him a dirty look before returning her gaze to Sara. "You know I'd never have considered using the gun otherwise."
Sara heldup a hand. "How, exactly, did you 'decline' his offer?"
"By slitting his throat.
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Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1))