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Nobody will ever fuck you the way I'm about to fuck you, Saeris Fane. I'm about to introduce you to all seven gods. When you meet them, don't forget to tell them I'm the one you worship on your knees.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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I'll be grateful for every second that I can say that I belong to you, Saeris Fane. Eighty years or eighteen hours. It doesn't matter to me. It'll still be the highest honor of my life.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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I don't want bright and happy,” he whispered roughly. “I want real.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Fuck the fates. They don’t get to decide shit for me. I decide what my future is going to be.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Don’t call her Sunshine,” he commanded. “Why not?” If Carrion’s plan was to poke the bear, then he sure as hell knew how to go about it. But Kingfisher didn’t respond to the taunting note in his question. He just cocked his head a little, nostrils flaring, and spoke in a low rumble. “Because she is moonlight. The mist that shrouds the mountains. The bite of electricity in the air before a storm. The smoke that rolls across a battlefield before the killing starts. You have no idea what she is. What she could be. You should call her Majesty.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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He is the storm. You are the peace that must come after it. Tell me, do you believe in the fates, Alchemist?
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Because she is moonlight. The mist that shrouds the mountains. The bite of electricity in the air before a storm. The smoke that rolls across a battlefield before the killing starts. You have no idea what she is. What she could be. You should call her Majesty.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Human, Fae, or Vampire. It doesn’t matter how long you live, Saeris, you will always be most sacred to me.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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I’ll be grateful for every second that I can say I belong to you, Saeris Fane.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Urgh! Do you have to be so difficult?”
His eyes danced. “It isn’t mandatory, but I do enjoy it.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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I'm in love with you, Saeris Fane,” he whispered quietly into my hair. “And I'm already half-mad, anyway. What's a little complicated thrown into the mix?
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Sure. Why not. I'm too pretty to die old, anyway.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Never forget… Monsters thrive best in the dark.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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She has a mind and a mouth of her own. I am the keeper of neither.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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For those who live their nightmares,
so that others may have their dreams.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy #1))
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I hadn't seen many beautiful things in my short life. But, of all the beautiful things I had seen, Fisher was the most beautiful of all.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Don't you dare die on my watch, Saeris Fane! Fisher will never forgive me if his sole reason for living is torn to pieces on her first fucking battlefield.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Make me forget that I've ever suffered,” I commanded. “Make me forget that I will again.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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That’s what Oshellith means in Old Fae, Saeris. Most Sacred.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Be unrelenting and unmerciful in the face of the wicked dead,” Fisher said. Ren laid a steadying hand on my shoulder. “And if you should find soul sundered from flesh, order a drink for us at the first tavern you come across in the afterlife. We’ll settle the tab when we get there.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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There is no way you can still smell me on him.” “There's every way,” Fisher rumbled, his eyes darkening. “I'd know the smell of you anywhere. On anyone. I'd know it blind and in the dark. Across a fucking sea. I'd be able to scent you—
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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An Oshellith is a type of butterfly,” he called as he went. “Osha for short. They hatch, live, and die all in one day. The cold kills them very fast. Isn’t that right, Renfis?
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Rumors are next-door neighbors to gossip, and gossip always breaks bread with lies. It's just the way these things go.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Every warrior in Innìr will smell me on you, Fisher's voice rumbled in my mind. I'm going to make you hoarse from screaming my fucking name. I'm going to mark you in every way imaginable, so that everyone knows you're fucking mine.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Everlayne had been waiting for me when I returned to my room yesterday. She hadn't banked on Kingfisher kicking in my bedroom door, me thrown over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes and wailing like a banshee. Nor had she expected his ultra-foul temper, his split bottom lip, or the thin line of blood trickling down his chin. She'd squawked when he'd thrown me unceremoniously down onto my bed and snarled, “Bad human,” at me.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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He would claim my better days and carry me during my worst.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Death is an open doorway that’s meant to be walked through. On the other side of it lies peace. Count yourself lucky that you get to make the journey at all.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Kingfisher considered me, one eyebrow curving with interest. “Are you thinking about running? Gods, I hope so. I'll give you a head start if you like. It's been an age since I've hunted anything.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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I sobbed. The name he gave me, the name I hated, was a declaration of what I meant to him even then.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Always pay attention to the fine print. The devil's in the details. Now go.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Fisher rested his chin on top of his forearms and sighed. “What?” I whispered. He thought for a moment, appearing to decide whether he'd answer the question. Then he said, “I was wrong, y’know. You are a good thief.” “What have I stolen?” But he smiled a small, sad smile, slowly shaking his head. “Sleep a little. The water will stay warm. I'll be back as soon as I've spoken to Ren.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Right. Sure.” Humans and Fae were different in many ways, but sarcasm was universal.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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You're incorrigible!” “I don't know what that means.” “Yes, you fucking do!” “All right. I do. What's your point?
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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For those who live their nightmares so that others may have their dreams.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Funny how your own impending demise will rob a girl of her desire to take in the scenery.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Maybe the issue is that you asked me a question about my cock like a hungry little bitch in heat and didn't ask me something that mattered.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Saeris Fane was twenty-four years of age when she died. Honestly, she should have died a lot sooner, but the girl never did know when to give up.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Once upon a time, that was the case. Back when true mating bonds existed. Unions between true mates were blessed with marks from the Fates.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Do you have any idea what those boots cost me?” “Let me guess. Your virginity.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Rule number three. Do not make me do any physical activity,” he snarled. “What part about 'I am hungover' did you not fucking understand!
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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I swore I'd be still while you kissed me. At no point did I promise to exercise restraint if you climbed up into my lap and started grinding yourself against my cock.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy #1))
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When I get you out of these clothes, you're in trouble,” he snarled in my head. “I'm going to fuck you so hard you won't be able sit down for a week.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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I love a girl with a sharp tongue and a bad attitude. Kinda makes my dick hard.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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If it were up to me, we wouldn't spend another night without each other again.” Gently, he reached for the end of my braid and drew it over my shoulder toward him. He slowly unfastened it, working my hair loose with his fingers. His eyes were cautious when they sought out mine. “Does that scare you?” he murmured.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Did you hear that?” he said. “What?” “That smoking hot blonde said I was pretty.” “Gods alive, Carrion. Do not tell me you have a thing for Danya. She’s fucking awful.” “Eh.” He shot me a rakish grin. “I love a girl with a sharp tongue and a bad attitude. Kinda makes my dick hard.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Please, for the love of the gods, don't say anything. Just let me have my fantasy. Just for tonight.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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My soul was on fire, and I didn't care if I burned for all eternity. So long as I was burning with him, then so be it.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Alchemy, it turned out, was a form of magic. Forgotten, long-dead, old magic that was as much a myth to the Fae of Yvelia as they were to the people of Zilvaren.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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I don’t enjoy hurting people. I don’t like it at all. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t necessary. To avoid far more serious pain, sometimes we have to endure a little sting.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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I can't wait to hear what kind of sounds you make when I thrust into you for the first time,” he purred. “I'm going to make you pant for me, Little Osha. And when we're done, I'll close my eyes and replay the sound of you moaning in my head every time I stroke myself to completion.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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I’ve never been one to trust in the gods, but I choose to believe that all things come from the same place when life begins. I have hope that they return to the same place when it ends. I’ll be waiting for you there, Saeris Fane.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Because you're a nice Fae warrior, unlike Fisher, who is the devil incarnate.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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He'd accepted me as his mate.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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After much consideration, he said, "It looks like a Simon.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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There you go again. Hungry, needy little bitch in heat, begging to be fucked...” he taunted.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Let your knees fall open,” he demanded. “I—” “No arguments, Osha. I've driven myself half-crazy wondering what you look like. I need to fucking see. Put me out of my misery.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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That your body is betraying you in other ways. That I can smell you, Little Osha, and I’m thinking about drinking the sweet nectar you’re making for me straight from the fucking cup.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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a plume of black smoke swept me up off the floor, and suddenly I was in Fisher’s arms. His face was streaked with ichor, eyes full of panic. “Are you okay? What happened? Are you hurt?
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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It's a fox! A pest! This is probably what was living in the hearth before we ripped that den out. They steal food from the kitchens.” The creature wasn't nearly as hideous as I'd first thought. I darted forward, stooping low, covering the little thing with my body, gripped by a sudden remorse. “You definitely can't kill it then. Not if we destroyed its home.” “It's going to bite you,” Kingfisher said. “No, it won't. It—” It bit me.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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What were you even thinking?” Everlayne growled, slapping down the folds of the skirt some more so that it hung properly. “He's a Fae warrior, Saeris. You can not go around punching Fae warriors.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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I had known Death’s voice to be a howling hot wind across the parched desert. A wet, hacking cough in the night. The urgent cry of a starving baby. I had never for one moment imagined his voice might also be the stroke of velvet in the ever-encroaching darkness.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Careful, human. We Fae have an excellent sense of smell. You’d be amazed what we can scent floating on the air.” “I—I wasn’t doing anything. I didn’t—” Oh, gods. I was going to die of embarrassment.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Ren laid a steadying hand on my shoulder. “And if you should find soul sundered from flesh, order a drink for us at the first tavern you come across in the afterlife. We’ll settle the tab when we get there.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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It’s Saeris. My name. Call me that or nothing at all.” He cast an amused look over his shoulder, his lips parted a fraction, exposing the briefest glimpse of teeth. “Nothing at all? I like the sound of that. Come here and look at this, Nothing At All.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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I searched his face, my heart working overtime. “You made it very clear that, as far as you were concerned, it was going to be a one-time thing,” I said slowly. “You made it very clear that you could hate me and still want to fuck me. And I'm not the type of person who keeps throwing herself at the things that hurt her. So no. I haven't brought it up. What would have been the point? Would you have made me a cup of tea and sat and listened while I tried to convince you how good we could be together?” He snorted dismissively.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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If I were evil and using your oath for my own purposes, I'd order you onto your knees for me,” he said, cutting me off. “I'd order you to part your legs for me. I'd order you to suck and fuck me until you passed out from exhaustion. Is that what you want, Little Osha?
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy #1))
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Are you going to tell me about my parents, or are you going to start undressing each other? Because I can leave. I don’t have to, but I can,” Carrion said.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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But you couldn't hate something without caring about it just a little, too.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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I don’t care how big it is. I care about the way you answer.” A slow, terrifying smirk spread across his face. “It’s big enough to make you scream and then some.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Because I'm magic.” “What about you is magic?” “Everything,” he said, entering the room. “My looks. My sword skills. My personality—” “Your personality is trash.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Then where are you going to sleep?” If he thought for one second that I’d share a fucking bed with him, he was sorely mistaken.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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If you try to punch me again, I'll tie your hands behind your fucking back,
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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I'll hurt you if it means I keep you safe. I'll force you to follow me to the ends of this realm, because that is the only way I can make sure you stay alive.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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I just wanted to see if you knew what hard work was. I told you I was magic,” he whispered.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Then he said, “I was wrong, y’know. You are a good thief.” “What have I stolen?” But he smiled a small, sad smile, slowly shaking his head. “Sleep a little.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy #1))
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You asked for this. When you're sore from coming so hard and you can't recall your own name, remember that, Little Osha.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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I have to say, I was expecting that to go differently,” he mused. And then I punched him square in the mouth.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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I fucking hate spiders,
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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She'd squawked when he'd thrown me unceremoniously down onto my bed and snarled, “Bad human,” at me.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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How the hell am I supposed to stay alive in the middle of a war zone, Fisher?” When he laughed this time, the sound was hollow. “By sticking close, Osha. Really close.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy #1))
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Kingfisher removed one hand, but it made no difference—he only needed one hand to hold both of mine.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Whatever the cost would be for staying with him, I would pay it. Yes, I said.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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He was cold morning air, and smoke, and fresh-turned earth,
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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There's every way,” Fisher rumbled, his eyes darkening. “I'd know the smell of you anywhere. On anyone. I'd know it blind and in the dark. Across a fucking sea. I'd be able to scent you—
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Everlayne had given me, this garment was absolutely stunning. A shimmering red affair made of raw silk. It was the kind of dress that would bring most men to their knees. I fucking hated it.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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We are nothing alike,” he said quietly. “You nearly died from a scratch that would have been a mild irritation to me. You are soft. You are fragile. You are vulnerable. You are a newborn fawn, stumbling around in the dark, surrounded by predators with very sharp teeth. I am the thing that exists on the other side of the dark. I’m the thing that puts the fear of the gods into the monsters who would eat you bones and all.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Emerging from the silver, the huge figure rose up from the pool as if ascending from the very depths of hell itself. Broad shoulders. Wet, shoulder-length black hair. Tall. Taller than any other man I'd ever seen.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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She hadn’t banked on Kingfisher kicking in my bedroom door, me thrown over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes and wailing like a banshee. Nor had she expected his ultra-foul temper, his split bottom lip, or the thin line of blood trickling down his chin. She’d squawked when he’d thrown me unceremoniously down onto my bed and snarled, “Bad human,” at me.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Just hang me already and be done with it,” I snapped. “If you don't hurry up and get on with it, you’re gonna miss your opportunity.” He arched an eyebrow. “I wouldn't bother trying to escape.” I rolled my eyes. “I meant that I was dying of boredom in here.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Even the strongest warrior’s heart can break. His soul can still be crushed. Since I won’t be able to comfort you when the challenges before you feel too great, take this book and keep it as a guide. Above all, know this. There will be times when the world seeks to destroy you, Kingfisher. But you are stronger than you can ever know. You will not falter. And you will not face it all alone.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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I'm sorry, Saeris, but it's more complicated than that.” “Is it?” Kingfisher asked abruptly. He was no longer staring into space. His eyes bored into Everlayne so intensely that I found myself thanking the gods that he wasn't looking at me like that. “Humans are usually weak, fickle creatures, but I'll admit, I admire this one's loyalty. She values her family over everything else. There's something to be said for that.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy #1))
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I slept with him months ago. Months. It was once, and I was drunk, and he's never let me live it down since. There is no way you can still smell me on him.” “There's every way,” Fisher rumbled, his eyes darkening. “I'd know the smell of you anywhere. On anyone. I'd know it blind and in the dark. Across a fucking sea. I'd be able to scent you—
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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My hands shook as I looped the apron ties around my waist and then knotted them over my stomach. “It's Saeris. My name. Call me that or nothing at all.” He cast an amused look over his shoulder, his lips parted a fraction, exposing the briefest glimpse of teeth. “Nothing at all? I like the sound of that. Come here and look at this, Nothing At All.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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I've fucked plenty of humans,” he whispered. “Does that surprise you?” “Yes. Seeing as how you... seem to hate us... so much.” His mouth. Gods, his fucking mouth. I needed to look away. I had to. “I don't hate your kind. I'm just disappointed by how breakable you are. If I held you down and fucked you the way I'm imagining fucking you right now, I doubt that you’d survive it.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Good.” I flipped the sword and handed it to him. “Then give it a name and let’s go.” The evening was almost here, and the others were waiting for us. Carrion held the sword, turning it this way and that. After much consideration, he said, “It looks like a Simon.” “Simon?” “Yeah. Simon. Don’t blame me. That’s what it looks—” He stopped talking and listened. “See. It likes the name. It wants to be Simon.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Fisher’s very single-minded sometimes. There’s no grey. Only black and white. I fear that part of him has only gotten worse while he’s been away. He has to keep things very straight in his mind, otherwise lines get blurred. Right now, you’re a tool he feels he has to use to make life better for us all. My concern is that a tool pushed to its limit is a tool that will probably break. And to be blunt, Saeris, you’re a tool none of us can afford to let Fisher break. He needs to see you as a person. He needs to know that you’re more than our way out of a tight corner. And the only way to accomplish that is if he learns more about you.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Trot? I laughed scathingly. “Nothing you can say or do will incentivize me to smash my genitals against this saddle any harder or faster than they’re already being smashed.” “Feeling a little sore, human?” “Sore doesn’t come close,” I grumbled. “I’ll happily kiss all of your aches and pains better for you once we strike camp. I’ve been told my mouth has healing properties. Especially when administered between a pair of thighs.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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You tell it a joke then!” I held out the crucible containing the quicksilver, and Carrion huffed, peering at the roiling liquid metal. “All right. Fine. A husband turns to his wife one day and says, ‘y’know, I bet you can’t think of something to tell me that will make me both happy and sad at the same time.’ The wife doesn’t even need to think about it. She turns to her husband and says, ‘your cock is way bigger than your brother’s.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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I don't want to talk about dresses,” I whispered. “Fair enough. Let’s talk about food, then.” “Food?” He nodded. “Don't share food with that prick again, Little Osha.” “What?” “Swift. Earlier. Back in the war room. You were trading that cake back and forth with him for ages.” “It wasn’t cake.” “I don’t care what it was. Just stop sharing food with him.” There was a dangerous edge to his voice. One that dared me to challenge this order. If he hadn’t learned by now that I wasn’t one to be told what to do, then perhaps he needed reminding. “Why not?” “Because I fucking said so.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))
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Hold on tight then. I hope you're not afraid of the dark.” He thrust forward, slamming himself inside me, and I screamed. Not from the pain. There wasn't any. Only a stretching, and a fullness, and an awesome wave of energy that fired up my spine in a series of bursts that felt like small explosions. It was so much, all at once, that I had to scream. As if he were experiencing something very similar, Fisher threw his head back, the muscles in his neck straining, his jaw clenched tight, roaring through his teeth. 'Fuuuuck!” Just one stroke. He'd entered me once, and I was done for. I was a ball of sensation, humming with energy. In the darkness, Fisher slowly lowered his head, his lips parted, hair mussed, and the dazed look of surprise on his face sent a rush of adrenalin powering through me. Gods and Martyrs. I would never forget seeing him like this. If I did manage to make my way back home, the image of him like this, seated inside me, skin slick with sweat, chest hitching, would sustain me until the day I died. Fisher. Kingfisher. Lord of Cahlish. I hated him, I did. But you couldn't hate something without caring about it just a little, too. “Witch,” he accused. “You do have magic.” He was so fucking big; his hard length twitched inside me, and my body answered in kind, tightening around him. His fingers gouged into my skin, digging deeper into my hips. With a mantle of black smoke swirling around him like a dark wind, he moved. Slowly, at first. The tendons in his neck stood proud as he pulled back and eased out of me just an inch. The smallest of movements drew him home. Again, he shifted, rolling his hips, working his cock a little deeper each time he thrust back into me. The pace he set was torturous.
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Callie Hart (Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1))