Barbara (VampAngel)

“The last time we met, he tortured me,” Ascanio said. He what? Could this get any worse? “You’re still alive,” Hugh said. “Clearly my heart wasn’t in it.”
― Ilona Andrews, Iron and Magic

“I feel panicky, like things are growing distant: the sun, the moon, my dreams.”
― Carolyn Crane, Double Cross

“Hugh reached out with his magic. The dog was a mess, torn and bitten, but a faint, barely-there heartbeat shivered in his chest. Hugh concentrated. This would be complicated. He knitted the organs together, repairing the tissue, sealing the blood vessels, mending the flesh like it was fabric, muscles, fascia, and skin. The two Dogs by his side waited quietly.”
― Ilona Andrews, Iron and Magic

“Her eyes sparkled. “You should try calling, ‘Here, kitty, kitty, kitty.’”
“I will kill you and nobody will find your body.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Triumphs