No," he said calmly, filled with purpose. he took her arms lightly in his hands and shook her. "I am not giving you up. " Emily looked at him, and for just a moment he could read her thoughts. Melanie use to say they were like twins, with their own secret, silent language. in that instant, Chris felt her fear and her resignation, and the knotty pain of coming up against a brick wall again and again. She glanced away, and he could breathe again. "The thing is, Chris" Emily said, "it's not your choice.
I have spent my spare time studying literature popular with young women of this planet. One should always study the battlefield. " Sean glanced at him. "And?" "I suggest you give up now. According to my research, in a vampire-werewolf love triangle, the vampire always gets the girl.
Jesus! Did I SAY that? Or just think it? Was I talking? Did they hear me? I glanced over at my attorney, but he seemed oblivious.
There are always risks in battle. It's a dangerous business. The trick is to take the right ones. ' [said Halt]. 'How do you know which are the right ones?' Shigeru asked. Halt glanced at his two younger companions. They grinned and answered in chorus, 'You wait and see if you win.
One day I'll kill him, you know. I glanced at her. She was deadly serious.
Interesting. " Raistlin coughed the word. Tanis glanced at him sharply. "What is interesting?" "I've never heard you lie before, Half-Elf," Raistlin said softly. " I find it. . . quite. . . fascinating.
Some day soon, reaper, your mouth is going to be the source of your own destruction. " "That does seem likely, doesn’t it?" Tod glanced at me and shrugged. "Until then, it remains a source of my own amusement.
We were talking of DRAGONS, Tolkien and I In a Berkshire bar. The big workman Who had sat silent and sucked his pipe All the evening, from his empty mug With gleaming eye glanced towards us: "I seen 'em myself!" he said fiercely.
Uh. . . ," Ivy stammered, and I glanced up to see her eyes wide in consideration. "I'm kidding," I said. "It passed the lethal-amulet test, remember?" "Not that. You keep it in your underwear drawer?" I hesitated, wondering why I was embarrassed. "Well, where do you put your elven magic?" I asked.
Clary glanced past him and asked, "Where's Magnus?" "He said it would be better if he didn't come. Apparently he and the Seelie Queen have some kind of history. " Isabelle raised her eyebrows. "Not that kind of history," said Alec irritably. "Some kind of feud. Though," he added, half under his breath, "the way he got around before me, I woudn't be surprised.
Well I'm not dancing," Will said through gritted teeth. "I don't know how. " Oh yes you are," Alyss told him. "Let's hope you're a fast learner. " He glanced at her and saw no prospect of escape. "Well,at least I won't be the only one," he said. "Halt will be terrible too. " But nobody in the assembly knew tat for the past ten days, Halt had been taking dance lessons from Lady Sandra.
Talon glanced wistfully at his drink as he debated what should take priority. 'Coffee. . . Daimons. . . Coffee. . . Daimons. . .
Peter glanced up at the stars and a wicked smile lit his face. "Time to play," he whispered to the stars and winked. And the stars winked back, for Peter's smile is a most contagious thing.
The first rule of etiquette a boy learns when he's about to enter society is that civility is due to all women. No provocation, no matter how unjust and rudely delivered, can validate a man who fails to treat a woman with anything less than utmost courtesy. " The boys hung on his every word. He glanced in her direction. "I have met some incredibly unpleasant women, and I have never failed in this duty. But I must admit: your sister may prove my undoing.
Okay,' I said quietly. 'I'll do whatever you say. Just remember not to talk down to me. I'm not your student anymore. I'm your equal now. ' He glanced away from the side of the road just long enough to give me a surprised look. 'You've always been my equal, Roza.
Are you armed?" Oliver asked her. She glanced down at her backpack and instantly, instinctively held back. "No. " "Lie to me again and I'll put you out on the street and do this myself. " Claire swallowed. "Uh, yeah. " "With what?" "Silver-coated stakes, wooden stakes, a crossbow, about ten bolts. . . oh, and a squirt gun with some silver-nitrate solution. " He smiled grimly at the dark windshield. "What, no grenade launchers?" "Would they work?" "I choose not to comment.
It was clear to me, as I glanced back over my earlier life, that a loving Providence watched over me, that all was directed for me by a higher power.
The girl with the long brown hair turned around. "Are you her boy friend?" she asked. Summer glanced from Crystal to Nate and back. Then question made her feel a little awkward. After all, she had saved him a seat. No, I'm her fiance," Nate said. We've been promised to each other since birth. " Summer added. Our wedding isn't until March.
she glanced down and saw that a glove of blood covered her lower arm from the elbow to the wrist. The arm was throbbing, stiff, and painful. "Is this when you start tearing strips off your T-shirt to bind up my wound?" she joked. She hated the sight of blood, especially her own. "If you wanted me to rip my clothes off, you should have just asked. " He dug into his pocket and brought out his stele. "It would have been a lot less painful.
I glanced at Carson, who had promised things would be alright. His gaze was on the floor, and a muscle in his jaw flexed rhythmically but unhelpfully. If he was trying to send me a message, I was out of luck, because I'd never learned Morse Code for Assholes.