#magic steals

THE NOVELLAS  of the  kate daniels series  by ilona andrews.

julie sighed. “look, i don’t have time for one of your man things, where you stand around and insult each other. the city has a guardian, and i’m her herald. i have a task, and you’re between me and my destination. clear your asses out of here or be destroyed.” 

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D - Dali Harimau; Guardian of the West / King of Beasts / Lord of Mountains / Slayer of Demons

↳ “I do shodo magic,” Dali said. “I curse through calligraphy. I have to write the curse out on a piece of paper and I can’t move while I do it. One smudge, and I might kill the lot of us.”

Oh good.

“But don’t worry.” Dali waved her arms. “It’s so precise, it usually doesn’t work at all.”

Aster-ria's Ships

Dali Harimau and Jim Shrapshire (Kate Daniels Series by Ilona Andrews)

"I that I want to be with you. You will never lie to me. And if I need help, you will be there. With you, I breathe.”

I put my arms around him. I just wanted to make it better for him, to somehow shield him from that. His arms closed around me, his hard body pressing next to mine.

“Everyone has that someone who is most important to them,” he said, his voice so low only a shapeshifter could’ve heard it.