She Lies in Wait
Gytha Lodge
"Jonah nodded. He hadn’t needed confirmation, but it was official now. It was Aurora."
"Jonah nodded. He hadn’t needed confirmation, but it was official now. It was Aurora."
" All around me people were diving for cover, shrieking, crying, covering their heads with their arms, or trying to run for the exits. But for some reason the mayhem didn’t affect me the same way."
"Monte Carlo, in the principality of Monaco, had a reputation as a rich man’s playground, and to some extent, it was deserved."
"I could use your advice. Your professional advice. Well, not me, a friend. No wait. She’s not really a friend, but I think if you heard her story, you’d want to help, too."
"Marie Antoinette took a header off the Ambassador Bridge this past Sunday."
"Moore couldn’t believe his luck. He checked his live viewers. Ten thousand and climbing. Amazing. The likes were coming in faster than ever before. And so were the comments."
"Coming across an index case for a possible influenza pandemic was heady stuff. Best of all, it might keep him busy and occupied for a week."
"The night waited, ever-patient, oblivious to her pain, not caring if she lived or died. Things died in the swamp all the time. Death was just a part of life here."
"That’s the thing with getting what you want: all that yearning and dreaming and fantasizing leaves a great big hole that can only be filled with more yearning and dreaming and fantasizing."
"Mila has shown him he can live a better life. He has to behave himself, if he doesn’t want to go back to being a total loser."
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