" Doona worry, I’ll take care of you.” He grasped her hand in his. “You’re going to be all right.”

Chloe’s gaze drifted to Loa. “That a snake?”

Loa said, “She keeps death away.”

Chloe blinked those big eyes up at him and whispered, “Wish that was the weirdest thing . . . I’ve heard tonight. "

― Kresley Cole , MacRieve (Immortals After Dark, #13)