" Kieran took out another as his lip curled in disgust. “Just kill them.”

“Oh, well, I was thinking about keeping one.” Cold, clammy fingers grazed my arm as I whirled around. “You know, as a—”

“If you say pet, I’m going to think you’re more demented than Cas.”

“I was going to say friend.” Kieran looked over at me, brows arched.

“That’s even worse. "

― Jennifer L. Armentrout , The ​Crown of Gilded Bones (Blood and Ash, #3)