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1 " I’m not sure where to start. Actually, I am. And it requires doughnuts. Hold down the fort until I get back?” “For doughnuts?” She grinned. “I would build you a new fort. "
― Kristen Painter , Miss Frost Braves the Blizzard (Jayne Frost, #5)
2 " These things smell like a garbage truck had a baby with a dog food factory on a hot summer day.” I nodded. “They’re known for their stench. We’ll get you out of there.” I wasn’t sure how, though. "
3 " He also had a beautiful white cat named Sugar. She and my cat, Spider, had gotten to know each other on a couple of play dates and were surprisingly cordial with one another. "
4 " Stacey?” “Eustace, sorry. All of his friends called him Stacey. At least those of us who knew him well. "
5 " That’s not good news.” I grabbed Sin’s arm. “We’re running out of time. Buttercup’s been assimilated.” “Assimilated? You mean like the Borg?” His Star Trek reference wasn’t completely lost on me, even though I wasn’t a Trekkie or anything. “Close enough. At least I’m starting to think so. They’ve brainwashed her into believing that she is their queen. Worse than that, she seems to have accepted that she’s supposed to be sacrificed. "
6 " In fact, do you know Arty over at Mummy’s? You kind of look like his tattoo. "
7 " She laughed. “I know him. He’s my dad. "
8 " He’s an oracle. And he’s older than he looks. "
9 " An oracle?” She nodded. “It’s not a very common kind of supernatural. It’s not all that exciting either. Especially if you’re his kid. It basically means he’s right about everything "
10 " Once in a while, he can predict the future, but generally, he’s just right. "
11 " What’s up?” Sin asked. The sugar had apparently done him good. He looked much more like himself again. “Let me put it this way. Santa Claus is coming to town. "
12 " He turned around, smiling at me. “Morning, beautiful.” I ran a hand through my hair. My fingers got tangled on a knot. I yanked them free. “I’m not sure I should enjoy how convincingly you lie.” With a soft chuckle, he held up a cup. “Coffee?” “Yes, please.” He filled the mug and brought it to me. “You look adorable. Despite whatever that is on your head. "
13 " There was an Owen Coldwell registered as a tinker. I dug deeper and found that he’d been found guilty of selling a toy design to a human manufacturer. He "
14 " There’s an excellent chance that breaking that globe opened a portal between the North Pole and Nocturne Falls. It’s very likely why your weather turned so sharply. The North Pole is spilling through. "
15 " We have glacier goblins and frost giants. Ice serpents. Polar tempests, a sort of living winter tornado. The occasional wendigo, an absolutely terrifying creature that lived in the most secluded depths of the polar forests. "