An Unseen Attraction (Sins of the Cities, #1)

by K.J. Charles

“Most people think that nobody should make a fuss until it’s their own comfort at stake, at which point they will bring the roof down shrieking about it.”

“You know, I’ve skinned a lot of creatures, and one thing I’ve learned is that a scientific diagram of a bird is all very well, but it isn’t the reality of a bird, not at all. The plumage, the musculature, the development, it all comes out different every time. Nature doesn’t create according to a rule book, no matter what the authorities tell us. Honestly, I’ve seen a two-headed cat that could drink milk and mew with both mouths. We are as we are.”

Rowley was aware of an increasing urge to do something sharp and pointy to the people who saw nothing in that trust except advantage to be gained.

“It is the purloined letter. But with a badger.”

You always say you’re nothing special to look at, but I do think you should remember that you can’t see very well. My eyes are perfect,”

and nobody’s tried to kill either of us for the best part of a week.” “Amazing,” Nathaniel said. “You must be bored rigid.” “Yes, it’s been dreadfully dull.”