Iron and Magic (The Iron Covenant, #1)

by Ilona Andrews

“Let’s ask Felix,” she said. The big man startled. “Felix, how do you know when Hugh wants you to do something?” “He tells me,” Felix said. “Ah!” She clapped her hands together. “He tells you. Imagine that. So you are able to communicate with actual words rather than grunts and snarls. What happened? Why didn’t you tell me you wanted them alive after I killed the first one? It took me like three minutes to slide the sword into that second guy. I had to lay on it.” Hugh made a low noise in his throat. If humans could growl, it would sound just like that. She gave him a sweet smile. Any sweeter and you could spread it on toast. “Use your words.” “I didn’t tell you because it didn’t occur to me that you would be that dense.” “So you expected me to think clearly after having killed fourteen mysterious monsters and have three men run at me with swords? Did it ever occur to you that I might have been too focused on killing them?” “And,” Hugh continued, “because I still had the third guy.” “That wasn’t me. That was your dog. I’m not responsible for the actions of your loyal hound.” “He isn’t my dog.” She pointed at Cedric. “Tell him that.”

:D She has a point