Ruby Fever Quotes

“You got a promotion with extra responsibilities but without pay or additional benefits.” Mom smiled. “I’m so proud of you. You’re officially a successful adult.”
― Ilona Andrews, Ruby Fever

“How are you not afraid?" "Oh I was, I was mortally afraid of being caught by your entire family while having sex in the pool.”
― Ilona Andrews , Ruby Fever

“Vicki,” he said. “Baby . . .” “Don’t you call me that, you horrible shithead!”
― Ilona Andrews, Ruby Fever

“If you try to separate from her in any way . . .” “She will bark?” Konstantin asked. “Yes. If she barks for longer than one minute, the electronic sensor in her collar will send an alert. Cutting the collar or removing it will also trigger an alert.” Matilda stared at him. “If anything happens to Rooster or her collar, I will know. I will come. I will bring friends. I hope we understand each other.”
― Ilona Andrews, Ruby Fever

“This is not an heirloom,” Alessandro said with grim sincerity. “I didn’t take it from my family. I designed it for you and had it made. Nobody else has ever worn it and if you say no, nobody ever will.”
― Ilona Andrews, Ruby Fever

“Of course, in Texas the history of Texas took up more space in the textbook than the entirety of the rest of Western Civilization combined.”
― Ilona Andrews, Ruby Fever

“I turned to Konstantin. He raised his hands. “My brother. The Bear of Kamchatka.” I looked at Alessandro. “Did you know?” He nodded. “I didn’t think he’d show up.” Monster Arabella took a running start and slammed into the Russian Bear. The ground shook. They rolled down the hill, ripping, biting, clawing. Linus got up and walked over to us. His hair was smoking a little bit and his skin was very flushed. “Well,” he said. “That’s something you don’t see every day.”
― Ilona Andrews, Ruby Fever

“So why is it called hephaestus magic?” I asked. “Because making guns is the most fun,” Linus said. “Both of you lied to me,” I said. “We lie to everyone. Why should you be different?” Victoria said.”
― Ilona Andrews, Ruby Fever

“Leon frowned. “You mean like a separate office building? One where we could conduct business and then leave and not be at work? People have such things?” I sighed.”
― Ilona Andrews, Ruby Fever

“one of my first achievements was to blow up the warehouse all of us called home.”
― Ilona Andrews, Ruby Fever

“I scooted off the bed. “Why does he call you Sasha?” “He knows I don’t like it.” “And how does he know that?” “Because he is my fourth cousin,” Alessandro said. “He keeps reminding me, as if I will forget. Family. Can’t live with them, can’t strangle them. It’s terrible.”
― Ilona Andrews, Ruby Fever

“There were no deaths on the premises. Nobody died in the house, so it can’t possibly be haunted,” I told them. “How do you know nobody died?” Leon asked. “Because I checked the records,” Bern rumbled. “That doesn’t mean anything,” Arabella said. Clearly, there were two teams in this vehicle: Team Facts and Team Facts Be Damned.”
― Ilona Andrews, Ruby Fever

“Leave the plates,” Arabella told us. “We’ll clean up. You cooked. It’s only fair.” “I didn’t know you helped with dinner, cousin,” Konstantin said. “No, but he made it possible,” Leon said. Bern turned to Konstantin. “You should speak less.” “The lack of respect for the crown is appalling.” Konstantin grinned. “I love it.”
― Ilona Andrews, Ruby Fever

“Clearly, I’m in The Jungle Book,” Konstantin said. “I have met the wolves, the bear, and the panther.” “Don’t worry, there’s no python.” He gave me an odd look. “I already met her.”
― Ilona Andrews, Ruby Fever

“He crossed the line,” Konstantin said. “He was a tame wolf we released back into the forest. As long as he stayed there, we wouldn’t hunt him. He took it upon himself to break into our pasture, kill our sheep, and crap all over our yard. Now we will put him down.”
― Ilona Andrews, Ruby Fever

“He is Caesar,” Victoria said. “The whole thing was cooked up by the National Assembly to dismantle that idiotic conspiracy, and your grandfather infiltrated it and got himself appointed as head idiot.”
― Ilona Andrews, Ruby Fever

“She approached the Assembly with the attitude of a veteran middle school teacher, which meant she was stern enough to follow the procedure but flexible enough to make compromises where special treatment was required.”
― Ilona Andrews, Ruby Fever

“familiarize”
― Ilona Andrews, Ruby Fever