Raffe's Quotes

#1. I try to match Raffe's stealth and smooth coordination, but my frozen limbs are clumsy, and I have to grab him several times to keep myself from tipping over. He throws me a look with a clear message that I should deal with my issues.

Susan Ee

#2. What would it be like to have Raffe's hand caress my nipple?

Susan Ee

#3. Uriel's giving some of the humans amnesty?" "Just the ones who gave her up." Josiah nods toward me. The muscles in Raffe's jaw dance as he clenches his teeth.

Susan Ee

#4. NO!" Raffe grips me as if he can bind my soul to my body. An upside-down view of the doorway shows up in my field of vision. Smoke waft through it.
Although the pain obscures Raffe's warmth, I feel the presure of his hug, the rocking of our bodies back and forth as he repeats the word, "No.

Susan Ee

#5. Raffe's legs tremble violently and he's losing consciousness, but he stays up out of sheer stubbornness and fury.

Susan Ee

#6. They lift their axes and slice through Raffe's wing joints. They . . . . . his wings . . . I don't know if Raffe yells out in his pain, because all I hear is my own scream. Raffe falls.

Susan Ee

#7. My only thought is that I am not going to end up truly dead this time in Raffe's arms. I am not going to be one more wound on his soul.

Susan Ee

#8. There's a softness to Raffe's look that I've never seen before. It's not that I see naked longing or tender love or anything like that. And if I did, it would just be in my messed-up fantasies.
Not that I fantasize about him.

Susan Ee

#9. I stick to Raffe as close as I can manage without having to explain why I'm hugging his back.

Susan Ee

#10. How do you tell time here?'

'It'll get hotter,' says Thermo. 'We can meet when we feel like we're baking.'

'That'd be now,' says Howler.

'We'll meet when Howler feels like he's burning and the rest of us feel like we're baking,' says Raffe.

Susan Ee

#11. You should be with a nice human boy. One who takes your orders and puts up with your demands. Someone who dedicates his life to keeping you safe and well fed. Someone who can make you happy. Someone you can be proud of. Raffe

Susan Ee

#12. The Watchers eye us like they know what we've been up to. As soon as we land, I hop off and step away from Raffe. I'm glad it's so hot that I won't have to explain why my face is so red.

Susan Ee

#13. I look up. Raffe and the others are frozen in the middle of their fight. Everyone is staring at us. A human girl. Killing a warrior angel. In a sword fight. Impossible.

Susan Ee

#14. Don't you know a heartfelt declaration of love when you hear one?

Susan Ee

#15. Put it on. Look as good as you can. It's our ticket in." Maybe he did have clubbing in mind.
"You're not going to go home with some drunken college girl, are you?"
"What?"
"Never mind.

Susan Ee

#16. Raffe throws me a dirty look. He bends over and swipes his arm behind my knees, lifting me up in his embrace.
'I can go with one of the locusts.' I stiffen in his arms and try to lean as far away from him as I can.
'The hell you will.' He runs a couple of steps before spreading his wings.

Susan Ee

#17. I watch in awe as Raffe pummels Beliel with blows so fast they're almost a blur. The force of the emotion behind those blows is immense. For the first time, he doesn't bother to hide his frustration and anger, or his longing for the wings he lost.

Susan Ee

#18. Raffe: "The unruliness of the women in your family must go back for generations. You're like a plague upon the land."
Penryn: "So long as we're also a plague upon angels, I'm sure everyone else will forgive us."
Raffe: "Oh, you're definitely a plague upon at least one angel.

Susan Ee

#19. I can't think of any way to help Raffe that doesn't involve getting my head chopped off or something equally horrendous.

Susan Ee

#20. We must be quite the sight. Raffe in his red mask with his demon wings spread out in all their scythe-edged glory. A scrawny teenage Daughter of Man brandishing an archangel sword. And a little girl stitched-up to look and behave like a nightmare who is clutching a pair of angel wings.

Susan Ee

#21. I nod, trying to get the image out of my head of Raffe dancing to some rock song. possibly buck naked.

Susan Ee

#22. Raffe turns to me. It's the first time I've seen his face look less than perfect. He's squinting in pain and blinking rapidly. He came to help me. Through all the screaming noise and blinding lights, he came.

Susan Ee

#23. Raffe must be thinking something similar because he tightens his grip around my waist as if to say, not this one

Susan Ee

#24. Raffe sounds like Raw Feet. Coincidence?

Susan Ee

#25. Just this once,' he says almost more to himself than to me. 'Just one moment.'
Then he leans down and kisses me.

Susan Ee

#26. I stroke his hair and repeat the words of comfort he whispered to me the last time we were together. "Shhh," I say. "I'm here. I'm right here.

Susan Ee

#27. She sees me once in a guy's arms and she has us married already. I wonder what Raffe would think of my mom being his mother-in-law.

Susan Ee

#28. They won't let any part of him fall to the ground," says Raffe in a quiet voice. "His brothers will keep him from falling."
In the distance, the Watchers weave a beautiful dance in the dawn sky beneath Beliel's shower of fire.

Susan Ee

#29. I just got tired of the wetness sticking to me, that's all. I think I was pretty safe from the threat of your joke being funny.

Susan Ee

#30. He is both the Raffe I know and a terrifying stranger. He looks like a pissed-off demigod. I've only glimpsed him once in this perfect angel form.

Susan Ee

#31. The bits that continue to fall the Watchers catch, one by one.
"They won't let any part of him fall to the ground," says Raffe in a quiet voice. "His brothers will keep him from falling.

Susan Ee

#32. I thought for sure I'd lost you"
Lost me?
I stare into the fire without seeing it. "I thought I'd lost you too". The words barely come out.

Susan Ee

#33. I kick him in the face point blank with my high heel.
He wasn't expecting that.
The Angel flies back off the stage.
"It really is you,"says Raffe.

Susan Ee

#34. Someone knocks on the door.
Laylah's eyes widen in alarm. Josiah looks like he's just been condemned to hell.
"It's just my dinner," says Raffe.

Susan Ee

#35. How sad. A leader bereft of followers. An angel with severed wings. A warrior without a sword." Beliel circles Raffe like a shark as he taunts him. "You have nothing left."
"He has me," I say.

Susan Ee

#36. Let go, I say into his ear.
Raffe holds me tighter like there's no room for discussion.

Susan Ee

#37. Raffe looks like someone just broke his heart.

Susan Ee

#38. Whatever campaign Uriel is running against Raffe, it's getting a major boost in the polls. Raffe and I are like a demonic campaign poster on legs. I worry about what will happen to him, how he'll

Susan Ee

#39. At least the angels didn't have the sense of humor to take over the neighboring Angel Island instead. That's something Raffe probably would have done if he had been in charge.

Susan Ee

#40. He sighs as if a little disgusted with himself. 'Lately, I seem to be all about you.'
'What makes you say that?' I wish my voice didn't sound so breathless.
'I'm sitting on the hard floor outside your door while you take a cozy little nap, aren't I?

Susan Ee

#41. Come on. Say it, Raffe." I give him a half smile. "I love it when you say Pooky Bear. It's just so perfect when it comes out of your mouth."
"She might kill you in your sleep one of these days just so she can get rid of that name.

Susan Ee

#42. You're not Fallen are you?"
"From everything I've heard, that would just make me more sexy to you Daughters of Men. What is it that you all see in bad boys?

Susan Ee

#43. You're like a little girl demanding answers to questions during a covert operation. Why is the sky blue, daddy? Can I ask that man with the machine gun where the bathroom is? If you don't stay quiet, I'm going to have to dump you.

Susan Ee

#44. Oh, Raffe versus Godzilla. Now that's a fight I'd love to take bets on, says Dum.

Susan Ee

#45. So you do scream like a little girl," says Raffe with some satisfaction in his voice. I

Susan Ee

#46. You're smarter than you look,' I say to Raffe.

'But not as smart as he thinks,' says Howler.

'I can see discipline has broken down during your vacation,' says Raffe.

'Yeah, it's all that lounging on the beach with nothing to do but drink and watch women.

Susan Ee

#47. Raffe nods to one of the Watchers who then takes position below us. I'm guessing he's there to catch me if I fall. "Don't you dare let me go," I say.

Susan Ee

#48. If I hadn't already flown with him, I'd be scared. I'm above the water with nothing but his arms between me and an icy plunge. But his arms are wrapped tightly around me and his chest is warm. I lean my head against his muscular shoulder and close my eyes.
He rubs his cheek against my hair

Susan Ee

#49. Here and there, plumes of dark smoke reach into the sky like the fingers of a drowning man reaching up for the last time.

Susan Ee

#50. Anybody that ties you to a chair at gunpoint is a bad guy. Do I really need to explain this?

Susan Ee

#51. Your sense of judgement could use a dash of common sense.

Susan Ee

#52. Raffe holds me a second longer than necessary before he puts me down. And then it takes me a second longer than necessary to slide my arms away from his neck.

Susan Ee

#53. I don't know which is worse - that Raffe didn't jump in to defend me, or that he bet that I would lose.

Susan Ee

#54. A warm arm enfolds me like a shield around my shoulder and turns me toward the side of the stage.
"Stay with me," says a familiar masculine whisper from above my head. Even over the yelling of the mob and the roaring of the waves, something unfurls in my chest at the sound of that voice.

Susan Ee

#55. I catch sight of Raffe gliding with Beliel's old demon wings above me. He refused to take part in such "human work" as leaving flyers on cars and doors but keeps an eye on us anyway.

Susan Ee

#56. Raffe: "Have you named her yet" "she likes powerful names"
Penryn:I bite my lip
Raffe:he looks like hes bracing himself for the worst "what is it?"
Penryn: "Pooky Bear"
Raffe:"I am pooky Bear, from an ancient line of archangel swords

Susan Ee

#57. I look up to say something but he puts his finger to my lips and whispers, Don't talk. You'll just spoil my fantasy of rescuing an innocent damsel in distress as soon as you open your mouth.

Susan Ee

#58. A little weird? That was freakin' Bizarroville."
He pauses and looks back at me.
"Are you speaking English?

Susan Ee

#59. He shakes his head sadly at me.'These are the rules we live by. We are soldiers, Penryn. Legendary warriors willing to make legendary sacrifices. We do not ask. We do not choose.' He says that like a motto, a pledge he'd said a thousand times.

Susan Ee

#60. We may not be as perfect as we used to be,' says Raffe, 'but it's all relative.'
I try to give him a dirty look, but I can't help but laugh. 'Yes, I'm laughing at you.'
Raffe pulls me closer and kisses me again. I melt into his taut body. I can't help myself. I'm not even sure I should try

Susan Ee

#61. This is Deirdre," said Addison. "She's an emu-raffe, which is a bit like a donkey and a giraffe put together, only with fewer legs and a peevish temper. She's a terrible sore loser at cards," he added in a whisper. "Never play an emu-raffe at cards. Say hello, Deirdre!

Ransom Riggs

#62. This sword is not just an angel sword. She's an archangel sword. Better than an angel sword, in case that's not clear. She intimidates the other angel swords."
"What, the other swords quake in their scabbards when they see her?

Susan Ee

#63. Their presence and attitude remind me of Raffe. He would fit in. It's easy to visualize him sitting in the booth with that group, drinking and laughing with the gang. Well, the laughing part takes a little imagination, but I'm sure he's capable of it.

Susan Ee

#64. My friends call me Wrath," says Raffe. "My enemies call me Please Have Mercy. What's your name, soldier boy?

Susan Ee

#65. I give Raffe a quick hug. I don't care who sees me at this point. Raffe might, though.

Susan Ee

#66. Don't. Talk. About. Her.

Susan Ee

#67. Raffe is warm and strong and he feels like home. Our faces inch closer as the swarm shifts. For a moment, I can feel his breath feathering my cheek.

Susan Ee

#68. And my instincts tell me that Raffe is mine. I found him first.

Susan Ee

#69. He's not just a mere mortal," says Dum. "Look at him. He's probably got some super-strength badass juice in his pocket right now. One gulp and his muscles would have muscles.

Susan Ee

#70. It's strange to see such an evil-looking pair of eyes fill with pity. You couldn't get a more sympathetic response if Raffe had just told him they'd castrated him.

Susan Ee

#71. I try to give him a dirty look, but I can't help but laugh. "Yes, I'm laughing at you." Raffe pulls me closer and kisses me again. I melt into his taut body. I can't help myself. I'm not even sure I should try. My whole world turns into Raffe sensations as our lips explore each other.

Susan Ee

#72. Raffe begins walking away from the village. Either come with me or stay. I can only help those who want to be helped.

Susan Ee

#73. How good is your hearing?'
'What?'
'Haha' I say dryly

Susan Ee

#74. Who knew? I had no idea that someone could be such a thorn in your foot during a death march and still be irresistibly attractive in some magical, undeniable way."
"So is this what people call sweet nothings? Because somehow, I expected it to be a little more ... complementary.

Susan Ee

#75. Rules. Custom. Danger. It's dangerous to be with me."
"It's dangerous to be without you." I nudge closer to the fire.
He reaches out and adjusts my blanket around my shoulders. "That doesn't change the rules, though.

Susan Ee

#76. You've fought off a gang of men twice your size, killed an angel warrior, stood up to an archangel, and wielded an angel sword." Raffe cocks his head. "But you scream like a little girl when you see a maggot?

Susan Ee

#77. Another angel has snuck up on me. His wings are golden and his face chiseled, but he looks at me with the cold eyes of a killer. Before I can figure out what to do, snowy wings blot out the angel. It's Raffe. And he has two of his Watchers backing him up.

Susan Ee

#78. I'm not usually a girl who hopes for a damsel-in-distress rescue but no matter the odds against it, this would be a freakin' fantastic time for Raffe to come and sweep me into the sky.

Susan Ee

#79. I never kid about my warrior demigod status."
"Oh. My. God." I lower my voice, having forgotten to whisper. "You are nothing but a bird with an attitude. Okay, so you have a few muscles, I'll grant you that. But you know, a bird is nothing but a barely evolved lizard. That's what you are.

Susan Ee

#80. Maybe you entertain me." He says with supreme confidence as if he's in control of the situation. "Like a monkey with an attitude and a pair of scissors." -Raffe

Susan Ee

#81. I glance over at Raffe for the hundredth time as I huddle with Pooky Bear beneath a coat that someone gave me. I'm shivering as if it's zero degrees, and no matter how much I hug myself, I can't get warm. I

Susan Ee

#82. Paige is at the aerie." Raffe gives me a don't-you-dare look. "You mean the place where I barely got you out alive because they were killing every human they could get their hands on?" "Thank you, by the way.

Susan Ee

#83. Raffe looks over at the bloody knife in my hand. If I still had any doubts that it was you, that would do it.

Susan Ee