The Raven King

"Please don't take this the wrong way, but it's not you I'm worried about," Nicky said. "If you're going to play dealer who do we have in goal second half?"

Wymack looked at Andrew. Andrew looked over his shoulder as if checking for a third goalkeeper.

Andrew avoids them like they're a contagious

Lonely, too, but there was nothing he could do about that

I don't want blood in my ice cream."

Riko's Japanese genes had betrayed him just as Neil's tiny mother had betrayed Neil

"Oh, points for trying, but save your breath. Here's a tip for you, okay? You can't cut down someone who's already in the gutter. You just waste your time and mine."

Nicky clapped his hands to either side of Neil's head as if trying to shield Neil from their argument. It didn't really work, as he missed Neil's ears completely

The cousins' relationship was a tangled mess he wouldn't live long enough to figure out

the suicide hotline, I don't care."

Andrew slapped his fist into his palm as if the answer had just occurred to him.