[Q]: kyle ordered some items and handed one of the two plates of steaming food to zack to put on his tray . the two friends found an empty table and sat down to eat . a few minutes into their meal , zack could n't help but notice that many people were staring in their direction . when he asked kyle about it , he chuckled . '' everyone in here knows who you are ,...

[A]: zack

[Q]: it did n't help that outside the rain and the wind had struck land with a vengeance some forty minutes ago . he crossed the living room to the stone fireplace , picked up an iron poker , and prodded the fire . the blaze did n't need prodding , but it gave him something to do with his hands . '' i 've enjoyed your books , '' she said . '' i 've got all four in the...

[A]: series

[Q]: project manager or not , she thought , there 's something a bit off center about a man who parades around dressed as a cowboy hero . his presence made her uneasy , though she could n't have said why . '' are you always so brusque when someone offers to help you ? '' he followed her and stepped in front of her . she pointed to the mask he held under his arm and said , '' i 'm not...

[A]: brusque

[Q]: he heaved himself up onto the pier and ran a little further along beside the ship until he could get a hand on the gunwale and scramble over the side . he rolled down into the bottom of the boat , near to the mast , and lay there for a moment , his heart thumping . fore and aft of the vessel , raised decks stretched from prow and stern a third of the distance to the...

[A]:
mast