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It's a sad day when Myrnin is the safe choice, she thought. Apparently, he thought so, too, because he gave her a long, troubled look before pressing his thumb to a glass plate inside the room and opening the door.
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There were so many layers of reality to the world. Nothing stopped for death; nothing stopped for grief or horror or tragedy.
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That's brain tissue. How can you-?" Claire shut her mouth, fast. "Never mind. I don't think I wanna know." "Truly, I think that's best. Please take it." He showed his teeth briefly in a very unsettling grin. "I'm giving you a piece of my mind." "I so wish you hadn't said that.
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His smile was bright and sweet and hot enough to melt solid steel. "Is this the part where I kiss you?" "If you like." "Oh," he said, "I like.
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You know what I mean. And by the way, you should slow down. I sighed. You're kidding me. This is coasting. This is little old lady speed. NASCAR drivers would have heart attacks. Slow down before we get a ticket. Chicken.
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Oh — who's the Queen?" "Her, of course. The White Queen. You're just like Alice, you know. Down the rabbit hole with the Mad Hatter.
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But – Michael, you said you didn't know Oliver, and– I didn't, until he killed me. We were never formally introduced.
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Yeah, and by the way? How much does it suck that I'm an adult if I kill somebody, and not if I want a beer?
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It's an illusion, control," Naomi said. "You ought to understand that by now, young Claire. We are never in control of our destinies, even the strongest of us. All we can hope to do is not be too badly damaged by events.
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Is this your bedroom?" she asked, and turned to look at him. Myrnin straightened and jammed the big red floppy hat back on his head. The feathers waved back and forth. "Don't get any ideas," he said. "I'm far too young and innocent for that kind of thinking.
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As I was smoothing on the last handful across the top of my thigh, I noticed I had company. Lewus was standing there watching me, eyes half-closed but not in the least sleepy. He'd put on his blue jeans, but nothing else... very sexy. I couldn't help but take in the view.
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And Myrnin seemed quite taken with that, Claire thought; she'd never seen him look at anyone with quite that much admiration. It surprised her that it made her feel a little … what was that? Jealous? Couldn't be.
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There is a certain freedom in giving up all hope. One is no longer bound by the cords of dread or fear; you simply move toward the inevitable without thinking on the consequences.
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Well," Claire said, "at least we have tacos. Everything goes better with tacos.
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Even in an apocalypse like this, surely running out of Coke qualified as a disaster.
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Why was it the hot mean girls always ran in packs, like hyenas?
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There were things out there in the world, things that vampires feared, and now those things were here. She was only seconds out of a very light, fitful sleep, but she knew that the nightmares had followed her effortlessly right into the real world. The draug. They weren't vampires; they were something else, something that moved through water, formed out of it, dragged vampires down to a slow and awful death.
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Marriage is a big word for all guys, Shane said. You know that. It's kind of an allergy. We get itchy and sweaty just trying to spell it, much less do it.
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Another thing I don't want on my tombstone," Shane said. You have others?" Claire asked. He held up one finger. "I thought it wasn't loaded," Shane said. Second finger. "Hand me a match so I can check the gas tank." Third finger. "Killed over ice cream. Basically, any death that requires me to be stupid first.
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Unless you want to hang a This Vein for Rent sign around your neck, move already!
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You can't be serious, Eve said. Guys. People get eaten in places like this. At the very least, we get locked in a room and terrible, evil things get done to us and put on the Internet. I've seen the movies. "Eve, Michael said. Horror movies are not documentaries.
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So you'll just kill anyone who frightens you. Who could hurt you. Well…yes.
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Ah, Morganville. Where dressing to hide bloodstains was just good daily planning.
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The author wishes to thank: Good fortune, Godiva chocolates, and Slim-Fast
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Even bipolar vampires needed sleep from time to time, and he was well past his recommended safe dosage of stress.
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But that quickly faded, and he frowned. "You're bleeding," he said. "What happened?" Claire sighed and held up her wrist to show him the bandage. "Man, you would be so embarrassed if I said it was something else." Michael looked blank. "I'm a girl, Michael, it could have been all natural, you know. Tampons?
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I only need to know one thing. Am I going to need the flamethrower?
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I'm fine with Nature's way, as long as Nature keeps it out of *my* way.
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You humans, always eating. I'll make you soup. You can eat it while you keep working." Myrnin set aside his book and walked into the back of the lab. "Don't use the same beaker you used for poisons!" Claire yelled after him. He waved a pale hand. "I mean it!
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Okay," Claire finally said. "I admit, he has significant ninja qualities." "Booyah. I will summon the ninja. Oh, and take a lunch break while we burgle." "You're going too?" "Am I not ninja enough? Are you saying that I lack ninja?
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Rachel Caine
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Born:
April 27, 1962
Died:
November 1, 2020
(aged 58)
Bio:
Rachel Caine was a pen name of Roxanne Longstreet Conrad, an American writer of science fiction, fantasy, mystery, suspense, and horror novels. She also published media tie-in novels as Julie Fortune.
Known for:
Glass Houses (2006)
Daylighters (2013)
The Dead Girls' Dance (2007)
Bitter Blood (2012)
Fall of Night (2013)
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