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Finally, a bit of luck. Rat bastard,' I hissed down at Montmartre. 'Mangy dog of a scurvy goat.' 'That doesn't even make sense,' Isabeau murmured. 'Feels good though. Try it.' She narrowed her eyes at the top of Montmartre's perfectly groomed hair. 'Balding donkey's ass.' 'Nice.' 'Sniveling flea-bitten rabid monkey droppings.' 'Clearly, you're a natural.
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Any more packages for Solange?" "Twelve letters, three packages, and a box of puppies." I winced. "Puppies?" "They're fine. Isabeau took them all." "Good. Who eats puppies?" I shook my head. "Yeah, Isabeau swore in French. A lot." "Hot." "Yeah, Logan nearly went cross-eyed." "Chapter 12" --
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All right." Lucy shouldered her way to my side and made a waving motion as if they were annoying flies. "Shoo!" She narrowed her eyes. "I said shoo." They dispersed, mostly startled into moving. Only Logan remained, leaning casually against the wall. "Darling, I'm not some insect to be chased away." "Darling?" She snorted amiably. "You're not ninety years old, either." He straightened. "I'm charming," he informed her. "And women like endear..
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Don't you read?" I asked Nicholas, disgusted. "If you leave me here now that you've got Solange all safe, they'll grab me to get to her." Solange opened the back door and I leaped in. The car sped off . Shadows flitted beside us, menacing, hungry. I shivered. Then I smacked the back of Nicholas's head. "Idiot."
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Logan?' 'Yes?' I pulled my clothes back on even though the fabric stuck to my wounds. So much for trying to keep them clean. 'How did you know it wasn't really me?' 'Are you kidding? Your eyeballs could be on fire and you wouldn't bat your lashes at me like that.
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Hart and Hope," I muttered. "If you're going to name your kids like that, of course they're going to think they live in a comic book."
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Solange leaned back against the wall, bored. "Are you done yet?" "Hell no," Lucy said. She'd left nose prints on the glass. Nicholas smirked up at her. She blushed. "Ooops. Busted." "I told you they could hear your heartbeat," Solange said. "Even from up here." "I can't help it. Even if they all know they're pretty and are insufferably arrogant," she added louder. "Can they hear that?" "Yes." "Good." She glanced at me. "Yummy, right?" "I'm ..
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Logan, don't be an ass." "I have been sleeping in mud. I'm covered in dirt and blood and these were my favorite pants before I landed in raccoon shit."
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I'm just trying to do the right thing. I'm a vampire." "Duh." "And you're not." "Again: duh." "I could hurt you. I could lose control." "If you were anyone else, I'd have kneecapped you by now."
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Very possibly this was the night my white-knight complex, as Solange put it, would get me killed. Someone had better write a poem about it. It was only fair.
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logan
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So you did get it?" I asked, suddenly babbling. "I wasn't sure. I mean, sometimes we don't get very good reception at school. But I guess you know that, living on a farm and all." Shut up, shut up, shut up . He smiled slowly. "Hunter, are you nervous?" "Shut up." "Are you going to ask me to prom?" he teased. "Shut up," I repeated, choking on a horrified laugh. He grinned. "I look pretty good in a tux." I rolled my eyes, suddenly comfortable..
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quinn
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You should see some of the stuff she keeps." He shuddered. I couldn't help but be curious. "Like what?" "Finger bones. "Um ... ew." "You want ew? She keeps them in an old Cadbury box. Try being seven years old and thinking you found the jackpot secret stash of chocolate. Talk about a rude awakening."
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quinn
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Her lips pursed. My palms went damp. Her fangs were out, as pointed and delicate as little bone daggers. "That's disappointing, Solange." I was going to die because I couldn't embroider roses on a pillow."
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If we act like prey, they'll act like predators
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fear
truth
hunting
prey
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I might have been more worried if I hadn't been defending myself against six brothers my whole life. And if I didn't have a mother who thought she was a ninja.
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Can I give you a word of advice?" Lucy asked. "I suppose so." "You have a great French accent. If a guy asks you to wear a French maid's costume, kick him in the shin." "Especially if it's one of my brothers" Solange agreed."
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We have the same symptoms as tuberculosis, especially in the eyes of the Romantic Poets. Pale, tired, coughing up blood." "That's romantic?" I had to smile. "Romantic with a capital 'R.' You know, like Byron and Coleridge." He gave a mock shudder. "Please, stop. I barely passed English Lit." I snorted. "I didn't have that option. One of my aunts took Byron as a lover." "Get out." "Seriously. It makes Lucy insanely jealous." "That girl is . ..
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With great hotness comes great responsibility.
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spiderman
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You can have a normal life. It's not too late for you." I nearly laughed. "You've clearly never met my parents. Normal was never an option."
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my-love-lies-bleeding
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Well, we can't sit around here worrying all night. I have to do something. " "Why don't you call up another vampire hunter for tea?" he suggested drily."
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nicholas
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Okay, listen up, people," Kieran raised his voice so that it was all gravelly and impressive. I wasn't particularly impressed since we'd grown up together and I'd force-fed him mud pies when we were little, but it seemed to work on everyone else. Lia actually sighed. Only a thirteen-year-old vampire hunter would get a crush in the middle of a vampire attack. I was a little bit proud of her actually. ---------------------- His grin widened a..
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kieran
quinn
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I nodded. "Where's your hunter?" She flinched. "He went home. We thought it would be best." Her eyes went from worried to warning. "He's under Drake protection." "So am I, or so I've been led to understand." "Of course you are," Lucy said, her nose pressed to the window. "Misunderstanding. No big deal." Solange quirked a half smile. "You might try complete sentences, Lucy." "Can't. Busy." I was curious despite myself. "What are you doin..
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solange
lucy
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I was secretly entranced with the idea of a lady novelist. I should dearly love to be one. Or maybe a goblin-fighting-pirate-queen. It was difficult to choose sometimes.
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You'll have to turn your back." He turned slowly. The view from the back was just as good as the view from the front. I could practically hear Lucy snickering in the back of my head. I might be the vampire daughter, but she was the one who was a bad influence. No question."
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solange
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You precious" I insisted. "Stubborn and secretive and independent to a fault, but precious."
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We had a short reprieve as Dad cupped Mom's face and ran his hands down her neck, over her shoulders. "Helena, are you hurt?" She waved that away. "I'm fine." She smiled briefly, then turned hard eyes on us. Each of us took a healthy step backward and not a single one of us felt any less manly for the wise retreat."
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It seems only fair," Matthew continued. "A bit of karma, if you will." He twirled the stake again. "Shall we see how long you scream?" "Are you ever going to shut up?" I snapped, fear and irritation filling me in equal measures. "This isn't your monologue, Hamlet. It's the battle scene, in case you've forgotten." His eyes narrowed so fast they nearly sparked. They were the color of honey on fire. One of the others growled like an animal, lo..
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You look like you belong in a bad comic book," I told him cheerfully. ---------------------- "What did the Drakes do that's got you all pissy?" "Pissy? Did you just call me pissy?"
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lucy
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Cross a small dog with a pig and you have a pug.
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Hey." He watched me back away as if he was dangerous. He looked entirely too pleased with himself. "Where are you going?" "To bed." Double crap. What if he thought that was an invitation? Was it an invitation? And when, exactly, had I lost my mind? "Uh, I meant to my room. Where my bed is. And--shit." I forced myself to stop babbling."
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quinn
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Solange and all her irritating brothers could get themselves killed without me. I deserved to be part of their clandestine plans. I'd earned it. And I was sure they'd need a human touch at some point. And if they asked Hunter to help instead of me, I'd stake every last one of them myself. Mom says jealousy is unattractive. So's a broken nose. I'm just saying.
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You're being an ass." But she tilted her head so I could continue nibbling. Centuries of her hunter ancestors rolled over in their graves." "Chapter 24"
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Hunter pulled away, rolling her eyes. "Hey, where are you going?" I murmured. "We're not done making up." "We're in crisis mode out there," she answered, reluctantly taking another step back. "It's always crisis mode in this house," I said with disgust." "Chapter 24"
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Chloe nodded meekly. I'd never seen her so demure. "What's the matter with you?" I hissed at her as we followed Kieran and Solange inside. "She's royalty!" "And a vampire, remember?" "Oh yeah." Chloe paused. "Nope, princess trumps vampire." "Does not." "So does."
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Logan," one of them drawled. "Your technique's slipping if you need dogs to keep them from running away." ----------- "Why are you on the floor?" "Hypnos," I said. Quinn snorted. "Dude, Hypnos and dogs? I thought you were the one who was supposed to be good with the girls, Darcy?"
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Yummy," Chloe murmured to me. Quinn flashed us a grin. I fought a blush. "Vampire hearing, remember?" I murmured back. She shrugged, grinning back." "Chapter 10"
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Something bloomed right then and there in the small dark space between us. I didn't know what it was, but I knew enough to know it was rare and delicate. And it felt so real I might have been able to reach out and touch it if I tried.
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I nodded. "Where's your hunter?" She flinched. "He went home. We thought it would be best." Her eyes went from worried to warning. "He's under Drake protection." "So am I, or so I've been led to understand." "Of course you are," Lucy said, her nose pressed to the window. "Misunderstanding. No big deal." Solange quirked a half smile. "You might try complete sentences, Lucy." "Can't. Busy." I was curious despite myself. "What are you d..
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Her eyes went so wide they nearly bulged. It was probably wrong of me to find that amusing. Or to want to take a photo of Nicholas with his fangs out and wearing a black cape lined with red satin and then hang it over my pillow in a heart-shaped frame.
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lucy
vampires
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Oh Crap," Connor muttered. "She's going Darth Vader on us."
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I paused, folding the top corner of the page to keep my place. My dad used to wince every time he saw me do that, but I think books should be loved to pieces. They should be as worn and soft as flannel." "Chapter 2 Christabel, page 24" --
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Never mind that I totally knew more about fighting vampires than my peace-loving parents. Or that Logan's girlfriend, Isabeau, had given us two full-grown, trained Rottweilers to protect us, plus the Drakes sent their human bodyguards by a couple of times a night. I named them Van Helsing and Gandhi. The dogs, not the bodyguards." "Chapter 1 Lucy, page 15"
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I blinked, pushing myself up into a sitting position. I felt less like a truck had run over me and then backed up to make sure the job was done properly. Now it felt as if the truck had hit me only once.
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Your eyes." "What? What?" I scrubbed at them violently, horrified at the thought they might have those gross goopy things at the edges. Or were they even more bloodshot? I'd heard of that happening, where the whites ran with blood. "I think . . . the color's changing." He paused. "Is that even possible?" "Is that all? Now you're the one scaring the crap out of me."
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