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4fd5ff1
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Damn, Claire. Warn a guy before you do a face-plant on the floor next time. I could have looked all heroic and caught you or something -Shane
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morganvillevampires
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Rachel Caine |
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ec52bd0
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Perv." He pointed to himself. "Male and eighteen. What's your point?"
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morganvillevampires
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Rachel Caine |
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769918c
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I'm gonna kill him," Eve said, or at least that was what it sounded like filtered through the pillow. Stake him right in the heart, shove garlic up his ass, and-and-" And what?" (Michael) When did you get home?" Claire demanded. Apparently just in time to hear my funeral plans. I especially like the garlic up the ass. It's...different."
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humor
vampires
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Rachel Caine |
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acb8b0a
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Want to play baseball?'" she asked. Shane's eyes opened, and he stopped stroking her hair. "What?'" "First base,'" she said. "You're already there.'" "I'm not running the bases.'" "Well, you could at least steal second.'" "Jeez, Claire. I used to distract myself with sports stats at times like these, but now you've gone and ruined it."
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morganvillevampires
sweet
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Rachel Caine |
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1a694d7
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Scoot over, man. I don't like you that much." "Dick. That's not what you said last night." "Bite me."
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morganville-vampires
gay
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Rachel Caine |
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fa6d9c5
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Boys. I'd turn gay if they weren't so sexy.
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humor
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Rachel Caine |
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873b679
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Crap, are you thinking what I'm thinking?" "I'm thinking we have about fifteen vampires and no blood," Claire said. "Is that it?" "No, I was thinking we're out of chips. Of course that's what I was thinking."
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humor
vampires
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Rachel Caine |
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4e700ea
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Run first,' Shane said. 'Mourn later.' It was the perfect motto for Morganville.
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humor
vampire
paranormal-romance
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Rachel Caine |
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1d9d984
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Claire stretched out against the wall and kissed it. "Glad to see you, too," she whispered, and pressed her cheek against the smooth surface. It almost felt like it hugged her back. "Dude, it's a ," Shane said from behind her. "Hug somebody who cares."
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morganville-vampires
shane-collins
glass
house
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Rachel Caine |
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31c4a91
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You. O Positive. How many exits?" "What?...Oh shit, did you just call me by my bloodtype?"
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sobriquet
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Rachel Caine |
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b506c3c
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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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morganville-vampires
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Rachel Caine |
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0f4864d
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Can I come back and see you sometime?" "Long as you bring me some chocolate," Gramma said, and smiled. "I'm partial to chocolate." "Gramma, you're diabetic." "I'm old, girl. Gonna die of something. Might as well be chocolate."
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Rachel Caine |
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08b0ece
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Goodness,' Myrnin said quietly. 'I don't think I should be watching this. I don't think I'm old enough.
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myrnin
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Rachel Caine |
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9238f95
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Better be," Eve said. She mock-bit at his finger. "I could totally date somebody else, you know." "And I could rent out your room." "And I could put your game console on eBay." "Hey," Shane protested. "Now you're just being mean."
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eve-rosser
michael-glass
morganville-vampires
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Rachel Caine |
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97a001c
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Eve: She told me last! Shane: Boyfriend! Michael: Landlord! Eve: Crap. Right. Next time you sell your soul to the devil, I get first contact!
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eve-rosser
michael-glass
morganville-vampires
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019bce1
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Hell,' Shane spit in disgust. 'I can't hit a girl. Here, Claire. You hit her.' He tossed her the bat.
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violence-towards-women
monica
morganville-vampires
shane-collins
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Rachel Caine |
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250a332
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No, not you two. Stay here.' 'Does he just not get how unfair and sexist that is?' Eve asked. 'Men.' 'You really want to go first?' 'Of course no. But I'd like the chance to to go first.
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morganville-vampires
shane-collins
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d11d2d0
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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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025a5f4
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Shane looked down at the staked vamp at his feet. 'Claire?' 'Yes?' 'You staked a vampire with a number two pencil.' 'I didn't actually check the number.' 'Have I told you lately how freaking awesome you are?' She tried to smile, but her heart was fluttering in her chest now, and not in a good way. 'Compliments later. We really need to get out of here and get to the car. Any ideas?' 'Find another pencil and I'll pin this one down, too,' Mich..
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0f48ac7
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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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humor
vampires
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Rachel Caine |
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1c7a329
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If you ask me if I'm okay again, I'm going to smack myself in the face just to punish you.
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shane-collins
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Rachel Caine |
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22cb2a6
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You're still here. No beer. I'm not corrupting a minor." "But a minor," she pointed out. "At least for beer." "Yeah, and by the way, how much does it suck that I'm an adult if I kill somebody, and I'm not if I want a beer?"
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Rachel Caine |
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b4b2ce8
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You shouldn't be afraid of me because I'm a vampire. You ought to be scared because you just trash-talked my girlfriend .--Michael
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Rachel Caine |
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35cd40d
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My dad used to say that life's a journey, but somebody screwed up and lost the map.
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Rachel Caine |
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1d76aff
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I don't see a way in," Eve whispered. Why are you whispering?" Myrnin whispered back. "Vampires can hear us, anyway."
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myrnin
morganville-vampires
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Rachel Caine |
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dc9fe7c
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Oliver: You turned me down. So why, I wonder, did you decide Amelie would be a better choice? Claire: She smells better. And she made me cookies.
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morganville-vampires
oliver
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Rachel Caine |
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ddb48e5
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You're kidding. I thought all geniuses read Latin. Isn't that the international language for smart people?"-Shane (Glass Houses)"
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morganville-vampires
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Rachel Caine |
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e48a7fc
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What about Myrnin?' Eve swallowed, almost choked, and Michael patted her kindly on the back. She beamed at him. 'Myrnin? Oh yeah. He did a Batman and took off into the night. What is that guy, Claire? If he was a superhero, he'd be Bipolar Man.
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myrnin
michael
morganville-vampires
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Rachel Caine |
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2301991
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Okay, this was kissing. Serious kissing. Not just a kiss before moving out, not a good-bye, this was Hello, sexy, and wow, she'd never even suspected that it could feel this way.
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morganville-vampires
sweet
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Rachel Caine |
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e58f274
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Hannah leaned against the wall. 'Mind if I call shotgun?' 'Since you're carrying one? Feel free.
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morganville-vampires
shane-collins
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Rachel Caine |
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a7b8545
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Follow me,' Myrnin said. 'And do stay together. And by the way, this is the last time I go anywhere with you people. You are all insane.
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Rachel Caine |
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6abf706
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You know," Shane said twenty minutes later, "I'd feel a whole lot better about the two of us if you didn't think I was the go-to guy for breaking and entering."
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7da882b
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Claire. Wake up." She blinked and realized that her head was on Shane's shoulder, and Michael was nowhere to be seen. Her first thought was, Oh my God, am I drooling? Her second was that she hadn't realized she was so close to him, snuggled in. Her third was that although Michael's part of the couch was empty, Shane hadn't moved away. And he was watching her with warm, friendly eyes. Oh. Oh, wow, that was nice."
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sweet
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Rachel Caine |
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926da7b
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That's it? That's your big goodbye?" Eve asked. Claire looked at Eve mystified. "I think I need guy CliffNotes." "Guys aren't deep enough to need CliffNotes." "What were you waiting for, flowery poetry?" Shane snorted. "I hugged. I'm done."
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morganville-vampires
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Rachel Caine |
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abaaba4
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Claire: So we do nothing? Michael: We do the best nothing you've ever seen.
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Rachel Caine |
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0d62b50
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Not nearly enough. Not recently, anyway." And she was sad about that. "I know," he said, and kissed the back of her hand. "We'll fix it. Get some sleep." "Night," she said, and watched him walk toward the door. "Hey. How'd you get in?" He wiggled his fingers at her in a spooky oogie-boogie pantomime. "I'm a vampire. I have secret powers ," he said with a full-on fake Transylvanian accent, which he dropped to say, "Actually, your mom let me ..
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mrs-danvers
eve-rosser
michael-glass
morganville-vampires
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Rachel Caine |
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2737395
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Silver nitrate and water in a super soaker," he told her. "My own invention. Ought to be good at twenty feet, kind of like wasp spray." Oh. "You get me the nicest things." "Anybody can get jewelry. Posers"
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presents
morganville-vampires
shane-collins
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Rachel Caine |
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395b975
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Bishop was all done with the witty conversation. 'Will you swear?' And Myrnin said, shockingly, 'I will.' And he proceeded to, a string of swearwords that made Claire blink. He ended with, '--frothy fool-born apple-john! Cheater of vandals and defiler of dead dogs!' and did another twirl and bow. He looked up with a red, red grin that was more like a leer. 'Is that what you meant, my lord?
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humor
myrnin
claire-danvers
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Rachel Caine |
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7ec79ad
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Jealous?" "Maybe." "No reason. I like my ladies with a pulse."
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vampires
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Rachel Caine |
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eddedca
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As she turned to concentrate on the portal, Eve tugged on Claire's shirt. "What?" "Ask him where he got the boots." "You ask." Personally, Claire wanted the vampire bunny slippers."
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eve-rosser
morganville-vampires
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Rachel Caine |
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b1583ff
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The door banged open, and Eve rushed out, flushed and mussed and still buttoning her shirt. 'It's not what you think,' she said. 'It was just--oh, okay, whatever, it was exactly what you think. Now, ?
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romance
paranormal
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Rachel Caine |
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ca7dbe7
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Where's your sense of adventure?" "Off on a beach somewhere with your sanity?"
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Rachel Caine |
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c071305
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I'm worried he's going to...do something crazy." "He lives in a hole in the ground, dresses funny and occasionally eats his assistants," Eve said. "Define ." Claire closed her eyes. "Okay. I think he wants to put my brain in a jar and wire it into the machine." Dead silence."
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eve-rosser
myrnin
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Rachel Caine |
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4d9d7fe
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Don't diss me, Danvers. I'm warning you.' 'I'm not dissing you,' Claire sighed. 'I'm ignoring you. There's a difference. Dissing you implies I think you're actually important.
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monica-morrell
morganville-vampires
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Rachel Caine |