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1a694d7 "Scoot over, man. I don't like you that much." "Dick. That's not what you said last night." "Bite me." morganville-vampires gay Rachel Caine
1d9d984 "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." morganville-vampires shane-collins glass house Rachel Caine
b506c3c "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?" morganville-vampires Rachel Caine
9238f95 "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." eve-rosser michael-glass morganville-vampires Rachel Caine
97a001c 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! eve-rosser michael-glass morganville-vampires Rachel Caine
019bce1 Hell,' Shane spit in disgust. 'I can't hit a girl. Here, Claire. You hit her.' He tossed her the bat. violence-towards-women monica morganville-vampires shane-collins Rachel Caine
250a332 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. morganville-vampires shane-collins Rachel Caine
1d76aff "I don't see a way in," Eve whispered. Why are you whispering?" Myrnin whispered back. "Vampires can hear us, anyway." myrnin morganville-vampires Rachel Caine
dc9fe7c 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. morganville-vampires oliver Rachel Caine
ddb48e5 "You're kidding. I thought all geniuses read Latin. Isn't that the international language for smart people?"-Shane (Glass Houses)" morganville-vampires Rachel Caine
e48a7fc 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. myrnin michael morganville-vampires Rachel Caine
2301991 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. morganville-vampires sweet Rachel Caine
e58f274 Hannah leaned against the wall. 'Mind if I call shotgun?' 'Since you're carrying one? Feel free. morganville-vampires shane-collins Rachel Caine
926da7b "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." morganville-vampires Rachel Caine
0d62b50 "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 in." "Seriously? My mom? Let you in my room? In the middle of the night?" He shrugged. "Moms like me." He gave her a full-on Hollywood grin, and slipped out the door." mrs-danvers eve-rosser michael-glass morganville-vampires Rachel Caine
2737395 "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" presents morganville-vampires shane-collins Rachel Caine
eddedca "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." eve-rosser morganville-vampires Rachel Caine
4d9d7fe 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. monica-morrell morganville-vampires Rachel Caine
6138dc8 "Michael rose to his feet and padded down the last few steps silently, came up behind Kim, and leaned over her to say, "I vant to drink your blood" in a heavy, fake-Dracula accent. She shrieked, flailed, and a zombie ate her brains on-screen. You sabotaged me!" Kim yelled, dropped the controller, and smacked him hard on the chest. "I can't believe you just totally sabotaged me!" Can't let him lose," Michael said, as Shane hit the high score and the victory music sounded. "Gotta live with the dude." They high-fived. You're seriously going to take that as a win," Kim said. "When he totally cheated for you." Yes," Shane said. "I seriously am." eve-rosser michael-glass claire-danvers morganville-vampires shane-collins Rachel Caine
c324b88 I love arguing with you, Claire. You always surprise me. And occasionally, you even make sense. myrnin morganville-vampires Rachel Caine
2b1f575 What's your name?' she asked, and surprised herself. But for some reason, she wanted to know. Dean's brother--he hadn't been just some nameless Bad Guy Number Four. This vampire wasn't, either. He had a name, a history, maybe even people who cared what happened to him. 'My name is none of your business,' he said, and continued to stare out the window, even though there was nothing but blurry brick out there. 'Can I call you None for short? morganville-vampires Rachel Caine
a483c90 When I want to be lectured on strategy, I'll consult someone who's actually won battles,' Amelie said. 'Not one who ran away from them.' 'Snap,' Eve said. 'You know what they're talking about?' Shane asked. 'Don't need to know to get that one. She smacked him so hard his momma felt it. snap eve-rosser morganville-vampires shane-collins Rachel Caine
1af54df Anybody else think that was weird?' Shane asked as they got into the car. Eve sent him an exasperated glance; the three of them were, of course, in the backseat. Amelie had the front, with Michael. 'Ya think? In general, or in particular?' 'Weird that we got through the entire thing, and I didn't have to hit anybody.' There was a moment of silence. Michael said, as he started the car, 'You're right, Shane. That is strange. eve-rosser michael-glass claire-danvers morganville-vampires shane-collins Rachel Caine
8c674d3 "I'll do it!" "No, you won't," Shane and Michael said, at virtually the same time. Shane continued. "You're barely on your feet, Claire. You don't go anywhere, not without me." "And me," Michael said. "Hell," Eve sighed. "I guess that means I have to go, too. Which I may not ever forgive you for, even if I don't die horribly." eve-rosser michael-glass morganville-vampires shane-collins Rachel Caine
2d9ef4d "Who are you calling?" (claire) Pizza hut" (shane) Loser" (claire)" -- morganville-vampires shane-collins Rachel Caine
7510d13 "I had a good teacher." "Better not have been Myrnin or I'll have to kick his predatory ass." "I mean you, dummy." jealousy morganville-vampires shane-collins Rachel Caine
dbe3716 Am I not ninja enough? Are you saying that I lack ninja? morganville-vampires Rachel Caine
e5ee4bb She came awake, stomach rumbling, and opened her eyes to see a plate being held right under her nose. When she reached for it, Shane snatched it back. 'Nuh-uh. Mine.' 'Share!' she demanded. 'Man, you are one grabby girlfriend.' She grinned. It always made her feel so fiercly warm inside to hear him say that- the girlfriend part, not the grabby part. 'If you love me, you'll give me a taco.' 'Seriously? That's all you got? What about you'll do sexy, illegal things to me for a taco?' 'Not for a taco,' she said. 'I'm not cheap.' 'They're brisket tacos.' 'Now you're talking. funny humor tacos morganville-vampires shane-collins Rachel Caine
ed98ea7 "Because you've got guy parts, you're automatically a better mechanic than me? I don't so," Eve said, and bailed out of the passenger side." eve-rosser morganville-vampires shane-collins gender-stereotypes sexism Rachel Caine
c34f98d "Faster!" Shane yelled. Eve hit the gas hard, and whipped around a slower-moving van. The firing ceased, at least for now. "You see why I didn't want you to stop?" "Okay, your father is officially !" Eve yelled. "Oh my God, look at my car!" morganville-vampires shane-collins Rachel Caine
32ab234 "Did he just say--?" "Yes," Claire said, smiling. "Yes, he did." "Whoa. Guess I'd better stay alive, then." eve-rosser morganville-vampires Rachel Caine
77802c0 "He's not doing anything he shouldn't be doing, right?" "Like what?" "Like hitting on you." "Ew. No, of course not. He doesn't see me that way." Michael shook his head and went back to his coffee. "What? You think he does?" "Sometimes he looks at you a little... oddly, that's all. Maybe you're right. Maybe he just wants you for your blood." "Again, Ew! What's with you this morning?" "Not enough coffee." funny humor myrnin michael-glass ghost-town morganville-vampires rachel-caine shane-collins teacher vampire vampires Rachel Caine
c537d60 "Shane dragged Eve's suitcase into the room and dumped it on the floor beside her bed. "Hey, Dark Princess? Here's your crap. Also, bite me." morganville-vampires shane-collins Rachel Caine
1796a5e "Myrnin, who hadn't said much, suddenly reached out and wrapped his arms around her. She stiffened, shocked, and for a panicked second wondered whether he'd suddenly decided to snack on her neck... but it was just a hug. His body felt cold against hers, and way too close, but then he let go and stepped back. "You've done very well. I'm extremely proud of you," he said. There was a touch of color high in his pale cheeks. "Do go home now. And shower. You reek like the dead." Which, coming from a vampire, was pretty rich." funny humor myrnin ghost-town morganville-vampires rachel-caine vampire vampires Rachel Caine
1b3013e "You okay?" "Fine." "Your heart's beating really fast." "Gee, thanks. That's very comforting that you can hear it." He smiled, and it was the old Michael, the one she'd first met before all the vamp stuff. "Yeah, I know it is. Sorry. Just stay behind me if there's trouble." "You sound like Shane." "Well, he did say he'd kill me if I got you hurt. I'm just looking after my own neck." "Liar." funny humor eve-rosser michael-glass ghost-town morganville-vampires rachel-caine shane-collins teacher vampires Rachel Caine
297b49c "Mornings are pure evil from the pits of hell, which is why I don't do them anymore." Eve" mornings morganville-vampires Rachel Caine
ff302b6 You know what we call pedestrians in Morganville? Mobile bloodbanks. pedestrian eve-rosser michael-glass claire-danvers mobile morganville-vampires shane-collins vampires Rachel Caine
6ba249e "She can go with us to the lab and keep Myrnin pinned down while we pull the plug, if he's not... you know, better." "Define BETTER with that guy." "Not all fangs and raaaaar." funny humor myrnin michael-glass ghost-town morganville-vampires rachel-caine shane-collins teacher vampire vampires Rachel Caine
befe081 "Here," Myrnin said, his voice still gentle and low. "Amelie said you had to work. No one said you had to work alone." He picked up the next part and slotted it in, took the screwdriver from Claire's numbed fingers, and fastened it with a couple of deft, fast movements. "I'll be your hands." She wanted to cry, because it was so sweet, but it wouldn't do any good." funny humor myrnin ghost-town morganville-vampires rachel-caine vampire vampires Rachel Caine
20dbb19 "Myrnin turned away to pick up his Ben Franklin spectacles, balanced them on his nose, and looked over them to say, "Don't do drugs. I feel I ought to say that." funny humor myrnin ghost-town morganville-vampires rachel-caine vampire vampires Rachel Caine
8bb3769 "Silence, and then Eve said, "Okay, that was extra creepy, with whipped creepy topping. And this is me, changing my mind." morganville-vampires Rachel Caine
7769947 "Me neither," Shane put in. "Homie don't play that." "I wonder, sometimes, if your generation speaks English at all," Amelie said." funny morganville-vampires shane-collins language Rachel Caine
6cbf60a "Sure," she said, and hugged the laptop bag closer. "What could go wrong?" Michael's eyes flashed to meet hers in the rearview mirror. Besides everything, I mean," she said." humor morganville-vampires Rachel Caine
07d1cda "Oliver laughed - actually laughed."I like this new Claire," he said. "You should work her this hard all the time, Myrnin. She's interesting when she's forthright." Claire, possessed by the spirit of Eve, shot him the finger. Which made him laugh again, shake his head, and walk up the steps." funny humor ghost-town morganville-vampires rachel-caine oliver vampires Rachel Caine
29d001d "Oh, Claire," he said. "You think me a far better man than I am. That's kind, and flattering." "Are you saying that you -" "Doughnuts!" Myrnin interrupted her and darted away, to zip back in seconds with an open box." myrnin doughnuts ghost-town morganville-vampires rachel-caine vampire vampires Rachel Caine
f0c452a Now play , make-believe dead girl myrlin eve-rosser claire-danvers morganville-vampires Rachel Caine
91d9579 Unfortunately, my army consists of one unreliable criminal, one girl with a disability, and one incredibly foolish young vampire with a tanning issue. I am not confident. morganville-vampires oliver Rachel Caine
1ff3499 "If you see Myrnin, tell him I said I want my slow cooker back." "Your- You let him borrow something you put food in?" Hannah's smile disappeared. "Why?" "Um, never mind. I'll make sure it gets disinfected before you get it back. But don't lend anything to him again unless you can put it in some kind of sterilizer." That made even Hannah look nervous. "Thanks. Tell crazy boy I said hey." "I will" Claire promised. "Hey, if you don't mind me asking - when did he borrow it from you?" "He just showed up at my door one night about a week ago, said, 'Hi, nice to meet you. Can I borrow your Crock-Pot?' Which I understand is pretty typical Myrnin." morganville-vampires-series hannah the-morganville-vampires myrnin ghost-town morganville-vampires rachel-caine Rachel Caine
80dc264 "Nobody's cut out for this town," Shane said. "Nobody sane anyway." "Says the kid who came back." "Yeah, kind of proves my point." dr-mills s-claire the-morganville-vampire-series doctor-mills the-morganville-vampires shane michael-glass michael doctor ghost-town morganville-vampires rachel-caine shane-collins vampire vampires Rachel Caine
90b03c9 "Promise me, Amelie, that you'll crucify me with silver before you allow me to fall in love." "I hardly think there's any chance of that," Amelie said. "I doubt you have the capacity." funny humor eve-rosser myrnin michael-glass ghost-town morganville-vampires rachel-caine shane-collins teacher vampire vampires Rachel Caine
6de6973 "You've turned into quite a bossy little thing," Myrnin said. "I think I might like it." morganville-vampire morganville-vampire-series myrnin-and-claire myrnin claire-danvers morganville-vampires driving vampire vampires Rachel Caine
807e23f "See?" he said, with an unholy amount of glee. "I hardly broke any laws at all. I should drive more often." "No. Trust me, you shouldn't," Eve said. "Think of all the little old people and the children." morganville-vampire morganville-vampire-series myrnin-and-claire myrnin morganville-vampires driving vampire vampires Rachel Caine
e169059 "See?" she heard Shane yell at the kitchen. "She doesn't stomp around like a cattle stampede!" "Bite me, Collins! No bacon for you, either!" humor morganville-vampires shane-collins Rachel Caine
a6941b5 "Bite me, Goth princess," Shane called from the back. "Not literally or anything." "Maybe you should say that to Michael." "Not funny, Eve," Michael said. Eve raised her eyebrows and held her fingers up, measuring off about an inch. "Little bit," she said." funny humor eve-rosser myrnin michael-glass ghost-town morganville-vampires rachel-caine shane-collins teacher vampire vampires Rachel Caine
9209fa3 "Myrnin said softly. "And how is it that you do not understand that HERE, in THIS place, this girl belongs to me, not to you?" -- myrnin morganville-vampires shane-collins vampire vampires Rachel Caine
ae53b03 "Hey!" Claire called after him, as she leaned her backpack against the wall. "No onions!" "Your loss!" "I meant for YOU! Not if you want to get kissed tonight!" "Damn, girl. Harsh." kissing ghost-town halitosis morganville-vampires rachel-caine shane-collins vampire vampires Rachel Caine
0833d43 I just--we were talking, and we fell asleep. I swear, we didn't, um--'' ''Yeah, you'd better not have ummed. eve-rosser morganville-vampires Rachel Caine
d168385 "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." gramma morganville-vampires Rachel Caine
c183b5b "Rambo was a Green Beret," Hannah said. "Please. We eat those army boys for breakfast." morganville-vampires Rachel Caine
f39075e "You're much shorter than my mom." "Brat," she said, surprised into a giggle. "That's no way to talk to a vampire." "Bloodsucking brat." "Better" he said." doctor-mills michael-glass ghost-town morganville-vampires rachel-caine shane-collins vampire vampires Rachel Caine
6b068c4 "Bathroom, maybe? Which is where I need to go." "Ooh, me, too," Eve said. The boys rolled their eyes, like they'd planned it. "What? It's what girls do. Get over it." morganville-vampires gender-stereotypes Rachel Caine
1f760b3 "Oh, come on, just this once," Eve said. "Protects your neck. As in your arteries and veins? That's kind of crucial, right?" "Thanks for the thought, but it doesn't go with my shoes." "You're seriously going to worry about what people think right now?" "No, I'm worrying about people taking pictures and putting them on Facebook. That crap never dies. Kind of like you, Mikey." Michael, straight-faced, said, "He's got a point, because I would definitely take pictures. So would you." Eve had to grin. "Yeah, I would. Okay, then. But you'd look glam. I could fix you up with silver eye shadow to match." michael-glass morganville-vampires shane-collins Rachel Caine
0d5152f "He started to touch the mechanism under the keyboard, then pulled his hand back with a snap. "Ah," he said. "Must deactivate the security....Turn around, please." "What?" "Turn around, Claire. It's a secure password!" "You have GOT to be kidding." "Why ever would I joke about that? Please turn." funny humor myrnin ghost-town morganville-vampires rachel-caine vampire vampires Rachel Caine
4e91751 Shane? Thank God, somebody sane. Well, sane-ish. morganville-vampires shane-collins Rachel Caine
fa60136 "What was your name again?" "Still Eve." "No, I'm sure it's something else. That doesn't seem right." myrnin morganville-vampires Rachel Caine
07c132d "Does it give you deja voodoo how alike the houses are?" "That's deja vu, and I hate you right now." "For narcing on you to your mom? Wait until you hear what I tell your dad." From the sly grin on his face, she knew what he was thinking. "Don't you even think about it." "I could tell him about the time we-" "Hell, no." -- dr-mills s-claire the-morganville-vampire-series doctor-mills the-morganville-vampires shane michael-glass michael doctor ghost-town morganville-vampires rachel-caine shane-collins vampire vampires Rachel Caine
6cd9c70 Morely: You're trying to make me [i]Amelie[/i] Oliver: Goodness, no. You'd look terrible in a skirt morganville-vampires rachel-caine Rachel Caine
d287d37 "Shane, in case we don't ... don't come out of this, I wanted to say..." He glanced over at her, and she felt her whole body warm from it. She remembered that look. It made her feel naked inside and out, but not in a creepy kind of way. In a way that felt.... Free. "If what you say is true, and I guess it has to be, I think I know why we're ... together," he said. "I think I'd fall for you no matter what, Claire. You're kind of awesome." funny humor eve-rosser myrnin michael-glass ghost-town morganville-vampires rachel-caine shane-collins teacher vampire vampires Rachel Caine
c0d22ea "I'm so glad you're okay." "So, how do we celebrate my okayness? It's my day off. Let's go crazy. Glow-in-the-dark bowling?" "No" "I'll let you use the kiddie ball." "Shut up. I do NOT need the kiddie ball." "The way you bowl, I think you might." He grabbed her in an exaggerated formal dance pose and whirled her around, backpack and all, which didn't make her any more graceful. "Ballroom dancing?" "Are you INSANE?" "Hey, girls who tango are hot." "You think I'm not hot because I don't tango?" He dropped the act. Shane was a smart boy. "I think you are too hot for ballroom or bowling. So you tell me. What do you want to do? And don't say study." ghost-town morganville-vampires rachel-caine shane-collins vampire vampires Rachel Caine
b016b77 "How'd you get to be so good at this?" "I had a good teacher." "Better not have been Myrnin or I'll have to kick his predatory ass." "I mean you, dummy." "Oh." funny humor myrnin ghost-town morganville-vampires rachel-caine shane-collins teacher vampire vampires Rachel Caine
f0da36f "He was a nice guy, middle-aged, a little tired, like most doctors usually seemed to be, but he just nodded and said, "Let me take a look at him. Shane?" "I'm not dropping my pants," Shane said. "I just thought I'd say that up front." doctor-mills ghost-town morganville-vampires rachel-caine shane-collins vampire vampires Rachel Caine
8e54510 "Yeah, I get it; you're a vampire," she said. "Creepy. And okay, a little hot, I admit." "You don't mean that." "Come on. I still like you, you know, even if you... crave plasma." Michael blinked and looked at her as if he had never seen her before. "You what?" "Like. You." Eve enunciated slowly, as if Michael might not know the words. "Idiot. I always have. What, you didn't know?" Eve sounded cool and grown-up about it, but Claire saw the hectic color in her cheeks, under the makeup. "How clueless are you? Does it come with the fangs?" "I guess I... I just thought... Hell. I just didn't think... You're kind of intimidating, you know." "I'm intimidating? Me? I run like a rabbit from trouble, mostly," Eve said. "It's all show and makeup. You're the one who's intimidating. I mean, come on. All that talent, and you look... Well, you know how you look." " How do I look?" He sounded fascinated now, and he'd actually moved a little closer to Eve on the couch. She laughed. "Oh come on. You're a total model-babe." "You're kidding." "You don't think you are?" He shook his head. "Then you're kind of an idiot, Glass. Smart, but and idiot." Eve crossed her arms. "So? What exactly do you think about me, except that I'm intimidating?" "I think you're...you're...ah, interesting?" Michael was amazingly bad at this, Claire thought, but then he saved it by looking away and continuing. "I think you're beautiful. And really, really strange." Eve smiled and looked down, and that looked like a real blush, under the rice powder. "Thanks for that, " she said, "I never thought you knew I existed, or if you did, that you thought I was anything but Shane's bratty freak friend." "Well, to be fair, you are Shane's bratty freak friend." "Hey!" "You can be bratty and beautiful," Michael said. "I think it's interesting." funny humor eve-rosser myrnin michael-glass ghost-town morganville-vampires rachel-caine shane-collins teacher vampire vampires Rachel Caine
9a5e647 Don't play his game. Play yours. domestic-violence claire-danvers surviving morganville-vampires stalker survival stalking Rachel Caine
dcd581f "Claire found herself staring at his feet, which were in bunny slippers. Myrnin looked down. "What?" he asked. "They're quite comfortable." He lifted on to look at it, and the ears wobbled in the air. "Of course they are," she said. Just when she thought Myrnin was getting his mental act together, he'd do something like that. Or maybe he was just messing with her. He liked to do that, and his dark eyes were fixed on her now, assessing just how weirded-out she was. Which, on the grade scale of zero to Myrnin, wasn't much." funny vamps morganville-vampires lol Rachel Caine
6ad3559 She was staring at you.' 'What can I say? Irresistible.' 'Shane, it's not funny. I just--you should be careful. 'Always am.' Which was an absolute lie. Shane's eyes fixed on hers, and she felt a burst of heat inside that crept up to burn in her cheeks. He smiled slowly. 'Jealous?' 'Maybe.' 'No reason. I like my ladies with a pulse. feast-of-fools morganville-vampires shane-collins Rachel Caine
5a4865f "Eve hugged her, hard. "It's beautiful," she said. "What happened to the old frosting?" Shane, sitting at the table, raised his hand. "Took one for the team." "Jesus, you ate it? All of it?" "Nah." He held up the bowl that was sitting in front of him. There was still about half a cup left. "Couldn't finish it all." Eve blinked and looked at Claire, who shrugged and said, "I always thought he was sweet." eve-rosser morganville-vampires shane-collins Rachel Caine
13b44c3 Whatever, crazy chick who maybe lives here and maybe also breaks into Michael's house when they're all gone. I'm out. Have a nice delusion. -Shayne humour morganville-vampires delusion Rachel Caine
8c3d813 "She was almost at the top of the steps, and Shane was right behind her, when she heard Myrnin say, in a quiet voice that was like the old Myrnin, the one she actually liked, "I'm sorry, Claire. I never meant - I'm sorry. Sometimes I don't know... I don't know what I am thinking. I wish... I wish things could be like they were before." myrnin ghost-town morganville-vampires rachel-caine vampire vampires Rachel Caine
cd24724 Jeez, Claire. If I didn't love you, you'd scare me. morganville-vampires rachel-caine Rachel Caine
7ecd182 "Go to hell and take that with you!" She shouted it right in Amelie's face. Eve was an exotic blaze of color against Amelie's white fury. And then she slapped the Founder in the face." morganville-vampires Rachel Caine
f838c7f "I think so," she [Claire] said. "Just watch your back, okay?" "Nah, Michael's got mine." He [Shane] looked straight into her eyes. "I've got yours." funny humor eve-rosser myrnin michael-glass ghost-town morganville-vampires rachel-caine shane-collins vampire vampires Rachel Caine
e07a662 "Claire said. "I might be able to get him to stop." "Who, crazy dude? Maybe. Or he might pull your head off," Shane said. "I kind of worry." She couldn't help but smile. "Yeah?" "A little bit." "That's ...nice." He studied her, and returned the smile. "Yeah," he said. "Kind of is, actually." funny humor eve-rosser myrnin michael-glass ghost-town morganville-vampires rachel-caine shane-collins teacher vampire vampires Rachel Caine
093665c "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 crazy." eve-rosser myrnin morganville-vampires Rachel Caine
79489b7 "I'm faster than the rest of you, if .. Because I'm a vampire," Michael said, and it was some kind of breakthrough for him to say that. "If you get in trouble, I'll be there." "Nice," Shane said. "I'm warming up to this bloodsucking thing, Mikey." "No, you're not." "Okay, no, I'm not, but right now let's pretend I am." funny humor eve-rosser myrnin michael-glass ghost-town morganville-vampires rachel-caine shane-collins vampire vampires Rachel Caine
85cdab9 "Well, friend, I don't know about your tastes, but I tend to like it very bloody," Myrnin said. He shifted position, dragging Claire along like a rag doll without any effort at all. "Have we been introduced?" "Probably not. Why, are you asking me out, sweetheart?" "You're not my type, darling. Is this one yours?" "No," Frank said, and looked at Shane, just in a quick flicker. "Let's say she's a friend of the family." funny humor eve-rosser myrnin michael-glass ghost-town morganville-vampires rachel-caine shane-collins vampire vampires Rachel Caine
13004e9 "Yes," he said. "I am sure. I double-checked everything after you went home yesterday. I even made a few improvements, just in case." The first part of that reassured her. The second part... not so much. "What kind of improvements?" "Oh, nothing, really. Mostly just streamlining. You really did very well; I certainly don't want you to think that I am one of those people who has to be in control all the- Oh, well, I suppose that's actually true- I do have to be in control all the time. But only because I am in charge, of course." funny humor myrnin ghost-town morganville-vampires rachel-caine vampire vampires Rachel Caine
9532f43 Hold on, Claire Bear! Next stop, Crazytown! the-dead-girls-dance morganville-vampires Rachel Caine
8a3b34b "You're seriously going to worry about what people think right now?" "No, I'm worrying about people taking pictures and putting them on Facebook. That crap never dies. Kind of like you, Mikey." michael ghost-town morganville-vampires shane-collins Rachel Caine
1fef253 "Glad it was you and not me," Shane said, and offered Myrin a hand up. "Any brain damage?" "Since the bullet actually passed through his brain, then yes, idiot boy, there's certainly brain damage," Oliver said. "It will pass. His brain's the least fragile thing about him." "You say the nicest things," Myrin said. He was slurring his words, and he threw an arm around Oliver's neck. "Marry me." myrin morganville-vampires shane-collins oliver Rachel Caine
48eba9c It's not your enemies who are likeliest to hurt you. It is, always, those you trust. pain friends trust myrnin morganville-vampires Rachel Caine
32e36be "Amelie said, "I won't be your servant in Morganville. Nor should you be mine. Equals." She offered her hand to him, and he looked down at it, clearly taken aback. But he took it. "Now defend what is ours, my partner." He grinned ... grinned! ... and whirled to meet Myrnin in midleap as Myrnin attacked." funny humor eve-rosser myrnin michael-glass ghost-town morganville-vampires rachel-caine shane-collins vampire vampires Rachel Caine
b9ed824 Hannah: What's your plan? Claire: Go get him Hannah: Honey, that is not a plan. That's what we in the military call an objective. hannah morganville-vampires rachel-caine Rachel Caine
d274f51 "What about e-mail? It is e-mail, yes?" Morley asked, leaning even closer. "E-mail is a kind of electronic letter. It travels through the air." He seemed very smug that he knew that. "Well, not exactly, and would you please either BACK OFF or go find a shower?" morley morganville-vampires rachel-caine Rachel Caine
09c98ca "Here. Have a Coke. That's good for a sore throat, right?" "Good for everything," Shane croaked, and took the extended cold can with good grace. "Thanks." "You owe me a dollar," Eve said. "I'll add it to the five thousand you already owe me, though." He blew her a kiss, and she stuck her tongue out at him, and that was the end of the subject, thankfully." last-breath morganville-vampires shane-collins Rachel Caine
9376c14 "Michael: 'Hey, remember when I almost didn't let you into the house that first day you came?' Claire: 'Yep' Michael: 'Well, I was dead wrong. Maybe I never said that out loud before, but I mean it, Claire. All that's happened since... we wouldn't have made it. Not me, not Shane, not Eve. Not without you.' Claire: 'It's not me. It's not! It's us, that's all. We're just better together. We... take care of each other.' Shane: 'Stop vamping up my girl, man. She needs coffee.' michael-glass claire-danvers morganville-vampires shane-collins Rachel Caine
4545dd8 "I never meant it," he was saying. "Never meant it to happen. Can't stand it, seeing her suffer. Must do something, do something... What do I do? What can I do...?" funny humor myrnin ghost-town morganville-vampires rachel-caine vampire vampires Rachel Caine
6930f6e Oliver: Fear is the natural state of anything that dies. last-breath morganville-vampires rachel-caine oliver Rachel Caine
5a8d5e1 "She smells better," Claire said. "And she made me cookies." claire-danvers morganville-vampires oliver Rachel Caine
4a546b4 Sometime, somewhere, life always comes to a fight, and peace always comes to an end. war life caine morganville morganville-vampires fighting peace vampires Rachel Caine
5e8d200 Look, I hate good-byes, too. But sometimes, we need them just to survive. goodbyes morganville-vampires shane-collins Rachel Caine
a74cfff Mirnin: Where's Shreve? mirnin eve-rosser morganville-vampires rachel-caine Rachel Caine
6326768 "If he had any kind of a clue, he wouldn't be caught dead with that stuff. See what I did there? I crack myself up." Eve sipped more coffee she probably, at this point, didn't need." -- eve-rosser morganville-vampires Rachel Caine
9c2399f What are you going to do? Are you going to live in the dark, locked in here? Afraid to look out, answer the door, leave? Yes, he's out there, and he's clearly not going to leave you alone until one of three things happens: he hurts you and gets arrested, or he makes a mistake and gets arrested, or you stop him. domestic-violence stalkers claire-danvers morganville-vampires stalker stalking Rachel Caine
cca6ccf "Well," Naomi said cheerfully, "what's the worst that can happen?" They were silent, considering that, because there were just so many possibilities. But in the end, it was a better idea than Facebook." naomi morganville-vampires vampire Rachel Caine
e491125 "Stop being so..." "Charming?Attractive?Irresistible? "I'm going with arrogant." shane-collings morganville-vampires rachel caine
a4fb914 "Happy birthday," she said. "And next time? Eat the stupid cupcake." cupcake claire-danvers morganville-vampires shane-collins short-story Rachel Caine
c0d05b4 "He lives in a hole in the ground, dresses funny, and occasionally eats his assistants," Eve said. "Define crazy." morganville-vampires Rachel Caine
b34a3d0 "We're clear," she said. "You're kind of a psycho. I get that" funny morganville-vampires Rachel Caine
e959214 "Great," Shane said. "Look i'd rather not be on janitorial duty. I have allergies to cleaners." funny morganville-vampires Rachel Caine Black Dawn
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