77802c0
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"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."
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myrnin
michael-glass
ghost-town
morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
shane-collins
teacher
vampire
vampires
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62e921d
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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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funny
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the-morganville-vampires
myrnin
ghost-town
rachel-caine
vampires
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Rachel Caine |
5f9798e
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"Are you in the car that's almost caused three accidents on North Vance?" Hannah asked. "Because I'm following you with my lights flashing, and whoever's driving isn't pulling over." "Let him go," Claire said. "Trust me. You aren't going to get him to stop." "Oh, God. It's Myrnin, isn't it?" "Tell that police lady to stop chasing me," Myrnin said, annoyed, from the front seat. "Really, I'm not THAT bad at this."
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myrnin-driving
myrnin
rachel-caine
driving
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1796a5e
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"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."
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funny
humor
myrnin
ghost-town
morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
vampire
vampires
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Rachel Caine |
1b3013e
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"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."
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funny
humor
eve-rosser
michael-glass
ghost-town
morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
shane-collins
teacher
vampires
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6ba249e
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"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."
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funny
humor
myrnin
michael-glass
ghost-town
morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
shane-collins
teacher
vampire
vampires
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Rachel Caine |
befe081
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"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."
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funny
humor
myrnin
ghost-town
morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
vampire
vampires
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Rachel Caine |
20dbb19
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"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."
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humor
myrnin
ghost-town
morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
vampire
vampires
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Rachel Caine |
07d1cda
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"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."
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funny
humor
ghost-town
morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
oliver
vampires
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Rachel Caine |
29d001d
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"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."
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myrnin
doughnuts
ghost-town
morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
vampire
vampires
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Rachel Caine |
1ff3499
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"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."
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morganville-vampires-series
hannah
the-morganville-vampires
myrnin
ghost-town
morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
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Rachel Caine |
80dc264
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"Nobody's cut out for this town," Shane said. "Nobody sane anyway." "Says the kid who came back." "Yeah, kind of proves my point."
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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
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Rachel Caine |
90b03c9
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"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."
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funny
humor
eve-rosser
myrnin
michael-glass
ghost-town
morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
shane-collins
teacher
vampire
vampires
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Rachel Caine |
ae53b03
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"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."
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kissing
ghost-town
halitosis
morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
shane-collins
vampire
vampires
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Rachel Caine |
a6941b5
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"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."
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funny
humor
eve-rosser
myrnin
michael-glass
ghost-town
morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
shane-collins
teacher
vampire
vampires
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Rachel Caine |
f39075e
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"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."
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doctor-mills
michael-glass
ghost-town
morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
shane-collins
vampire
vampires
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Rachel Caine |
0d5152f
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"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."
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funny
humor
myrnin
ghost-town
morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
vampire
vampires
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Rachel Caine |
07c132d
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"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." --
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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
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Rachel Caine |
6cd9c70
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Morely: You're trying to make me [i]Amelie[/i] Oliver: Goodness, no. You'd look terrible in a skirt
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morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
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Rachel Caine |
d287d37
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"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."
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funny
humor
eve-rosser
myrnin
michael-glass
ghost-town
morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
shane-collins
teacher
vampire
vampires
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Rachel Caine |
c0d22ea
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"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."
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ghost-town
morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
shane-collins
vampire
vampires
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Rachel Caine |
f0da36f
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"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."
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doctor-mills
ghost-town
morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
shane-collins
vampire
vampires
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Rachel Caine |
b016b77
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"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."
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funny
humor
myrnin
ghost-town
morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
shane-collins
teacher
vampire
vampires
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Rachel Caine |
8e54510
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"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."
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funny
humor
eve-rosser
myrnin
michael-glass
ghost-town
morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
shane-collins
teacher
vampire
vampires
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Rachel Caine |
5b372cc
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"All right," he said. "Since you ask so nicely." "I wasn't asking." "I'm aware of that. The sharp point in my back did make it clear."
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myrnin
rachel-caine
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Rachel Caine |
8c3d813
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"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."
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myrnin
ghost-town
morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
vampire
vampires
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Rachel Caine |
cd24724
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Jeez, Claire. If I didn't love you, you'd scare me.
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morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
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Rachel Caine |
1530328
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"Take her home. And-" "Say nothing- yes, yes, I heard you the first seven hundred times," Myrnin said, much too sharply. "I'm ancient. I'm not deaf."
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myrnin
rachel-caine
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Rachel Caine |
e07a662
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"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."
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funny
humor
eve-rosser
myrnin
michael-glass
ghost-town
morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
shane-collins
teacher
vampire
vampires
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Rachel Caine |
f838c7f
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"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."
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funny
humor
eve-rosser
myrnin
michael-glass
ghost-town
morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
shane-collins
vampire
vampires
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Rachel Caine |
2412330
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Things that Shane doesn't want on his grave: (1.) I thought it wasn't loaded. (2.) Hand me a match so I can check the gas tank. (3.) Killed over Ice Cream
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rachel-caine
shane-collins
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Rachel Caine |
f09be4d
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Now could you please ask these idiots to stop pointing their bullets at me? It's terribly wasteful.
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myrnin
rachel-caine
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Rachel Caine |
85cdab9
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"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."
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funny
humor
eve-rosser
myrnin
michael-glass
ghost-town
morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
shane-collins
vampire
vampires
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Rachel Caine |
12c6b2b
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"And about Shane, I swear, if he doesn't snap out of it, I'm going to punch him in the face. Well, punch him in the face and then run like hell." - Eve Rosser"
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fun
midnight-alley
rachel-caine
shane-collins
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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."
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funny
humor
eve-rosser
myrnin
michael-glass
ghost-town
morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
shane-collins
vampire
vampires
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Rachel Caine |
13004e9
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"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."
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funny
humor
myrnin
ghost-town
morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
vampire
vampires
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Rachel Caine |
bf40a79
|
"This is the biggest damn IPod I've ever seen," Claire said, which made him choke on his beer. "Kidding. I have seen a jukebox before."
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funny
humor
feast-of-fools
rachel-caine
shane-collins
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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."
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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.
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hannah
morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
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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?"
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morley
morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
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Rachel Caine |
68fa0b0
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"He dunked his tea bag and watched the results critically. "I really must get a new supplier. This tea is pathetic. America just doesn't understand tea at all."
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the-dead-girls-dance
rachel-caine
oliver
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Rachel Caine |
425a344
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They came out in a dim, damp basement - a generic sort of place, full of moulding boxes. 'You take me to the nicest places,' Claire said, and sneezed.
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funny
humor
myrnin
claire-danvers
rachel-caine
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Rachel Caine |
6930f6e
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Oliver: Fear is the natural state of anything that dies.
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last-breath
morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
oliver
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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...?"
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funny
humor
myrnin
ghost-town
morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
vampire
vampires
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Rachel Caine |
4ea0ced
|
Who's your daddy?' Myrnin stared at him as if he'd gone completely mental. '
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funny
humor
the-morganville-vampires
myrnin
rachel-caine
shane-collins
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Rachel Caine |
a74cfff
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Mirnin: Where's Shreve?
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mirnin
eve-rosser
morganville-vampires
rachel-caine
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Rachel Caine |
c902870
|
"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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kiss
the-morganville-vampires
eve-rosser
michael-glass
rachel-caine
sweet
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Rachel Caine |
026513e
|
"I wrestled futilely, then relaxed as a vine wrapped three times around my throat and squeezed. Right," I choked out, and shut my eyes. "I'll wait here, then."
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thin-air
rachel-caine
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Rachel Caine |
f5465e4
|
"I'd blurted out the question only to keep him from noticing that I was working my hands free, but the Warden behind me, some young brown-haired surfer dude, yelled a warning. "She's getting loose!" Narc."
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rachel-caine
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