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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 . . ." "My best friend," I filled in sternly. "I was only going to say she's unique."
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solange
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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 doing?" "Drooling," Solange explained fondly."
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solange
lucy
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Alyxandra Harvey |
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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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Alyxandra Harvey |
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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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solange
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Alyxandra Harvey |
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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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solange
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"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." --
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solange
hunter
princess
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"I'm with you, but Lucy?" He sounded dark and baleful. "Lucy's mine."
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solange
nicholas
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