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32bd3aa
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He sounded harassed more than anything else, like mass home invasion was just something standing between him and morning coffee.
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Rachel Caine |
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675798a
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And somewhere in heaven, Versace sheds a single, perfect tear.
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monica
the-morganville-vampires
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Rachel Caine |
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98deba9
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Damn, girl. You space so hard, you ought to look into a career at NASA.
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Rachel Caine |
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fce36bb
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Um... Eve...can I ask...?" "About what?" Eve was still frowning at the pasta like she suspected it to do something clever, like try to escape the pot. "You and Michael." "Oh." A surge of pink to Eve's cheeks. Between that and the fact that she was wearing colors outside of the Goth red and black rainbow, she looked young and very cute. "Well. I don't know if it's - God, he's just so-" "Hot?" Claire asked. "Hot," Eve admitted. "Nuclear hot. ..
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Rachel Caine |
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0672517
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What's burning?" "Your brain."
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Rachel Caine |
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8168f6e
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Trav, if you cross us -- " "I know. You'll get me. I'll try not to pee all over myself in terror."
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Rachel Caine |
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341457d
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Jackass!" Eve yelled. "You know, when people say that, I just hear the word awesome," Shane said."
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Rachel Caine |
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a389d3e
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I so rarely have the chance to field-test anything. Amelie is so conservative about these things -Myrnin
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humor
myrnin
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Rachel Caine |
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a896d67
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Jason talking about Michael - "Don't do me any favors, Glass Ass," Jason snapped."
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Rachel Caine |
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b18b1e1
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There are three parts to learning: information, knowledge and wisdom, A mere accumulation of information is not knowledge, and a treasure of knowledge is not in itself, wisdom.
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inspirational
knowledge
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Rachel Caine |
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9376c14
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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 ..
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michael-glass
claire-danvers
morganville-vampires
shane-collins
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Rachel Caine |
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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 |
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70ed1c6
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Shane said, "Don't worry. I'll protect you." Claire hit him in the shoulder. "I don't need you to protect me." "Then why am I going first?" "So you can take the first punch while I throw the second?" "So I'm bait? Ouch. You've been in Morganville way too long, girl."
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going-first
morganville
claire-danvers
shane-collins
protect
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Rachel Caine |
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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 |
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af7d0d0
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I would never build a lawn trimmer," Myrnin said. "What did the lawn ever do to me?"
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Rachel Caine |
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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 |
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58eb7dc
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Right. I've been missing Nutty McFang anyway." "Stop making up names for him." "What about Count Crackula?" "Just stop."
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pseudonym
shane-collins
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Rachel Caine |
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1e09fb1
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A rap at the back door made her jump, and she peered through the window for a long time before she eased open the door a crack. She left the security chain on. 'What do you want, Richard?' Richard Morrell's police cruiser was parked in the drive. He hadn't flashed any lights or howled any sirens, so she supposed it wasn't an emergency, exactly. But she knew him well enough to know he didn't pay social visits, at least not to the Glass House..
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funny
what-you-want
richard
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Rachel Caine |
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bb3ef70
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Claire watched as Shane hunted around and came up with a small crowbar, which he used to lever open the seals on the top of the barrel. The top was hinged in the middle, Claire realized, and he flipped that part over. "Score," he said, and raised the crowbar in triumph. "Who's your daddy?" Myrnin stared at him as if he'd gone completely mental. " " "Figure of speech," Claire said hastily."
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Rachel Caine |
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5b69b0b
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It's like disco inferno up in here
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Rachel Caine |
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4c0a419
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It's a sad day when Myrnin is the safe choice, she thought. Apparently, he thought so, too, because he gave her a long, troubled look before pressing his thumb to a glass plate inside the room and opening the door.
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Rachel Caine |
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4545dd8
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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 |
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128138d
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Sam talking to a frat boy - "You. O Positive. How many exits?" "What?....Oh shit, did you just call me by my blood type?"
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Rachel Caine |
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7ac6de9
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I Promise," Shane said. "You'd better, jerkface," Eve said. "How's the head?" "Taped. It's fine, chicks dig scars. Wait, did you just call me jerkface? Are we back in grade school?" "I love you," Eve said. He closed his moth, fast, because obviously that was not what he'd expected. "I, uh, okay, love you too. Can we stop that? It's uncomfortable." "Jerkface." "Much better."
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jerkface
shane-collins
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Rachel Caine |
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d95272f
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Ah, Morganville. Where dressing to hide bloodstains was just good daily planning.
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Rachel Caine |
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612e251
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Knowing Myrnin, there could be anything inside, from a body he'd forgotten about to his dirty laundry.
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Rachel Caine |
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be33a47
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Where are you going?" "To get a Coke!" "Would you--" "No!"
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Rachel Caine |
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af08b02
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He 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."!"
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Rachel Caine |
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5f475b6
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The rule of the Morrell family was over, and Richard owned a used-car lot and Monica worked at a nail salon, until one day she got run over by a bus. Very sad.
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morganville
monica-morrell
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Rachel Caine |
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e7f2088
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Claire was just coming down the stairs, humming and thinking about how nice it was to have things getting back to normal, and how she'd tell Shane about the January thing tonight, when Myrnin sent a message through the portal--well, more of a rock with a note tied to it, which rolled across the floor and scared Eve into a scream before the portal snapped shut. Eve kicked the rock resentfully with her thick black boots and glared at it, then..
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Rachel Caine |
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e3860b0
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You're not seriously going out again, are you?" "Seriously, yeah. Bowling. Her name's Laura. If you want more details, you're gonna have to download the video like everybody else."
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Rachel Caine |
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36258b8
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Bracelets with white symbols?" Michael made the question casual; in fact, he bent his head and concentrated on tuning his guitar, not that it needed it. Every note sounded perfect as it whispered out of the strings. "Do you remember?" "No." She felt a pure burst of something that wasn't quite panic, wasn't quite excitement. "Does that mean they have Protection?" He hesitated for about a second, just long enough for her to know he was surpri..
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Rachel Caine |
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790f36a
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Hello! Your dear father is unfortunately very dead," he called. "And you said my dispersal system would never work!"
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myrnin
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Rachel Caine |
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e728f98
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Who's Myrnin?" Claire controlled an urge to roll her eyes. "Badass crazy vampire scientist who's my boss." "You realize no part of that sentence made sense, right?"
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Rachel Caine |
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48070e6
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Shane's dad stopped the van," Claire said. "He took Monica as a hostage." For a second, neither one of them moved, and then Eve whooped and held up her hand for a high five. Claire just stared at her, and Eve compensated by clapping both hands over her head. "Yesssss!" she said, and did a totally geeky victory dance. "Couldn't have happened to a nicer psycho!" "Hey!" Claire yelled, and Eve froze in midcelebration. It was stupid, but Claire ..
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Rachel Caine |
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01c5da0
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He swallowed and shifted his weight a little uneasily, and then said, very quietly, his lips almost touching hers, 'Promise me you'll marry me. Not now. Someday. Because I need to know." Claier felt a flutter inside, like a bird trying to fly, and a ruch of heat that made her dizzy. And something else, something fragile as a soap bubble, and just as beautiful. Joy, in the middle of all this horror and heartbreak. 'Yes,' she whispered back...
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Rachel Caine |
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4ea0ced
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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 |
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3e62c17
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Want me to warm up the sauce?" "Do we do that? I mean, it's in a jar, right? Can't you just dump it over the pasta?" "Well, you can, but it tastes better if you warm it up." "Oh." Eve sighed. "This is complicated. No wonder I never cook."
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Rachel Caine |
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71d7d65
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I'm sorry, Eve. I love you. I'm not letting you do this." She screamed and battered harder. "You love me? You asshole! Let me go!"
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Rachel Caine |
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c072836
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I knew you'd come,Claire.I knew you would.Dear God,you took your time.
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Rachel Caine |
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b42ced1
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Eeek," Shane said. Nothing. Right, Amazon princess, I got the point." --
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Rachel Caine |
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5567142
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What in the hell is going on around here?" she yelled. "Could you guys keep it down to aircraft-carrier noise?"
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Rachel Caine |
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ed85392
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Your education or your life, Claire. I'd rather you be alive and a little bit dumber.
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Rachel Caine (Author) |
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5ef4a66
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I have permission to live off campus." She didn't say from whom, because it was primarily herself."
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Rachel Caine |