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I'm taking fifteen, and we're moving this discussion upstairs." "You can have here! I will not listen." "You will listen," Mallory said, "and you'll tell your book club exactly what you heard." "But is like Twilight in real life!" Berna protested. "Sparkles!"
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Chloe Neill |
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5ab5e67
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Learn to be a vampire, to be a warrior, to be the soldier you are capable of being. But consider the possibility that I made a mistake I regret--and that I'll continue to regret that mistake and try to convince you to give me another chance until the earth stops turning.
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Chloe Neill |
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fb74c26
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The Constitution bans cruel and unusual punishment," I told him when he stepped down from the podium. "What?" he innocently asked. "Getting you out of the library? I believe it's due time, Sentinel." "Now that I'm a real, live vampire?" "Something like that,"
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Chloe Neill |
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I'd heard someone say that bravery was doing the thing you were afraid to do, despite your fear. If that was true I was the bravest person I knew
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Chloe Neill |
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df36e37
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Merit. Have you finally decided to ditch the zero and get with the hero?" Ethan cleared his throat--loudly--while I bit back a smile. I didn't see anything wrong with reminding Ethan that I had other options. Even if they were slightly goofy options I'd never actually take advantage of."
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Chloe Neill |
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91c9cb5
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Vamps are really only like ten percent fun at any given time. The other ninety percent is largely fretting. And bloodletting.
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Chloe Neill |
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I stood Sentinel of Cadogan House, by God. He was mine, and he knew it, and I would claim what was mine.
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Chloe Neill |
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It was a chef's knife," I said, holding my hands about a foot apart. "And a very large one." "That's what she said," Ethan murmured."
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Chloe Neill |
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He grinned. "And you've got yourself a nickname. I'm thinking 'Shorty'" "I'm five eight without heels." "It's not a description. It's a nickname. Get used to it, Shorty." We stood there for a moment, waiting for the tension to evaporate. When it did, we smiled at each other. "Don't call me Shorty," I told him. "Okay, Shorty." "Seriously, that's very immature." "Whatever you say, Shorty. Let's call it a night." "Fine by me." I'd worry about ..
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Chloe Neill |
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I'm working from the assumption it's going to go horribly wrong. If we get out of here with limbs intact and no aspen slivers in uncomfortable places, we're calling it a win." Merit/Jonah"
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sarcasm
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Chloe Neill |
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b138588
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Ladies and...ladies" Luc said "since the sexual harassment has already started I assume you've recognized that we have a special guest." --
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Chloe Neill |
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Oh nookie in the stacks.Figures you're the type to have that fantasy, grad school and all.
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Chloe Neill |
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Sentinel, you are always the most beautiful woman in the room, irrespective of what you're wearing. And most especially and preferably when you're wearing nothing at all.
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too-hot-to-live-alpha-hero
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Chloe Neill |
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As I'm not currently being chased, I see no need to run.
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Chloe Neill |
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You are mine, Merit.
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Chloe Neill |
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What do zombies chant at a riot?" "Grrarphsnarg?" he asked, in a surprisingly well-done bit of mindless zombie imitating. "No, but that was really good. Disconcertingly good." "I was deceased for a time." "True. But anyway, the rioters get all riled up, and they chant: 'What do we want? Brains! When do we want them? Brains!'" I fell into a wave of appropriately boisterous laughter; Ethan seemed less impressed. "I truly hope the stipend we p..
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Chloe Neill |
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Seriously, I'm totally weirded out by the girly nature of this conversation. And yet, it's kinda like you're growing up. Do you think Judy Blume made a book about adolescent vampires? Are You There God, It's Me, Merit?" Mallory snorted, obviously pleased with herself."
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friday-night-bites
vampire
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Vampires were hardly the monsters we were made out to be in fairy tales and television shows. We were hardly different from humans, but for the genetic mutation, fangs, silvering eyes, and periodic penchant for blood. What? I said hardly different.
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Chloe Neill |
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Darth Sullivan
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Chloe Neill |
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I'm rarely good, Merit. But I'm often spectacular.
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too-hot-to-live-alpha-hero
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Scout - oblivious to our jokes at her expense - pushed forward. "I don't understand why you're arguing with me. You know you have no chance." Michael clutched at his chest dramatically. "You're killing me, Scout. Really. There's chest pain - a tightness." He faked a groan." --
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Chloe Neill |
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For now, with his emerald eyes locked on mine, where I was going didn't seem so scary.
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Chloe Neill |
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Scout - oblivious to our jokes at her expense - pushed forward. "I don't understand why you're arguing with me. You know you have no chance." Michael clutched at his chest dramatically. "You're killing me, Scout. Really. There's chest pain - a tightness." He faked a groan."
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Chloe Neill |
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Oh , I do like you Merit.I like your ...Moxie.
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Chloe Neill |
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Top Gun," I whispered to Lindsey. We'd started pointing out Luc's ubiquitous pop culture references, having decided that because he cut his fangs in the Wild West, he'd been entranced by movies and television. You know, because living in a society of magically enhanced vampires didn't require enough willing suspension of disbelief. -Merit in Chloe Neill's Friday Night Bites"
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friday-night-bites
vampire
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Chloe Neill |
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So you're now an official member of Enclave Three. You weirdo." I snorted. "I'm a weirdo? You're a werewolf." "I suggest you say that with respect, Parker." "Or what?"
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Chloe Neill |
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Ethan chuckled. "And are you aware you keep looking over here like you're nervous I'm going to disappear?" "It's because you're devastatingly handsome." He grinned slyly. "I wasn't questioning your good taste."
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Chloe Neill |
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I tried to lighten the mood, and pointed at the house shoes - the last things I'd have expected to see Catcher Bell wearing. "And the shoes?" I asked with a grin. "My house, my rules. These shoes happen to be comfortable," he said "If you two roamed around the house naked and carrying bows and arrows before I moved in, it's none of my business."
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Chloe Neill |
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So that you don't forget the world isn't black or white," he said. "It's grey and someone tells you otherwise, they're lying"."
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Chloe Neill |
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8d4b8da
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My job is to ensure the sanctity of this House. Ensuring the sanity of its Master seemed like a good start.
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Chloe Neill |
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If you weren't taken, I'd date you myself." "Which one of us were you talking to, hon?" "I think she meant the [hot] dog."
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Chloe Neill |
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You're perfect- beautiful, intelligent, intractable in a kind of... attractive way. Headstrong, but a good strategist. An amazing fighter." "But that's not enough?" "It's too much. You think I haven't thought about what it might be like to return to my rooms at the end of the night and find you there- to find you in my bed, to have your body and your laugh and your mind? To look across a room and know that you were mine- that *I'd* claimed ..
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Chloe Neill |
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There is always light," Morgan said quietly. "The star are always shining, even if we can't see them."
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Chloe Neill |
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Anyone wanna dance?" "I could dance I need to change, but I can dance." "Nice going, Gandalf. You'll rile her up, and I'll never get her tucked in. You wanna give her candy and caffeine while you're at it?"
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Chloe Neill |
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We all have days when we feel small. Really small. Completely inadequate but saddled with all this responsibility...I have to fight battles against people who shouldn't be my enemies - especially when there are allready plenty of enemies to go around. There are days when I would love to pull the cover over my head and say to hell with it. But I don't do that. And most people don't do that. Most people get up and do their jobs and work their..
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work
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Chloe Neill |
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e2c6dfb
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I reject the notion I am capable of doing anything 'not well' ~ Ethan
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Chloe Neill |
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I asked "What do you even do with a chimera?" "What wouldn't you do with a chimera?" Jeff asked. "They're like the Swiss Army knife of animals."
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humor
mythology
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Chloe Neill |
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Family. Couldn't live with them, couldn't run a stake through them.
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humor
vampires
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Chloe Neill |
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His(Luc) eyes widened appreciatively as he took in my dress, heels, hair. "You look beautiful." Ethan beat me to a response. "Thank you. But you should compliment Merit as well. She cleans up nicely." Luc snorted, glanced at me. "And you don't look half-bad yourself, Sentinel." "Thank you, Luc. He's just jealous. He prefers to be the arm candy."
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luc
merit
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Chloe Neill |
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615d933
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Give me a break, I'm trying to Gratefully Condescend.
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Chloe Neill |
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fcfdc4d
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Ethan Sullivan, registered smart-ass
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Chloe Neill |
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fbaf006
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Ah, vampire humor. Thank God it never got old, said no one ever.
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Chloe Neill |
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Hey, better than the real thing," I said. "What do you even do with a chimera?" "What wouldn't you do with a chimera?" Jeff asked. "They're like the Swiss Army knife of animals." "Party in the front, business in the back," Catcher agreed. That earned a snort and laugh from me. "Any animal that can be compared to a mullet is a good animal in my book."
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ombuddies
merit
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Chloe Neill |
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fdd9fc2
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Friends in high places definitely helped- especially if you had enemies in even higher spots.
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Chloe Neill |