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Now that we've done the tea party," Luc said, pushing back the notepad and settling into his chair, "it's time for our annual review of Rules You Disrespectful Bastards Never Follow."
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luc
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Liege," I said deferentially. "She's more obsequious to you than she ever has been to me," Ethan observed with a tilted eyebrow. "Better leadership skills," Malik said with a smile,"
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malik-washington
merit
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Chloe Neill |
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But I'll admit that he's kind of offensively delicious" "Like salt and vinegar potato chips" "Exactly"
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mallory
merit
vampire
urban-fantasy
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Chloe Neill |
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d699ec1
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Should I be insulted that you're so eager to enjoy another man's pork?" I leaned out of the bathroom, toothbrush mid-swipe, and grinned. "Ethan Sullivan, did you just make a joke?" He hadn't, at least from the look on his face. But I wasn't threatened by the possessiveness in his eyes. Because bacon."
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Chloe Neill |
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aec13ce
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It was so easy to have opinions, and so much harder to actually do things.
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Chloe Neill |
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a7db7e3
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Because we fear a zombie apocalypse? And we hope they're color-blind?
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Chloe Neill |
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c2c8508
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If it was appropriate to judge a person based on her footwear - and it obviously was - I decided I liked her immediately.
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humor
shoes
merit
vampires
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It sucks because you're trying to do the right thing, but the result isn't showing it. You're at the stage where good intentions meet crappy abilities. Welcome to my first eleven months as a vampire." "You've only been a vampire for ten months." "My point exactly."
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merit
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Chloe Neill |
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208d2df
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I'm a reader, not a fighter.
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Chloe Neill |
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You were cut?" "Yeah, but I'm okay. Just a little sore." Devilishness shined in Malik's eyes. "What was the weapon again? Paring knife? Melon baller?" He squeezed his thumb and forefinger together. "One of those cinnamon-flavored toothpicks?"
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merit
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Chloe Neill |
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Because sometimes women cry when there's good news. Tears of relief. You know, catharsis." His expression was utterly blank. "Haven't you ever cried when you, I don't know, you get a new batch of that fancy stationery you like with the watermarks on it?" He looked bewildered. "That's what you think I'd cry tears of relief about?" "You do like your office supplies."
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merit
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Chloe Neill |
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My lashes shuddered, and I had to force my palm against the sword's handle until cording bit into my skin, to force her back, to keep my mind clear. But later, I promised her, she'd feed.
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Chloe Neill |
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Hello, everyone and Probies," Jeff said. "Especially a very healthy Merit." "Hello, my knight in shining armor," I said, taking a seat. "Or at least my knight with a very shiny reflective blanket."
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merit
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Chloe Neill |
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It was a spell, thrown by Sebastian Born. Pretty fce, evil disposition.
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Chloe Neill |
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I will have both of you," he said. "My Sentinel and my city. And the GP will learn exactly how stubborn we both can be."
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ethan-sullivan
stubborn
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Merit," Catcher said, sitting beside Mallory on the couch, an arm around her shoulders. "It's nice to see you clothed again." "And now that she is," Gabriel said, standing, "we should get moving." "Where are we going, exactly?" Catcher asked. "To a land beyond space and time," Jeff said drawing an arc in the air. "Where the rules of mortals have no meaning." Gabriel looked up at the ceiling as if he might find patience there. "We're going t..
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Chloe Neill |
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Girl, you're a vampire. This day and age, everything you do is a felony.
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Chloe Neill |
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I lightly grasped the edges of my shirt and dropped into a neat curtsy, batting my eyes coquettishly. "Thank you, Liege," I said, Gratefully Condescending. "You're still not in Cadogan attire, you know." I frowned, awash in the disheartening realization that I'd tried again, and failed, at playing Cadogan vampire. Was I ever going to be able to be good enough for Ethan? I doubted it, but faked a smile and cheekily offered, "You should have ..
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merit
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Chloe Neill |
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I never start trouble," I assured him. It just usually seemed to pop up in my vicinity."
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Chloe Neill |
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He was smiling--a kind of honest, humbled, sweet smile. "Maybe I'm getting better at this?" he asked. "Better at wooing you in the manner in which you should be wooed?"
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merit
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Chloe Neill |
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8253c6a
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Crap on toast.
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Chloe Neill |
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df840d8
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I strongly recommend the therapeutic application of fuzzy-chested vampire to grief. It works miracles." "I am sincerely glad to hear that. But if you keep talking, I will poke your eyes out with a toothpick."
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merit
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Chloe Neill |
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Getting sliced up by a Jimmy Choo knockoff hadn't exactly been my finest moment as Cadogan Sentinel.
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Chloe Neill |
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Catcher pulled out his phone,rose,and walked away from the table to make the call. "I'm going to advise Chuck of our little breakthrough. Good job, Mallocake." We all looked at Mallory. "Did he just call you Mallocake ?" She blushed to the roots of her blue hair, shrugged one shoulder. "It's a nickname" It was also my all-time favorite snack food- a log-shaped chocolate cake with a marshmallow center. They were absolutely delectable. And t..
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Ethan chuckled. "It hasn't escaped my attention, Sentinel, that you cringe every time I mention our future." "I don't cringe. I only cringe when you pretend-propose." He had a penchant for going down on bended knee--and straightening a hem or helping me with a shoe. "Nobody finds that amusing." "I find it excessively amusing. You do realize, don't you, that the proposal won't always be fake?" --
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merit
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And what about us?" Catcher asked. Gabriel's eyebrows lifted. "You're part of the mystery-solving gang, aren't you?" Catcher muttered something unflattering, and Mallory nudged him. "I presume you want us to stay here tonight?" she asked. "It would make things easier," Gabe said. "So we'll sleep on the couch," Catcher said, "like we're twelve-year-olds at a slumber party." "In fairness," Ethan said, "we don't all have to sleep on the couch...
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I'm an asset," I said remorsefully. "If he gets pissed, it's because you've endangered his weapon." "Merit, if you really believe that, I have been giving you way too much credit." His expression was serious enough to put surprise in mine. "Then he has an odd way of showing it." "Babe, he's a vampire."
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Chloe Neill |
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I nearly bit one of them, and yadda yadda yadda, we learned they had nothing to do with the color change." "You can't yadda yadda yadda nearly biting a fairy," Paige said."
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merit
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Chloe Neill |
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If you're going to yell at me, do it in English, please. I'd like to understand the insult so I can frame an appropriately pithy response.
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Chloe Neill |
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First get the facts. Then you can distort them all you want." --Mark Twain"
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Chloe Neill |
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I don't want anything from you." "Liar," he accused, and lowered his mouth to mine."
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Chloe Neill |
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Have you ever had a moment where you knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that you were in the right place? That you were on the right journey? Maybe the sense that you'd crossed a boundary, jumped a hurdle, and somehow, after facing some unconquerable mountain, found yourself suddenly on the other side of it? When the night was warm, and the wind was cool, and a song carried through the quiet streets around you. When you felt the entire world..
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Chloe Neill |
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The moral of the story? Don't fuck with the magical order.
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Chloe Neill |
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83d0099
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Be grateful for your immorality, but do not deny them the honor of their mortality.
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Chloe Neill |
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5c1b7ae
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They blew out a breath and did the thing all heroes must do--they took that terrifying first step.
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heroes
heroism
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Chloe Neill |
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c91c2b0
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The sword's a really nice touch--did you get it at Faire Makers?--but I'm not buying the attitude. It's not really Merit. You should be channeling your inner vampire sex warrior. Like this," she said, then put her hands on her hips, canted out one leg, and smiled sensually. "What?" was all I could think to say. "Maybe a little more cleavage, too." "Cleavage." She nodded, winked. "A vampire sex warrior can never show too much cleavage."
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Chloe Neill |
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He wore a gray hoodie with the green Jakob's Quest logo across the front. Dear God, I thought. The RG had a Jeff.
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merit
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647d3d7
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I love you, Ethan, and I love this city. And however much I fought, I love this goddamn House. It's part of me, and I'm part of it. I'm not going to stand here and watch a man tear down everything that you've build. I'm not. And if that means I have to chase another man who threatens this House, or apologize to you more than I like, so be it. I don't want that, but I can live with it. Because I can't live without you.
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Chloe Neill |
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Those moments never seem to last long enough. The song ends, the breeze stills, the worries and fears creep in again and you're left trying to move forward, but glancing back at the mountain behind you, wondering how you managed to cross it, afraid you really didn't--that the bulk and shadow over your shoulder might evaporate and re-form before you, and you'd be faced with the burden of crossing it again. The song ends, and you stare at the..
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Chloe Neill |
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312db9b
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Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood. --Daniel Burnham
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Chloe Neill |
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1cd7490
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Les heures passerent. Meme si la defense et la guerre n'avaient jamais ete mon dada, la securite des vampires etait hautement contextuelle et donc incroyablement interessante. Il y avait des liens avec l'histoire (les vampires s'etaient fait baiser par le passe!), la politique (La Maison X nous avait baise par le passe!), la philosophie (pourquoi croyez-vous qu'on nous avait baise par le passe?) l'ethique (si nous ne buvions pas le sang des..
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Chloe Neill |
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3eaa05a
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How to lie without lying? Avoid answering the question.
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lily-parker
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Chloe Neill |
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d6fc233
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memories are the most powerful chains,
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Chloe Neill |
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0d6e145
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Courage has nothing to do with winning," I quietly said. "Courage is about fighting the good fight. Stepping forward, even when stepping forward is the crappiest of all possible options."
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Chloe Neill |