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Sometimes what we want isn't what we need.

Gena Showalter

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Gena Showalter
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
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But we all must be true to our own nature. Acting as anyone other than yourself merely brings you pain and makes you appear ashamed of who and what you are. Others will feed off that shame, and soon it will be all that you are.
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Ohh, how clever, Aden said and clapped. A death threat. You know what's funny? That's not even my first of the day.
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Girl, he wants to dip you in Frosted Flakes and have you for breakfast. That's his favorite cereal, by the way. I...had no words for that.
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See? This was how he’d gotten me to fall in love with him. At times like this he made me feel like the most treasured woman in the world. “So you don’t remember doing this to me? Naked? In the shower? On the bed? On the floor?” With Matt Damon? Okay, how had the Sarah Silverman video gotten in my head, now of all times?
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I looked around, counting the competition. Sixteen. To win, all I had to do was incapacitate each one, place my hand over their hearts and turn my palm into a flame. Easy. Yeah right.
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You don't think I'm crazy? I asked hesitantly. Like I'm one to judge another persons sanity.
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To answer your question, you want me because I'm made of awesome.
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Disappointment mixed with bitter acceptance flashed in her eyes. Maybe you are real, she said. It would require a dark side I don't have to create someone like you. You forgot to say 'no offense' before making that statement. No, I didn't. I meant offense. Bold little human, wasn't she? -Annabelle and Zacharel
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He was in my nose, my mouth, on my skin, inside my cells, deep in the marrow of my bones. Just then, he was everything to me.
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I’ll carry you over my shoulder if I must, just as I did last night. If I’m forced to do it, however, I cannot guarantee you’ll make it out of this cell with your clothes on. Understand? ------ It appears I am the one who will not make it out of here with my clothes on.
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Humans had a saying. Mess with the bull and get the horns. Well, Harpies had a saying, too. Mess with a Harpy and die.
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One step, two...three...Soon she was in front of Aeron, smiling at her success. What was that? he asked. Walking. Took you so long, I'm officially fifty years older. She raised her chin, pride undiminished. Well, I didn't fall.
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My demon's a girl? Gideon said, astonished.
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Once I learned, I went online and ordered every romance novel I could find. They're fairy tales for grown-ups.
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Words without action mean nothing. I’ll show you.
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Blood spurted from his nose. Okay, I couldn't help myself. I burst out laughing.
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People stared. Maybe because they were giants compared to everyone else, both in height and muscle mass. Maybe because of the telltale bulge of weapons at their waist. Or maybe because William opened a bag of Doritos and ate while he shopped. Hard to tell.
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You are mine, woman, and I am yours. Until you, my life was desolate. I existed, but I didn't truly live. Now I live, even in my death.
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I cast a glance in my new admirer's direction. You may call me Your Highness, I said. Or Empress Beauty. He chuckled. I wasn't kidding.
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Enjoy him while it lasts, I called. Apparently he has Girlfriend ADD. She looked away, but not before I caught the blush staining her cheeks.
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