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There was no closing my eyes and sliding back into that blissful dream of normal. This was my normal now.

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Kelley Armstrong
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: December 14
Novelist
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city of Sudbury
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Boo, I said. He reacted as all mutts react when I confront them. He leapt from his chair and dove for the nearest exit, shaking in terror. In my dreams. He glanced at me and started looking for Clay. It never failed. Mutts only quaked when I appeared because it usually meant Clayton wasn't far behind. I was nothing but a harbinger of doom.
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Using supernatural beings to build the perfect weapon? Intriguing idea. Not really, I said. They did it on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A sub-par season. I slept through half the episodes.
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You forget, darling, I am the local psychopath. ~Clayton Danvers, Bitten
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