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I'd blurted out the question only to keep him from noticing that I was working my hands free, but the Warden behind me, some young brown-haired surfer dude, yelled a warning. She's getting loose! Narc.

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Rachel Caine
Age: 58 †
Born: 1962
Born: April 27
Died: 2020
Died: November 1
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
the United States of America
Julie Fortune
Roxanne Longstreet Conrad
Roxanne Longstreet
Roxanne Conrad
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I don't matter here, Shane. I feel like I just don't matter. Stupid, right? No, he said. He sounded so gentle it broke her heart. It's how most people feel most of the time, Claire. You've grown up being special, and this is how most people live their lives...on their own, unnoticed. And they get used to that feeling. It's just new for you
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Here's a tip...If you leave a girl crying you're probably not doing your Don Juan routine right, asshole.
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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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Okay, Claire finally said. I admit, he has significant ninja qualities. Booyah. I will summon the ninja. Oh, and take a lunch break while we burgle. You’re going too? Am I not ninja enough? Are you saying that I lack ninja?
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Ummm…” She licked her lips. “Define fun.” “Quit doing that, jailbait. It’s distracting.
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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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I’m saying a prayer. Maybe you ought to, too. It’s going to take us a miracle to get through this.” Whether he was serious or not, Claire sent the prayer up toward heaven, and she thought the others did, too. So it seemed kind of miraculous when the doorbell rang. “At least they’re getting more polite when they try to kill us,” Shane said.
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Better be, Eve said. She mock-bit at his finger. I could totally date somebody else, you know. And I could rent out your room. And I could put your game console on eBay. Hey, Shane protested. Now you're just being mean.
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Survival, I said softly. It's selfish, and it's dark, and we've always been a species willing to do anything to satisfy our needs. Individuals have morals. Mobs have appetites.
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