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Oh, Claire, he said. You think me a far better man than I am. That's kind, and flattering. Are you saying that you - Doughnuts! Myrnin interrupted her and darted away, to zip back in seconds with an open box.

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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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Doughnut
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Claire
Better
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Kind
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He (Michael) was gone in a whisper of air, hardly making any sound at all, and Claire shivered and leaned against Shane’s solid, very human warmth. His arms went around her, and he touched his lips lightly to the back of her neck. “How can you smell this good after the kind of crappy day we’ve had?” “I sweat perfume. Like all girls.
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And Myrnin seemed quite taken with that, Claire thought she’d never seen him look at anyone with quite that much admiration. It surprised her that it made her feel a little … what was that? Jealous? Couldn’t be.
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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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You think that because I want to do what’s right, because I want to make things better, I’m weak,” Claire said. “Or that I’m stupid. But I’m not. It takes a lot more strength to know how bad the world is and not want to be part of that, give in to it. And I do know, Kim. Believe me.
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Myrnin said softly. And how is it that you do not understand that HERE, in THIS place, this girl belongs to me, not to you?
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Home, he repeated. Home is where the heart is. Why don't you leave yours here? I'll take very good care of it.
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What’s her name? Claire, what’s her name?
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Maybe she'd seen too many Japanese horror movies, and maybe it was just a tingle of warning from generations of superstitious ancestors, but suddenly she knew that what Alyssa wanted was not to be saved, but for Shane to join her. In death.
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You can't go around... licking things that come out of a water treatment plant. That's just... unsanitary.
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I only need to know one thing. Am I going to need the flamethrower?
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