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Trav, if you cross us -- I know. You'll get me. I'll try not to pee all over myself in terror.

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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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Crosses
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When things seem calmest, that is the time you should fear the most, it's when you have the most to lose.
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I never meant it, he was saying. Never meant it to happen. Can't stand it, seeing her suffer. Must do something, do something... What do I do? What can I do...?
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Oliver laughed - actually laughed.I like this new Claire, he said. You should work her this hard all the time, Myrnin. She's interesting when she's forthright. Claire, possessed by the spirit of Eve, shot him the finger. Which made him laugh again, shake his head, and walk up the steps.
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That's it? That's your big goodbye? Eve asked. Claire looked at Eve mystified. I think I need guy CliffNotes. Guys aren't deep enough to need CliffNotes. What were you waiting for, flowery poetry? Shane snorted. I hugged. I'm done.
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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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So you’ll just kill anyone who frightens you. Who could hurt you.” “Well…yes.
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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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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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You're much shorter than my mom. Brat, she said, surprised into a giggle. That's no way to talk to a vampire. Bloodsucking brat. Better he said.
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Science is a method, not a religion, yet it can be just as close-minded. Open minds here Claire. Always open minds. Question everything, accept nothing as fact until you prove it for yourself.
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I'm worried he's going to ... do something crazy. He lives in a hole in the ground, dresses funny, and occasionally eats his assistants, Eve said. Define crazy.
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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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His gaze brushed over her, abstract and hungry. You burn so very brightly, you know Yeah, she muttered. You said.
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What's possible?” - she asked “Anything,” he said absently. “But that’s not what I was talking about. Oh, hello, Claire. You’re in good time. I need an extra pair of hands.” “As long as I keep them attached,” she said, which earned her a startled stare. “The things you say to me, you’d think I was some sort of monster.” -- Myrnin and Claire
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In this whole screwed-up town, you're the only thing that's always been right to me, he whispered. I love you, Claire. She saw something that might have been just a flash of panic go across his expression, but then he steadied again. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I do. I love you.
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Silver nitrate and water in a super soaker, he told her. My own invention. Ought to be good at twenty feet, kind of like wasp spray. Oh. You get me the nicest things. Anybody can get jewelry. Posers
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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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The door banged open and Eve rushed out, flushed and mussed and still buttoning her shirt. It's not what you think. She said. It was just - oh OK, whatever, it was exactly what you think. Now WHAT?
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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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And somewhere in heaven, Versace sheds a single, perfect tear.
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