“ Michael rose to his feet and padded down the last few steps silently, came up behind Kim, and leaned over her to say, I vant to drink your blood in a heavy, fake-Dracula accent. She shrieked, flailed,… Rachel Caine
“ Promise me, Amelie, that you’ll crucify me with silver before you allow me to fall in love.I hardly think there’s any chance of that, Amelie said. I doubt you have the capacity. Rachel Caine
“ Bite me, Goth princess, Shane called from the back. Not literally or anything.Maybe you should say that to Michael.Not funny, Eve, Michael said.Eve raised her eyebrows and held her fingers up, measuri… Rachel Caine
“ Because you've got guy parts, you're automatically a better mechanic than me? I don't so, Eve said, and bailed out of the passenger side. Rachel Caine
“ What are you going to do? Are you going to live in the dark, locked in here? Afraid to look out, answer the door, leave? Yes, he's out there, and he's clearly not going to leave you alone until one of… Rachel Caine
“ You okay?Fine.Your heart's beating really fast.Gee, thanks. That's very comforting that you can hear it.He smiled, and it was the old Michael, the one she'd first met before all the vamp stuff.Yeah, I… Rachel Caine
“ I’m faster than the rest of you, if .. Because I’m a vampire, Michael said, and it was some kind of breakthrough for him to say that. If you get in trouble, I’ll be there.Nice, Shane said. I’m warming… Rachel Caine
“ Does it give you deja voodoo how alike the houses are?That's deja vu, and I hate you right now.For narcing on you to your mom? Wait until you hear what I tell your dad.From the sly grin on his face, s… Rachel Caine
“ Well, friend, I don’t know about your tastes, but I tend to like it very bloody, Myrnin said. He shifted position, dragging Claire along like a rag doll without any effort at all. Have we been introdu… Rachel Caine
“ Michael: 'Hey, remember when I almost didn't let you into the house that first day you came?'Claire: 'Yep'Michael: 'Well, I was dead wrong. Maybe I never said that out loud before, but I mean it, Clai… Rachel Caine
“ Eve hugged her, hard. It’s beautiful, she said. What happened to the old frosting?Shane, sitting at the table, raised his hand. Took one for the team.Jesus, you ate it? All of it?Nah. He held up the b… Rachel Caine
“ Nobody's cut out for this town, Shane said. Nobody sane anyway.Says the kid who came back.Yeah, kind of proves my point. Rachel Caine
“ Shane, in case we don’t … don’t come out of this, I wanted to say…He glanced over at her, and she felt her whole body warm from it. She remembered that look. It made her feel naked inside and out, but… Rachel Caine
“ Yeah, I get it; you're a vampire, she said. Creepy. And okay, a little hot, I admit. You don't mean that. Come on. I still like you, you know, even if you... crave plasma. Michael blinked and looked a… Rachel Caine
