1
Sure, ” she said, and hugged the laptop bag closer. “What could go wrong?” Michael’s eyes flashed to meet hers in the rearview mirror. Besides everything, I mean, ” she said.Rachel Caine
2
Claire was struggling through last summer’s diary volume when Myrnin popped in through the portal, wearing a big floppy black hat and a kind of crazy/stylish pimp coat that covered him from neck to ankles, black leather gloves, and a black and silver walking stick with a dragon’s head on it. And, on his lapel was a button that said, If you can read this, thank a teacher.Rachel Caine
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Shane kissed her one more time, lightly and softly, and fluffed her hair back from her face. “To be continued, ” he said. “I hate cliff-hangers.” “Blame Eve.Rachel Caine
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Me neither, ” Shane put in. “Homie don’t play that.”“ I wonder, sometimes, if your generation speaks English at all, ” Amelie said.Rachel Caine
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Claire found herself staring at his feet, which were in bunny slippers. Myrnin looked down. "What?" he asked. "They're quite comfortable." He lifted on to look at it, and the ears wobbled in the air. "Of course they are, " she said. Just when she thought Myrnin was getting his mental act together, he'd do something like that. Or maybe he was just messing with her. He liked to do that, and his dark eyes were fixed on her now, assessing just how weirded-out she was. Which, on the grade scale of zero to Myrnin, wasn't much.Rachel Caine
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Some people come to Morganville and collapse, ” Michael said as he put the car in motion. “I’ve seen it a dozen times. But there are a few who come here and just–bloom. You’re one of those.” Claire didn’t feel especially bloomy. “So you’re saying I thrive on chaos.Rachel Caine
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Any fool can kill. It takes genius to create.Rachel Caine