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I should warn you, I’m an expert on vampires. I’ve seen every episode made of Buffy, Angel, and Forever Knight, so don’t think a little fang-flashing is going to scare me.” — Nell to AdrianOh, my God! You bit me on the leg! You drank my blood! I am not an appetizer! ” You are much more then an appetizer. You are a twelve-course banquet. — Nell & AdrianI slid my tongue around the glossy enamel of his teeth, pausing to stroke down the length of an elongated canine tooth. Yeah. I know. How stupid is it to French kiss a vampire and not expect sharp teeth? — Nell.Katie MacAlister
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You think I'm deranged! How refreshing. Everyone here takes me so seriously, it's a wonderful change to be thought mentally deficient.Katie MacAlister
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You took a bath without me?" I smiled to myself at the accusation in his voice.Katie MacAlister
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I don't like this."" I know you don't, my little spaetzel. But I am too worn out to run from both the police and your murderous twin, and Damian's looking peaky, plus Christian did apologize for trying to kill us earlier."" I wasn't talking about that. It's your lamentable habit of using completely unsuitable love names for me that gives me grief, " Adrian groused. "I am not a lambypie, nor am I a spaetzel. .Katie MacAlister
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I ground my teeth. "Just when I thought I was getting a handle on this whole Dark One/demon lord/imp thing, you go and throw knockers into the mix. I'm going to have to request that you stop, Adrian. I'm about at my limit of how many impossible things I can believe before breakfast." He flashed a heart-stoppingly roguish grin at me, his dimples just about bringing me to my knees. "Your middle name wouldn't be Alice, would it?" he asked." No, it's Diane, and you're no White Rabbit, so let's just stop pretending we're in Wonderland, OK?"He laughed and pointed across the tiny square at our destination. I watched him for a moment, seeing a glimpse of the charming, charismatic man he must have been before the demon lord cursed him and leeched away all the softer emotions.Katie MacAlister
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Saer is a great big poop, and you shouldn't listen to anything he says, " I said, panting just a little." Obviously, he was trying to demoralize me."" Men who are poops demoralize people all the time, " I agreedKatie MacAlister
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We have had this discussion before. You are my son. I love you. I will always love you. But I also love Nell, and if you give her the chance and stop rejecting her advances, she will take you into her heart as well."" Oh, yeah, like he's going to allow me to do that, " I mutteredKatie MacAlister
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Aryans?" I asked, thinking I must have heard the word incorrectly. Christian and Allie nodded." Aryans as in white supremacist, those sorts of Aryans?""Yes, " Christian said." Neo- Nazis?" My mind was having a hard time grasping the idea of a power-hungry vampire leading an army of Hitler's Youth. "Skinheads and their ilk?"" Hasi, what is it you find so unbelievable?" Adrian asked, a smile in his voice." Oh, I don't know. I guess I just expected that any army Saer raised would be… you know… the evil undead." Everyone just looked at me. "Oh, yeah, I guess you're right. Neo-Nazis are more or less the evil undead. Right. So we have Saer about to attack at any moment with a bunch of goose-stepping Nazis. Great. Anyone here do a really good Winston Churchill impression?.Katie MacAlister