Shane sat like a statue if a statue wore headphones and radiated angry coiled tension that made hair stand up on a person's arms. She felt like she was sitting next to an unexploded bomb, and given all of the physics she'd had, she understood what that meant. Talk about potential energy.


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No bacon for you."
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Unless you want to hang a This Vein for Rent sign around your neck, move already!
RACHEL CAINE
Michael held me when I got inside, because I was shaking all over. That felt so good. Warm all the w...
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Tell me he’s not talking to Brandon,” Claire said.
“Um… Ok. He’s not talking to Brand...
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Don’t!” Lillian yelled, and put up her arms when Shane pulled back the bat.

“Hell,�...
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Of course, we could all die soon. I'm writing because Michael's patrolling the house and Shane and C...
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I’m saying a prayer. Maybe you ought to, too. It’s going to take us a miracle to get through thi...
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Not bad,” she finally said. “At least you left out the oh-my-God sauce this time.”
“Mad...
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You’re still here. No beer. I’m not corrupting a minor.”
“But you’re a minor,” she ...
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I’d say over my dead body, but I think you already made that point,” Michael snapped. “Thanks ...
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Eve said, in a high, squeaky, airless voice, “The ghost! You’re the ghost Miranda was talking ab...
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It's called being polite; they probably didn't teach you that at home. Doesn't mean I like you or an...
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She's nice when it suits her. That doesn't mean she's nice.
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Claire sighed. She supposed people always did like that sort of girl, and always would. And secretly...
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Shane groaned. "Yo, Drama Princess, want to tone it down a little? Somewhere, Sandra Bernhardt wants...
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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...
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Give the girl some credit. At least she told you, instead of letting you figure it out on your own."...
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Science is a method, not a religion, yet it can be just as close-minded. Open minds here Claire. Alw...
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She smells better," Claire said. "And she made me cookies.
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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 terro...
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You were leaving, and you didn't even know if I was okay.
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Girl, it's an umbrella, not a Lamborghini,
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And about Shane, I swear, if he doesn't snap out of it, I'm going to punch him in the face. Well, pu...
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Monica's eyes were fierce and fiery, but she didn't move, and after a second she turned and ran up t...
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I like the sound of that, crashing Monica's party," he glanced at Michael, then quickly away. "What ...
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You shouldn't be afraid of me because I'm a vampire. You ought to be scared because you just trash-t...
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What time is it?"
"Three a.m. Michael's making a snack. You want anything?"
"Um...no. Than...
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Things happen. Things that physics and math and crap that gets measured in a lab can't explain. Peop...
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And girls are much more mature.” Eve nodded wisely. “So you’re about ten years older than Shan...
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I don’t read Latin!” “You’re kidding. I thought all geniuses read Latin. Isn’t that the in...
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Run first, mourn later.
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In her experience, groups of friends like that just didn't open up to include underage, undersized g...
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He loped off down the hall, and she felt a pure burst of fury. Boys. Why were they always such dumba...
RACHEL CAINE
We're not exactly going to the wilderness, Shane. You don't have to take everything. There are vendi...
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Bite Me!-Shane Collins to Eve Rosser.
The Morganville Vampire Series
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Unfortunately, mortal life is very fragile, and very short. Yours could be shorter than usual.
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Y si eres tan lista como pareces, deberías saber que es una estupidez creer que la ciencia lo resue...
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No, no era una superheroína, pero era otra cosa. Era una persona... con recursos.
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bite me. oh wait, you can't from way out there."
- eve
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I can't simply adopt strays because they seem winsome.
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Hell, I can't hit a girl. Here, Claire. You hit her.
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Okay, that really shouldn't have happened. And we’re not going to talk about that, right? Ever?”...
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At least you left out the oh-my-God sauce this time."
"Made myself a batch with it," Shane said...
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We're clear," she said. "You're kind of a psycho. I get that
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shane:do we have a choice
michael:dont think so
shane:then screw im gitting tired lets go...
RACHEL CAINE
That’s kind of a leap, but the Russian judge gave you a nine point five for style, so OK.
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Run first," Shane said. "Mourn later."
It was the perfect motto for Morganville."

"C...
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Hell,” Shane spit in disgust. “I can’t hit a girl. Here, Claire. You hit her.” He tossed her...
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Mortals simply aren't what they used to be," he said. "A thousand years ago, you would have bartered...
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There once was a kindly farmer who found a viper freezing on the ground in the snow. Please help me,...
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Glad it was you and not me," Shane said, and offered Myrin a hand up. "Any brain damage?"
"Sinc...
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Did you bring me a hamburger?
Did I-No,Myrnin,I didn't bring you a hamburger.Bizarre.He'd neve...
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I didn't bring you here," he said. "You think you're Miss Special Destiny of the year?"
"No," I...
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You're dead," I repeated. "So why are you in my dream?"
He raised the bill of his olive drab ba...
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It's been the toughest week of my life, not touching you. Not talking to you. Waiting to see what yo...
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Shane’s dad stopped the van,” Claire said. “He took Monica as a hostage.”
For a second,...
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He dunked his tea bag and watched the results critically. “I really must get a new supplier. This ...
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What’s burning?”
“Your brain.
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Um… Eve…can I ask…?”
“About what?” Eve was still frowning at the pasta like she sus...
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Of course, I thought I was badass at sixteen, too. Wait, I was badass at sixteen. Oh, yeah.
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You know, I thought you were a mousy little thing when I first saw you, Claire, but you're not, are ...
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I am sorry my decisions do not meet with your approval, but nevertheless, they are mine, and the con...
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