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He Beat Back The Greeks And Reclaimed Rome For Our People. Indeed, He Was The One Who Destroyed The Macedonian Threat And Who Single-handedly Annihilated The Greatest Greek General Who Had Ever Lived. Kyrian Of Thrace.” Real Hatred Gleamed In His Eyes, But She Wasn’t Sure Who It Was Meant For. His Grandfather Or Kyrian. “you Mean Kyrian Hunter?” She Asked. “the Guy With The Minivan Who Lives A Few Blocks Over?” Valerius’s Eyes Sparked At That. “he’s Driving A Minivan?” There Was No Mistaking The Humor In His Tone.

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He Beat Back The Greeks And Reclaimed Rome For Our People. Indeed, He Was The One Who Destroyed The Macedonian Threat And Who Single-handedly Annihilated The Greatest Greek General Who Had Ever Lived. Kyrian Of Thrace.” Real Hatred Gleamed In His Eyes, But She Wasn’t Sure Who It Was Meant For. His Grandfather Or Kyrian. “you Mean Kyrian Hunter?” She Asked. “the Guy With The Minivan Who Lives A Few Blocks Over?” Valerius’s Eyes Sparked At That. “he’s Driving A Minivan?” There Was No Mistaking The Humor In His Tone.

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What Do You Mean I Have A Predetermined Death?” – Nick “did I Stutter?” – Death “no.” – Nick “do I Look Like Webster’s?” – Death “no.” – Nick “then You Should Understand What I Said, Since I Didn’t Speak In Code. Every Mortal Creature Is Born With An Expiration Date. Some Immortals, Too. Set By The Big Clockmaker. But Excessive Stupidity And Moronic Tendencies Can Shorten It. Pissing Me Off Is One Really Good Way To Cut Yours Down To Three Seconds From Now.” – Death

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You Mean You Don’t Know? (wulf) No. In Fact, I’m Thinking Right Now That One, If Not Both Of Us, Needs To Put Down The Crack Pipe And Start This Night Over. (cassandra)

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What A Way To Pay A Man Back For Helping You. Gah, I Suck As A Human Being.’ (shahara)

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And You Chose To Fight For Artemis Instead, What Kind Of Stupid Are You? (jeff)

Joy, Oh Joy. He’d Rather Have His Entrails Pulled Out Through His Nostrils.’ (fang)

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Did They Practice Looking Suspicious In Mirrors? Welcome To The United States. Don’t Even Think About Chewing Gum The Wrong Way.’ (carlos)

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It's Easy To Look At People And Make Quick Judgments About Them, Their Present And Their Past, But You'd Be Amazed At The Pain And Tears A Single Smile Hides. What A Person Shows To The World Is Only One Tiny Facet Of The Iceberg Hidden From Sight. And More Often Then Not, It's Lined With Cracks And Scars That Go All The Way To The Foundation Of Their Soul.

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Sometimes Dead Wasn’t Dead Enough.’ – Sundown

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Fine. I’m A Skotos (xypher) That Means What? You Have Toe Jam? (simone)

Anything You Need, You Tell Him And He'll Get It For You. If He Offends You In Any Way, Let Me Know And I'll Kill Him When I Get Up.

So I Take It You Guys Are Going To Stay Inside My Flat And Not Out In The Hallway Like My Father’s Guards? (kiara) You Know That’s The Most Pathetic Way To Guard Someone. (in A Falsetto He Added.) Please Protect My Life By Being Outside So That When They Come In And Kill Me You Can’t Hear It. (syn)

You Know, Vik, You’re Amazingly Human At Times. (alix) I Know. But I Wonder If The Feelings I Have Are Real Or Just Electrical Stimulations In My Cortex That Simulate Human Emotion. I Wish I Knew If They Were Real Or Imagined. (vik) And That Makes You Completely Human, Sweetie. We All Have Those Doubts. (alix)

He Offers You A Chance To Surrender. (female Gallu) I Told Him To Quit Sucking The Blood Of Idiots. It’s Now Infected His Own Intellect. (stryker)

My Demon Ate Them. (nick) What Happened To The Jocks? (acheron) Riiiight. And I Suppose The Big Bad Wolf Will Be Coming In Right Behind You To Finish Up? Or Is It The Gingerbread Man I Need To Fear? (nick)

Be Kind To Dragons, For Thou Art Crunchy When Toasted And Taste Good With Ketchup. (sebastian)

Yeah, I’m Thinking It’s A Reunion Or, Since It Is Our Classmates, A Collection Of Idiots. Let’s Call It A Meese. Like Geese, Only With Morons. (caleb)

It Is Of Great Importance That The Laws By Which The Contracts Of So Numerous And So Useful A Body Of Men As The Sailors Are Supposed To Be Guided, Should Not Be Overturned.

Being An Arrogant Braggart Just Doesn’t Work For Me. (devyn) You Should Try It. It Really Does Grow On You, Trust Me. (adron)

You Were Right. My Whole Crew. Gone. Arrested. Perfect. Shoot Me Now And Save Me The Expense Of A Bullet Later. (tory)

Fifty Dorcas They’re Setting Up An Ambush Near My Ship. (nykyrian) No Bet. I Know They Are. They’re Too Stupid To Not Be Obvious And Predictable. Gah, I Hate Abiding By The Law. Too Bad You Can’t Slaughter Them Where They Stand. (syn)

My Father Was A History Professor, And My Mother A Housewife—" She Married A House?

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I’m A Goddess Of Destruction. Tell Me Honestly That You Find Nothing Exciting About The Idea Of A Billion People Screaming Out For Mercy When There’s No One Left Who Cares What Befalls Them. Of The Entire Earth Being Rained On By All Manner Of Demons Bent On Ultimate Torture And Sacrifice. Them Ripping And Shredding Human Flesh As They Claw In A Drunken Frenzy Fueled By Their Hatred Of Everything. Drinking Blood In An Orgy Of Terror...ahhh, The Beauty Of Annihilation. There’s Nothing Like It.(apollymi)

No Misery Or Bad Situation Is Ever Infinite Or Final Until We Make A Conscious Decision For It To Be So. ~ Inferno

Uh, Folks, I Think That’s Our Boat Trying To Kill Us. (scott)

Please, Achimou? (tory) You Are The Only Being Who’s Ever Called Me That. (acheron) Well, I’d Call You Babycakes, But I Think That Might Offend You Even More. (tory)

Because She’s Acheron Companion. (astrid) Ash Has A Companion? (zarek) (the Demon Snorted. She Stood Up And Whispered Loudly In Astrid’s Ear.) Dark-hunters Are Cute, But Very Stupid. (simi)

No Can Do. Wren Stays Here. (dev) Not What I Was Told. (varyk) Well, I Just Told You. (dev)

This Is Getting Ugly.” – Abigail “like My Great-aunt’s Underpants.” – Sundown

Ahhh The Beauty Of Annihilation. There's Nothing Like It.

Princess, You Could Never Be That. You Are Unique To Me. (zarek) Am I Your Rose? (astrid) Yes, You Are My Rose. There Is Only One Of You In All The Millions Of Planets And Stars. (zarek)

Without A Word Or Hesitation, Pain Took The Mop From Nick. Suffering Moved To Pick Up Glass. "wow. Where Have You Two Been All My Life?" Pain Quirked And Eyebrow As He Mopped The Floor. "walking Hand In Hand With You. Haven't You Noticed?

Sure. My Ego's Had Enough Time To Recover A Modicum Of Dignity. Let's Make Sure We Crush It Again Before I Mistake Myself For A God. -acheron

Weird. I Rang It Three Times.” – Nekoda “there Might Be Something With Out Condo.” ‘other Than The Fact That It Lived Under A Perpetual Dismal Cloud And Was Infested With Roaches The Size Of His Fist. It Was Probably Over A Hellmouth, Too, That Didn’t Allot For Any Kind Of Reception Other Than Two Cans Joined By A Length String.’ – Nick

If You Betray Me, Leta…kill Me. Be Kind And Don’t Let Me Live In The Shadow Of Your Cruelty. I Can’t Take Another Blow Like That. I’m Not That Strong. (aiden)

She’s A Slave. (paden) You Better Be Glad I’m Cuffed Or You’d Be Looking For Your Teeth Right Now. Alix Gerran Isn’t A Slave. She’s A Lady, And I Would Die For Her. (devyn)

Huge Jackman Has Divorced His Wife And Happened Upon My Picture In Some Old Article And Decided That I'm The Woman For Him? ~ Susan

What’s This? (fang) One For All And All For Fun, My Friend. You Didn’t Think I’d Let You Fight Demons All On Your Own, Did You? (thorn)

The Simi Is Very Environmentally Sound. Eat Everything Except For Hooves. I Don’t Like Those, They Hurt My Teeth. Thanatos Don’t Have Hooves, Do He? (simi) No, Simi, He Doesn’t. (acheron) Ooo, Good Eating Tonight. I Get A Daimon For Barbecue. Can I Go Now, Akri? Can I? Can I? Can I, Please? (simi)

Oh, Gods, You’re Mated! I Really Hope It’s To Aimee. (bride) Thankfully So. Otherwise I’d Have Had To Kill Me Some Ho And Then Beat Fang Senseless. (aimee)

Because I Have Nothing Else To Live For. You Told Me Of Your Brother’s Betrayal. Imagine Your Own Father Calling Out His Hounds To Kill Your Infant Daughter And Husband. Imagine What It Was Like To Watch Them Die And Then Be Taken And Punished For Something You Didn’t Do. To Be Stripped Of Your Dignity And Emotions Because Your Father Was Embarrassed By A Stupid, Insignificant Dream He’d Had And He Blamed Everyone Who Walks In The Dreams For It. You Feel Your Pain, Aiden. I Feel Mine. (leta)

What Made You So Unforgiving? (simone) Be Grateful That You Have The Luxury Of Asking Me That Question. Pray To Whatever God You Worship That You’ll Always Be Ignorant. (xypher)

You Know–my Flower, I Am Responsible For Her. She Doesn’t Even Have Four Thorns To Protect Herself From Harm.’ (zarek) Why Do You Love That Book So? (astrid) Because I Want To Hear The Bells When I Look Up At The Sky. I Want To Laugh, But I Don’t Know How. (zarek)

I Wish I Had Left Him As He Was. I Wish You Had Told Me This Would Happen. (amanda) Told You What, Amanda? That The Two Of You Would Spend The Rest Of Your Lives Loving Each Other? Raising Your Kis? Neither One Of You Have Any Idea How Miraculous Your Life Is. How Many People Would Gladly Sell Their Souls For What You Have. Forget Artemis And Immortality. What You Have Is Infinitely More Previous And Rare. (acheron)

I Tried To Pick Nykyrian’s Pocket Last Year. (jana) And You Let Him Live? (kiara) I Have An Age Requirement Before I Kill Someone. (nykyrian)

Fine, You Fun-vampire. I’ll Take My Scroll Over Here And Play By Myself. (kat) Fun-vampire? What Is That? (sin) That Would Be You Sucking All The Fun Out Of Life. (kat) You Have The Most Interesting Terms For Things. (sin) Yes, But Notice Mine Are Creative, Unlike The So Stellarly Named Rod Of Time. (kat)

Aren’t You Afraid They’ll Arrest You? (shahara) I Wasn’t A Convict, Dagan. I Was An Illegally Purchased Slave. My Owner Has No Legal Claim On Me. And I’m No Longer A Kid Learning My Powers. I’m A Full-grown Man With An Ax I Want To Bury In The Forehead Of Anyone Dumb Enough To Come At Me. I Defy The Bastards To Try Something Now. (nero)

When I Was A Little Girl, I Used To Try And Bring Sunshine To My Mother. I Felt So Bad That She Had Never Really Seen Or Felt It. So I Would Try And Catch It In Jars. When That Failed, I Captured Jars And Jars Of Lightening Bugs And Told Her That If We Could Catch Enough Of Them, Then It Would Look Like The Sun. She’d Laugh, Hug Me, And Then Set Them Free And Tell Me That Nothing Should Have To Live Its Life In A Cage. (cassandra)

I Do Have Some Leftover Chicken And Pasta. (grace) And Wine?...that’s Acceptable (julian) Look, Buster, I’m Not Your Cooking Wench. Mess With Me And I’ll Feed You Alpo. (grace)

What If One Of Her Father’s Soldiers Panicked And Fired For No Reason? Though Pilots Were Carefully Trained, Mistakes Happened And She Didn’t Want To Be Included In A Statistics Report Under “uh-oh, My Bad.”’ (kiara)

The Popish Religion Is Now Unknown To The Law Of This Country.

Your Dark-huntress, Danger, Called For Acheron And Since He’s Busy, I Was Sent To Check Things Out And Report Back To Him On What’s Happening. So Here I Am. Joy, Oh Joy Of My Life. (alexion)

I Take Offense To That. (pandora) And I Take Offense To My Sudden Need For A Testicle Retrieval. You Know, I Would Have Liked To Have Fathered Children One Day. (mike)

Any Time You Need An Expert Parental Hand- (zarek) I’ll Find Jericho. (astrid) Um, Could You At Least Wait Until That Thing’s Housebroken? (jericho)

Don’t Touch Me. It Makes My Skin Crawl. (grace) Grace! I Can’t Believe You– (selena) At Least She Didn’t Spit In My Face With Her Dying Breath. (julian) They Shoot, They Score. A Direct Hit Straight Through The Heart And Into The Raw Nerves. (selena)

He Made A Sound Of Disgust In The Back Of His Throat. "oh Thank You So Much. That's What Every Man Wants To Hear About His Name. You Might As Well Call Me 'little Pecker' While You're At It And Tell Me You Would Love To Have Me Go Shopping With You For Feminine Hygiene Products. Oh And By All Means, Carry A Big, Sparkling Pink Bag With Flowers On It And Make Me Hold It.

Desi, Babe. Still Playing Your Little Games, I See. Now Why Don't You Be A Good Daimon And Show Yourself To Me? (kyrian)

You Need Anything Else... You To Touch Me Like I Matter.

Look What You Did. (jericho Snapped At Zarek.) I Broke It. (jericho)

But Life Isn’t About Learning To Forgive Those Who Have Hurt You Or Forgetting Your Past. It’s About Learning To Forgive Yourself For Being Human And Making Mistakes.

I Say We Should Stake Him To An Anthill And Throw Little Pickles At Him! (selena)

You Have No Idea How Many Times I’ve Been Barricaded Inside A Box In My Life. I Know It’s For My Protection. But That Doesn’t Mean I Have To Like It. (kiara)

I'm Not Sure I Know What "normal" Is.

I Still Wanna Know Who To Sue To Get My Store Fixed. (bubba) I’m A Turnip. Sue The Rich Kid Who Started It. (nick)

It’s A New World, Brother. And We, The Downtrodden, Are Taking It Back. (madoc)

I Have Some Telekinesis, Which You Already Discovered. Premonitions. Can See Auras And…i Make A Killer Omelet.” – Sundown

Verbal Blows Cut To The Soul And Ate At The Heart For Eternity.

Still Waters Run Deep. ~tabitha

Anyone Can Battle For Pride, Power, Vanity, Greed, Or Hate, But War Should Always Be Approached With An Equal Measure Of Wisdom And Strength. It's Not Just Enough To Know When To Fight, But To Know When To Lay Down The Sword And Negotiate. Not Everything In The World Is Worth Fighting For.

I Love Wren And He Knows It.” “yeah, But He Seems Like He Wouldn’t Welcome It.” “sometimes He Doesn’t. But It’s Like Cherise Says, The Hardest Ones To Love Are Always The Ones Who Need It Most.” (aimee To Fang)

A Court Of Equity Can Mould Interests Differently From A Court Of Law; And Can Give Relief In Cases Where A Court Of Law Cannot.

The Past Is Dead. Tomorrow Will Become Whatever Decision You Make It. ~ Acheron.

Decisions You Make

We Got Latched Together And I Was Hoping You Could Separate Us? (amanda) They Were Made By Your Stepfather. Any Chance You Have A Key Lying Around? (kyrian) I Guess I Shouldn't Be Surprised. At Least This Time She's Not An Amazon Princess With An Irate Mother Demanding Parts Of Your Body Be Removed. Two Thousand Years Later, And You're Still Getting Into Unbelievable Messes. (julian)

He Doesn’t Anger Easily. This Is Good. (takeshi) Yes, I’m More Of A Simmer Slowly Until It Boils Over And Ruins Everything Kind Of Man. (acheron)

Oh, This I Have To See. I Love It When You Go For The Vernacular. Jugular.

Call Me Buffy. I’m Even Blond, But Don’t Ask Me To Wear A Halter Top. Or Corset.

Life Isn't A Puzzle To Be Solved. It's An Adventure To Be Savored.

He’s A Tough Little Son Of A Biscuit Eater. (bubba)

The Only Way To Have Eternal Love Is To Never Let Your Heart Forget What It’s Like To Live Without It.

You Know, I’ve Had A Really Wonderful Night Tonight. I Got To Tell Kyrian And Julian That Valerius Is In Town And Spent, Oh I Don’t Know, Three, Four Hours Trying To Keep Them From Going After The Roman. Then, Just When I Could Relax And Do My Job, I Find Out There Are Daimons In The Swamp And No Talon To Kill Them. And Why Wasn’t Talon Here? Because Tarzan Was Swinging Off A Balcony To Save Jane From Cheetah. Now All I Can Do Is Stand Here And Say, Next Fiasco, Please, Right This Way. (acheron)

I'm Too Young, Too Smart And Too Good-looking To Die.

You Be Really Careful.” – Sundown “always. You Have To Be Careful When You Fly, Or You End Up Smeared On The Side Of A Building.” – Ren

Kyra Is Working On A New Program And I’m Going To Test It. (chris) That’s One Way Of Putting It. (urian)

Ectoplasmic Plane? What The Devil Is That? (simone) It’s Jargon From Those Of Us Who Are Corporeally Challenged. It’s The Great Beyond Where We Bounce Into Each Other Like Floundering Atoms. It’s Really Kind Of Gross – Which Is Why I Hang Out With You. But Only Because You’re Less Gross Than They Are. (jesse)

Hi, Mom. (devyn) It’s The Other Parental Unit. Not As Pretty Or As Fierce As Your Mother, But Loving Nonetheless. (syn)

And You Haven’t Been Betrayed Yet, Nick. You Don’t Know What That’s Like. What It Does To You. The Scars It Leaves That Never Fade. (ambrose)

You Know, You Say ‘not Exactly’ A Lot. You’re Not Exactly A Vampire. You’re Not Exactly From Scotland, And You’re Allergic To Daylight. What Else? (sunshine) I Hate Bran Muffins And Grass. (talon)

Personally, I Wish D. Would Come After Me, I Need A Good Dance Partner. My Daimons Have Lame Legs. (acheron)

You Taste So Good. I Could Kiss You Forever. (adron) You’re Not So Bad Yourself In A Lethal, I’ll-kill-you-if-you-look-at-me-wrong Kind Of Way. (livia)

Hey, Sweet. Please Open Your Eyes, Livia. Open Your Eyes And See What You Did. I’m Actually Sitting Here Without Grimacing. There’s No Pain At All. But You Know That, Don’t You? I Don’t Know Why You Stayed With Me. God Knows, I Wasn’t Worth It. But I Don’t Want You To Leave Me Alone Anymore. I Need You, Livia. I Can’t Live Without You In My Life. I Can’t…i’m Not That Strong. Please Open Your Eyes And Look At Me. Please. (adron)

The Wife Correct " Lorelei Prompted. "she Makes Sure Her Husband Is Treated With The Proper Regard And She Is The One Who Sees After His Care Just Like You Would Do A Treasured Pup." Annabeth Frowned. "i Suppose That's True." "thank You " Lorelei Said. "now If You Wish To Train A Man To Listen To You You Never Shout You Whisper. They Take Extra Special Care To Listen To A Quiet Tone While They Automatically Shut Out Loud Ones. And Just Like You Would A Dog When He Comes At Your Bidding You Reward Him. That Way He'll Always Come Instead Of Ignoring You Or Putting You Off.

…life Isn’t A Puzzle To Be Solved. It’s An Adventure To Be Savored. Let Every Challenge Be A New Mountain To Climb, Not An Obstacle To Get In Your Way And Stop You. Yeah, It’ll Be Hard, But Once You Reach The Summit Of It, You’ll Be Able To See The World For What It Really Is. And At The Top, It Never Seems To Have Been As Difficult A Feat To Climb There As You First Made It Out To Be. Most Of All, You’ll Know That You Beat That Mountain, And That You Rule It. It Does Not Rule You.

And As I Recall, You Told Me To Shut Up. (acheron) I’m An Asshole. I Admit It. I’ve Been Going To Weekly Assholes Anonymous Meetings, But It Takes A Long Time To Undo A Few Thousand Years Of Habit. And To Think You Have Even More Years To Undo Than Me. (zarek)

Take Care Of Him, Soteria. And Remember It Takes Great Courage And Heart For A Man Who Knows No Kindness To Show It To Another. Even The Wildest Of Beasts Can Be Tamed By A Patient And Gentle Hand. (takeshi)

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