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The Only Thing That Was Sharper And That Scarred More Was The Selfish Actions Of Those You Loved When They Made It Crystal Clear That They Cared More For Themselves Than They Did For You. Especially When It Was Someone You Trusted To Always Put You First.

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The Only Thing That Was Sharper And That Scarred More Was The Selfish Actions Of Those You Loved When They Made It Crystal Clear That They Cared More For Themselves Than They Did For You. Especially When It Was Someone You Trusted To Always Put You First.

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My Father Used To Say That It’s Not Enough To Just Beat An Attacker Off. You Have To Hurt Them Enough That They’ll Know Not To Tangle With You Anymore. Or Preferably Kill Them. (wren)

We’re Not That Strong Anymore. (hades) Oops, Guess I Screwed Up. Inability To See The Consequences Of Our Thoughtless Acts Must Run In The Family. So Much For My Father Being A God Of Prophecy, Huh? (stryker)

You’re The One Who Unleashed Him. (savitar) Yeah, Well, Let’s Move On From The Blame Game. I Was Having Suicidal Thoughts And It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time. In Retrospect, Not So Much. (stryker)

Intentions Don't Matter. It's The End Result We're All Judged By. Evil In The Name Of Good Is Still Evil. And When You Dance With The Devil, You Seldom Get To Pick The Tune.

Trust The Simi. She Ain't Never Wrong.

Ooo, He’s Snotty. I Like Him Already. (tee)

How Many Demons And People Are Enslaved Here? (jericho) Define Slavery. (asmodeus) Kept Against Their Will. (jericho) Good Definition. Counting Me? (asmodeus) Why Not? (jericho) Probably A Couple Of Million…you Know It’s Really Hard To Count To A Million, Plus They’re Always Dying And New Ones Are Coming In. I Tried To Count Once, But It Got Really Depressing So I Stopped. The Constant Adding And Subtracting. Not My Forte, Really. (asmodeus)

You Live Your Life Like It’s A Rare Treasure To Be Savored. You Take Pleasure From The Simplest Of Things And You Never Take Them For Granted. I Saw The Joy On Your Face And The Life In Your Eyes When You Cradled The Permits To Your Chest. I’ve Never Seen Anything Lovelier. I Actually Thought You Would Cry Just From The Joy Of Touching Them. I’ve Been Numb All My Life, Megeara, But You…you Feel On A Level That I Can’t Even Imagine, And For A Little While I Wanted To Feel That, Too. (arik)

I Find That Hard To Believe. Nothing Comes Free In This World. Ever. (sin) Then Get Up And Get Dressed. There’s The Door. I’m Sure You Know How To Use It. It’s A Really Simple Process. You Put One Foot In Front Of The Other, Turn The Knob, And Keep Going. (kat)

It’s Broke Again, Akri. The Man Downstairs Done Said That The Simi Can’t Charge Nothing Else Until I’m Not Over My Limit No More. I Don’t Know What That Means, But I Don’t Like It. Fix It, Akri, Or Else I Might Eat Him. The Simi Gots Needs And I Needs My Plastic To Work. (simi)

I Wasn't Going To Say Anything About That, Tabitha," He Said Quietly. "i Only Wanted To Tell You That Your Compassion For Other People Overwhelms Me.""oh." She Offered Him A Tenuous Smile. "i'm Just Used To People Condemning Everything I Do."he Lifted Her Hand To His Lips And Kissed Her Knuckles. "i Don't Condemn You, My Lady. I Only Admire You.

I Can'tdo It Again,nick. I Can't. And I Would Rather Give My Life For You Than Have You Give Yours For Me.

He Attacked Us. What Was I Supposed To Do? Invite Him To Dinner? (sin)

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)

Well, Then, If I Admit I Know Who You Are And Really Couldn’t Care Less Will That Assuage Your Damaged Manhood Enough That We Can Get Past This And Move On To Something That Ends With Your Giving Me A Sandwich? (leta)

What Are You, Nuts? The Man's A Vampire! Yeah, But He's A Really, Really Sexy One.

Only A Fool Took A Remote From A God.

Men Can Beat Each Other To A Pulp And Still Walk Away Friends. With A Woman, Once An Enemy, Always An Enemy. Women Will Sit Like A Spider, For Years, Waiting For The Chance To Strike. They Never Forget And Seldom Forgive.

I Know You’re Going To Find This Hard To Believe, But For Some Reason I Don’t Understand, I Actually Like You…most Of The Time. (simone) Well, You Also Love Jesse. Obviously Your Taste In Men Leaves A Lot To Be Desired. (xypher)

Not To Mention, We’re Using You For Bait. (syn) Are You That Drunk? (nykyrian) What? I Wasn’t Supposed To Tell Her That? (syn) I’m Bait? (kiara) No, You’re Not Bait. Ignore The Alcoholic Whose View Of Reality Is Distorted By His Brain-damaged Hallucinations. (nykyrian)

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)

Hey!" Caleb Snapped As He Realized Nick Was About To Lock Him On The Outside With Their Attackers. He Pushed The Door Open And Glared At Him. "no Man Left Behind." Nick Scoffed. "this Aint' The Army, Boy. It's Every Man For Himself. Fall Behind. Get Eaten

Stop Calling Your Akri Your Daddy. It Makes My Wings Droop. (xirena) My Akri Is My Daddy. He Said So And It Is So, So Your Wings Can Droop All They Want, ‘cause It Won’t Change Anything! (simi)

Then What Good Is He? (maggie) I Ask Myself Every Friggin’ Day Exactly What You Did. What Good Am I? The Answer Is Simple. There’s Nothing Good About Me And I Like It That Way. Pride Myself On It, In Fact. (savitar)

Keep Your Shirt On," She Said With A Laugh At Her Bad Joke. "your Clothes Are At The Laundry. They'll Deliver Them As Soon As They're Ready." "and In The Meantime?" "looks Like You're Naked." His Jaw Worked As If He Couldn't Believe What He Was Hearing. "i Beg Your Pardon?" "beg All You Want, You're Still Going To Be Naked." Tabitha Paused At The Wicked Image In Her Mind. "come To Think Of It, A Gorgeous, Begging, Naked Man… That's The Stuff Of Fantasies. Begging Won't Get You Your Clothes, But It Could Get You Something Else." She Wiggled Her Eyebrows At Him.

Shut Up, Sod Off, And Let Me In. (fury)

You Love Her. (shanus) I Barely Know Her. (wulf) Time Has No Meaning To The Heart. (shanus)

We’ve Got To Get These Guys To Bubba’s. Anyone Got A Clue How To Do It? (nick) They Gotta Be Breathing? (simi) Yes. (nick And Caleb) Well, Pooh. That Just Takes All The Fun Out Of It. (simi)

Yeah, It Never Fails To Amaze Me How A Single Lie Can Undo An Entire Lifetime Of Good. (aiden)

I Can’t Believe You Cheated! (phobos) I Can’t Believe You Didn’t Know It. Man, What Kind Of God Are You? I Never Knew Stupidity Had A Divine Representative. Guess I Was Wrong, Huh? (deimos)

If You Don’t Live Though And Drop Dead From It, Can The Simi Eat You? Akri Says The Simi Can’t Eat No Living People, But He Never Said No Doubt Them Newly Dead People. Maybe That’s Why He Don’t Let Me Near Them Fresh Dead. (simi)

How Do You Know All This? Jeez, Tory, You’re A Kid. Act Like It. (geary) (tory Reached Out And Punched Her On The Arm.) Ow! What Was That For? (geary) Unexpected And Irrational Emotional Outbursts. Isn’t That What Teenagers Are Supposed To Do? Oh, And Sulk. A Lot. (tory)

And What Am I? (adron) You’re Kind And Decent. You Have A Good Heart. (livia) I Have No Heart At All. What I Have Is A Mechanical Substitute That Pumps Blood Through A Broken Body, And Half The Time It Malfunctions. (adron)

So What Name Would You Rather I Call You? She Asked As She Headed Out Of The Parking Lot. Ias Or Alexion. He Gave Her A Devilish Grin That Set Fire To Her Hormones. I Would Rather You Call Me Lover. He Wagged His Eyebrows Playfully At Her. Danger Rolled Her Eyes. Like All Men With A Onetrack Mind, He Was Incorrigible. Don't Blame Me, Alexion Said In An Almost Offended Tone. I Can't Help It. You Should See The Way You Fight. It Really Turned Me On. Could You Tell Me How To Turn You Off? -danger And Alexion

What Are You Doing Here? (artemis) I Wanted To Thank You For What You Did Tonight, But As I Considered That, It Dawned On Me That You Have Never Once In Eleven Thousand Years Done Anything For Me For Free. The Sheer Fear Factor Of That Realization Alone Has Made Me Come Seeking You. So What Gives? (acheron)

C'mon, Tabitha. You Stabbed Me The Night We Met Without Even Blinking. (valerius) Yeah, But You Were A Dirtbag Then. (tabitha) I Think I'm Offended. (valerius)

This One’s Easy To Use. The Pointy End Goes Into Their Body. (liza)

I Don’t Need Friends. All They Do Is Eat Your Food, Drink Your Beer, Then Spew Your Secrets The First Time You Do Something That Displeases Them. No Offense, But When You Have As Many Enemies As I Do, You Keep Your Secrets Under Lock And Key. (solin)

You Need To Up Your Vocabulary, Boy. You Can’t Walk Around Letting People Think You’re Stupid. Expand Your Horizons. Besides, It’s Fun To Call People Names They Have To Look Up To Realize They’ve Been Insulted. (mark) Yeah, That’s A Twofer There. You Get Away With It And Then They’re Twice As Mad When They Realize How Bad You Really Insulted Them. Especially If They Mistake It For A Compliment When You Say It And Thank You For It. (bubba)

I'm Sorry," He Breathed. "you're Just Extremely Irresistible." "strange, Men Have Been Resisting Me For Years.

You Will Fail And I’ll Dance On Your Grave. (apollymi)

Menoeceus Is A Great Name. (astrid) For An Old Man Or A Feminine Hygiene Product. Not For My Son. And Next Time I Get To Name The Kid And It Won’t Be Something That Sounds Like Meningitis. (zarek) You Keep That Up And Next Time You’ll Be The One Birthing It, And Don’t Mess With Me, Bucko, I Have Connections In That Department. A Pregnant Man Is Not An Impossibility In My Neighborhood. (astrid)

Are All Knights So Gentle? (taryn) I Know Not, Taryn, Since I Don’t Make It My Habit To Lie Abed With Other Knights. (sparhawk)

And If We Fail? (delphine) It’ll Suck To Be Human. (madoc)

No Worries. They Don’t Scare Me. (devyn) All Right, But If My Brain Matter Ends Up Smeared Against A Wall, I’ll Never Forgive You. (alix)

My Friend Died. (astrid) Died How? (zarek) Mmm, He Had Parvo. (astrid) Isn’t That A Dog’s Disease? (zarek) Yes. It Was Tragic. (astrid) Hey! I Resent That. (sasha) Behave Or I Will Give You Parvo. (astrid)

A Man May Publish Anything Which Twelve Of His Countrymen Think Not Blamable.

Then Why Don’t You And Bubba Have Girlfriends? (nick) I Don’t Want The Drama Of It. After The Last One Burnt Up All My Clothes With My Jack Daniel’s Black Label Collection And Tried To Decapitate Me With My Cds, I Decided I’d Take A Hiatus For A Bit. (mark)

Xenon? What Kind Of Name Is That?” – Nick “the Only Kind I Answer To.” – Xenon “don’t Eat The Help, X. We Need Him.” – Caleb

What Do I Do? (jeff) Well, Not To Insult A Man Who Looks Like A Rocket Scientist In Comparison To You, But…run, Forrest, Run. (rafael)

Look, This Isn’t The Mummy. It’s Not Like A Teenaged Girl’s Diary Could Resurrect The Dead Or Anything. It’s Just The Story Of Her Innocuous Life. What On Earth Could An Ancient Girl Have Known That Would Be Worth Killing Someone Over? (tory) You’re Asking Me That Question? People Kill Each Other Over A Pair Of Shoes Or For Wearing The Same Jacket. (acheron)

Killing Someone

Why Are You Doing This? (rafael) Because Life’s Too Short To Spend It Fighting When You Could Be Holding The One You Love. And Love’s Too Rare To Squander It With Petty Concerns. I’m Lucky I Have Chloe And I Have No Intention Of Letting A War I Didn’t Start Rob Me Of One Second Of My Time With Her. Go In Peace, Dark-hunter. (apollite)

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)

I Have A Computer, A Vibrator, And Pizza Delivery. Why Should I Leave The House? " - Tabitha

Those Regulations That Are Adapted To The Common Race Of Men Are The Best.

Don’t Be Jealous, Baby. We’ll Get To You In A Jiffy. (daimon) Jiffy? What Kind Of Pathetic Wuss Uses The Word ‘jiffy’? (xypher)

What Happened To Your Hair, Tiger? (fang) It Fell Off. (wren)

I Like That Zarek. He Quality People! He Even Gave Me A Can Opener So I Don’t Have To Use My Fangs. I Like That. Metal Is Hard On The Teeth. Pork And Beans Popsicle. Yummy! My Favorite! (simi)

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

You Know, I Keep Having This Really Weird Feeling That You’re Going To Take Me Someplace Later And Tie Me Up So That Your Friends Can Come Laugh At Me. (channon) Does That Happen To You Often? (sebastian) No, Never, But This Night Has The Makings For A Twilight Zone Episode. (channon)

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)

Oh Yeah, Scooby, It Does. You And I Have Gone Round Many A Day. I’m The Reason You Keep Thinking You’ve Had Alien Abductions. (caleb)

By Understanding The Nuances Of The World Around You And How To Survive The Temptations, You Can Rule Anything. Even Yourself

Look, I Promise I’m Not Psychotic. Eccentric And Idiosyncratic, But Not Psychotic. (sebastian) I’ll Bet The Prisons Are Full Of Men Who Have Told Women That. (channon)

Are You Okay? (simone) No, I’m In Ecstasy. I Blew Straight Past Okay The Minute You Touched Me. (xypher)

What Made You Immortal? (nick) Really Good Dna. (acheron)

He Says He’d Rather Be Dead Than Leave Me. According To Him, We’re Family. I Guess That Makes Me The Psycho Uncle No One Wants To Talk To. And He’s The Kid With Only Imaginary Friends For Company. ‘normal’ Rockwell, Here We Come. (jared)

We’re Always Alone. You Can Be In A Crowded Room And Still Feel The Bite Of Loneliness. Personally, I Find That It Bites Deepest Whenever Others Are Around.

Notwithstanding All The Care And Anxiety Of The Persons Who Frame Acts Of Parliament To Guard Against Every Event, It Frequently Turns Out That Certain Cases Were Not Foreseen.

What Are You? (danger) Well, Had You Listened Before You Stabbed Me, You Would Have Heard The ‘i’m Acheron’s Squire’ Part. Apparently That Somehow Escaped Your Hearing And You Mistook Me For A Pin Cushion. (alexion)

The Wolf In Him Demanded He Kick (the Door) Down And Claim Her. The Man In Him Just Wanted To Hold Her Close And Protect Her. He’d Never Been So Torn. So Confused. So Damned Horny!

But Don’t You Find The Concept Of Love Unusual? (alix) Not At All. Love I Understand Completely. It’s Hatred That Puzzles Me. I Don’t Comprehend Finding Pleasure In Cruelty. (vik)

What Do You Want Exactly? (fang) An End To The Mistreatment Of Small, Fluffy Dust Bunnies. (thorn)

This Is Your Sword. You Press The Pointy End Into The Enemy. Try Not To Let Him Make Eye Contact With You And Remember, He Spits Invisible Poison. (thorn)

So Eager To Die Are You? (zakar) Not Particularly, But I’d Rather Go Down Clubbing Kessar Than From Boredom. (kat)

This Is The Swamp As I See It, But What I Can’t Capture On Canvas Is You As I See You. No Brush Or Paint Will Ever Show The Hero That You Are. It Will Never Be Able To Portray The Sound Of Your Voice When You Whisper My Name. The Way My Skin Tingles When You Touch Me. The Passion Of You Inside Me. I Love You, Talon. I Know That I Can’t Keep You. No One Can Ever Tame A Wild Beast. You Have A Job To Do And So Do I. I Only Hope That When You Think Of Me, It’ll Bring A Smile To Your Face. Love Always, Sunshine. (sunshine's Note)

You Really Are Here. (thanatos) Hair Of The Dog, Baby. Sooner Or Later, We All Dance With The Devil. Tonight, It’s Your Turn. (zarek)

See, Sway, That’s What You Get For Flunking Your Pilot’s Test Six Times…which I’m Pretty Sure Is A Record Of Some Sort. If Not For The Actual Flunking, Definitely For The Persistence In Pursuing That Which You Obviously Have No Talent For. Personally, I Wouldn’t Let You Fly A Remote-control Kid’s Plane. (vik) Shut Up Before I Find A Can Opener. (sway)

Didn't I Tell You Not To Touch The Lamborghini? (kyrian) (hunter Groused An Instant Before He Cut The Wheel And Sent The Vampire Flying Through The Air.) And They Told Me You Guys Couldn't Fly. (kyrian)

Tell Him To Leave Me Alone, Astrid. Else I’ll Have To Barbecue Him And Make Akri Angry At Me. I Don’t Want To Make Akri Angry. (simi) Simi? Is That You? (astrid) Yes. C’est Moi. The Little Demon With Hornays. (simi)

Still Waters Run Deep. ~tabitha

I Take Time With Each Person And Try To Remember Them, Especially If They're A Repeater From Another Event. I Know A Lot Of Authors Just Sign A Book And Keep Their Heads Down, But I'm Not Like That.

It’ll Probably Be Brutal, Too. They Might Even Feed You To The Dog. He Doesn’t Have A Dog. Yeah, Well, He Might Get One Just To Feed You To It. She’d Never Been The Kind Of Person To Let Something As Ridiculous As Rational Logic Interfere With Her Fear.’ (alix)

No, I Was Just Wondering Who You Killed To Reclaim Your Health. (wulf) I’m Sure The Cows You Eat Aren’t Exactly Thrilled By Their Slaughter Either. (urian) They’re Not People. (wulf) In Case You Haven’t Noticed, Dark-hunter, There Are A Lot Of People Out There Who Aren’t Human Either. (urian)

So Would You Like To Join Me For Something To Eat? (jericho) As Long As It Doesn’t Involve The Entrails Of Demons, I Might Be Persuaded. (delphine) Demon Entrails Have No Appeal For Me, Either. Zeus’s Are Another Matter. (jericho)

There Will Always Be A Part Of You That Misses Her. You'll See Something That Reminds You Of Her And Want To Tell Her About It, Only To Realize She's Not There Anymore. Then You'll Feel Her Loss All Over Again. (ravyn) You're Not Helping Me, Ravyn. (jack) I Know, Buddy. But You Will Eventually Make Peace With Yourself, And That's The Most Important Thing. Eventually, You'll Even Be Able To Smile Again When You Think About Her. (ravyn)

Are You Suggesting I’m Not Normal? (nykyrian) Oh Yeah, Baby, You Ooze Normality. From The Top Of That Assassin’s Braid To The Tip Of Those Boots That I’m Pretty Sure Conceal Retractable Blades. You’re Just An Average Joe. No Doubt About It. Cause, You Know, Everyone Sits For Hours Doing Nothing But Typing. (kiara)

He Was Death, And He'd Ridden In On A Pale Horse.

Baby, I Don’t Feel Pain. Ever. (talon) Really? Not Even A Little? (sunshine) It’s A Waste Of Time And Energy. It Also Drains The Mind And Makes It Weary. (talon) But Without Pain, You Can’t Have Joy. It’s The Balance That Makes Us Appreciate The Extreme. (sunshine)

Is There A Point To Your Latest Irritation, Kish? (sin) Had A Sudden Death Wish. Felt The Deep Need To Come Up Here And Have You Freeze Me. (kish)

Ninety Percent Of Intelligence Was Knowing When To Shut Up.’ – Cherise

Got To Say, Dying Would Really Wreck My Best Day. Been There, Done That, And Now That I Think About It, Artemis Forgot To Give Me The T-shirt.

I Don’t Even Know What To Say To You. (acheron) Me, Either. I Guess We’ll Just Stand Here And Cry At Each Other, Huh? (kat)

Are We All Ready? (deimos) (letting Out A Blood-chilling War Cry, He And The Rest Of The Dolophoni Ran Through The Caverns.) I Hate Their Dramatics…and Their Decibel Level. (m'adoc)

How Did You Know Cassandra Was The Mother? (wulf) I Know Lots Of Things When I Apply Myself. (acheron)

Good. Now The First Thing You Do Is Press In The Clutch And Slide The Gear Into Reverse." She Placed His Hand On The Gear Shift In The Center Of Her Car, And Showed Him How To Move It Up And Down. "you Know, You Really Shouldn't Fondle That In Front Of Me, Grace. It's Cruel." "julian! Do You Mind? I'm Only Trying To Show You How To Shift My Gears." He Snorted. "i Wish You'd Shift My Gears Like That.

You Are Incredibly Wise. (kat) Only When It Comes To Other People. It’s Easy To See How To Fix Their Lives. It’s Much Harder To See The Cracks In Your Own House. (acheron)

That's Right. Uh-huh. Uh-huh," Nick Said Arrogantly. "you Might Know Karate, Boy, But I Know Gorilla, And I'm A Level 40 Champion In It. Let's Hear It For Diddy Kong! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew!" He Mimicked The Sound Of A Gorilla As He Held On For Dear Life.

You Should Be More Careful. You Could Have Broken Your Neck Or As Big As You Are Landed On Someone And Killed Them. (tory)

Boy, You Better Check That Tone. (wulf) Yeah, Yeah, Ya Scare Me. I’m Even Wetting My Pants While In Your Terrifying, Gut-wrenching Presence. See Me Shiver And Quiver? Ooo, Ahhh, Ooo. (chris)

It Was A Typical Day Of Suckage And Blowage.’ (chris)

I Still Don’t Believe It. It’s Not In Him. Yeah, And You Are Delusional. Babe, News Flash, With The Exception Of You And The Pirate, We’re All Animals Here. And We All Have A Killer’s Instinct.

Do Y’all Have Enough Stun Guns For Them? (madaug) Does A Bear Defecate Rurally? What Kind Of Question Is That For Someone Who Owns The Biggest Gun Store In Town? Of Course I Got Plenty. I Got Enough Tasers To Light Up New York City And Boston Just For Giggles. (bubba)

So…that’s Like Your Pet Monkey?” – Nick (the Tiny Horse Snorted Flames And Whinnied At Him.) “easy, Girl. You’d Do Well To Show Her Respect. She Can Understand You, And She Doesn’t Take Well To Insults.” – Death “sorry, Flicka. Didn’t Mean To Rattle Your Bridle.” – Nick

Your Father Wasn’t A Positive Influence On You, Was He? (simone) Being The God Of Nightmares, He Wasn’t A Warm Fuzzy Bunny. Unless You Count Happy Bunny. Amazingly The Two Of Them Have A Lot In Common…and I Have To Say That I’ve Developed A Fondness For That Pissy Rodent. (xypher)

What Are You? (a Daimon) Oh Please, Let Me Give You The Job Description. Me, Dark-hunter. You, Daimon. I Hit, You Bleed. I Kill, You Die. (zarek)

A Clever Enemy Would Kiss My Hand, Then Stab At My Back While I Was Distracted. (stryker) A Coward’s Action. Truly. Don’t Insult Either One Of Us With Such A Suggestion. I Don’t Believe In Petty Juvenile Attacks. I Go After What I Want, And When It’s The Life Of An Enemy I Don’t Want There To Be Any Mistaking My Intention. If You’re Worth My Hatred, Then You’re Worth My Letting You Know That I’m Coming For You. (zephyra)

We Must Spoil Our Women, Boy. A Happy Woman Makes A Happy Home. An Unhappy One Makes Us Drink.

If I Could Have One Wish, It Would Be For People To Look At One Another With Open Hearts And Minds. Most Of All, To Look At Each Other With Compassion. No Matter Who They Are.

The Simi Is Environmentally Sound. Eat Everything Except For Hooves

What Is That Smell? (nick) (it Was Like Three-day-old Cat Vomit Mixed With Rotten Asparagus.) Duck Urine. It Keeps The Zombies From Thinking I’m Human. (mark) Yeah, Well It Keeps Me From Thinking You’re Sane. (nick)

So Are We Going To Continue Glaring Angrily At Each Other While We Pose In Our Tough Stances? Or Use Our Time To Work Out A Plan That Hopefully Doesn’t End With Our Mutual Deaths? (acheron)

I Take It That The Judgment Is An Essential Point In Every Conviction, Let The Punishment Be Fixed Or Not.

Why Is It When You Want The Ground To Swallow You Whole, It Decides To Stop Trying? -ethon

You Touch Her, And I Will Take That Dagger At Your Side And Cut Your Heart Out With It. (julian)

To Quote The Tsalagi, You Should Never Allow Your Yesterday To Use Up Too Much Of Today. The Past Is Gone And Tomorrow Is At Best A Maybe. Live For This Moment Because It May Be All You'll Ever Have.

So I Conjured One Of The Brokers And Promised Him My Soul If He’d Protect Her. (zephyra) You Can’t Do That. Only A Demon Can. (stryker) You’re Such A Brainiac, Baby. And To Think, I Thought I Married You For Those Amazing Abs. Who Knew All That Brainpower Was Buried Under Those Bulging Biceps? (zephyra)

Where Did You Learn To Ride Anyway? Disasters-r-us? (tory)

You Are Not Human,” The Demon Announced. “you Have No Soul.” “thank You For The Obvious. Did You Know You Have Horns On Your Head?

She Thinks I’m A Drug Dealer. (chris) ‘the Most “illegal” Thing The Boy Had Ever Done Was To Walk Past A Salvation Army Santa Claus, Once, Without Dropping Money Into The Kettle.’ (wulf)

If You Muster That Courage To Stand Under Fire And Not Go Down, You Will Amass An Inner Strength That No One Can Touch. You Won’t Be Another Faceless, Nameless, Forgotten Human In A Long Historical Line Of The Defeated. You Will Be A Steeled Warrior, And A Force To Be Forever Reckoned With. And Beneath The Pain That Lingers, You Will Have The Comfort Of Knowing That You Are Strongest Of All. That When Others Caved And Broke, You Kept Fighting Even Against Hopeless Odds.” - Caleb

You Have The Optimism Of A Child. (julian) Peter Pan All The Way. (grace)

Why Are You Talking To The King Loser Dork? You Want To Talk About Ugly? Look At What He’s Wearing. (stone) I Like A Man Who Takes Fashion Chances. It’s The Mark Of Someone Who Lives By His Own Code. A Rebel. A Real Lone Wolf Is A Lot Sexier Than A Pack Animal Who Follows Orders And Can’t Have An Opinion Unless Someone Else Gives It To Him. (nekoda)

Everything In The World Needs Kindness, Child. [ryssa]

If I Said I Wouldn’t Toss Him Out Of My Bed For Eating Crackers, Would You Leave Me Alone? (grace) Maybe. What Else Wouldn’t You Toss Him Out Of Bed For? (selena) Eating Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts? (grace)

You Are Just So Helpful, Andrei. (esperetta) I Try To Be, Princess. (andrei) And You Fail With Such Panache. (esperetta)

In One Afternoon, My Entire Life Shattered And Then All Of A Sudden This Great Guy Comes Along Like Some Mythical Knight In Shining Armor. He's Gorgeous, Loaded, And Says All The Right Things To Me. He Makes Me Feel Like I Can Fly, And Every Time He Shows Up, He Makes Everything Better. I'm Not Used To This, Okay? And I'm Not Used To Being With A Guy Who Is So Incredibly Sexy That He Makes Me Feel Like The Booby Prize." - Bride

Inside Us All Are Pieces Of That Which Makes The Neagitve. Demons Are Neither Good Nor Bad. Like You, They Have Many Facets. It Is That Inner Essence, Or Drive, If You Will, That We All Have That Guides Us Through Our Lives. Sometimes Those Voices That Drive Us Are Whispered Memories That Live Deep Inside And Cause Us Such Pain That We Have No Choice Except To Let It Out And To Hurt Those Around Us. But At Other Times, The Voice Is Love And Compassion, And It Guides Us To A Gentler Place. In The End, We, Alone, Must Choose What Path To Walk. No One Can Help Us With It. (menyara)

I Refuse To Believe This Was My Fate. I Was Not Meant To Be This. I Was Never Meant To Be..." The Pain In His Eyes Tore Through Her. "this Can't Be All I Was Born For.

It Would Have Really Cramped My Future Plans Had I Died. (nick)

Future Planning

People Destroy Beauty When They Find It. (acheron) How So? (artemis) By Nature, People Are Petty And Jealous. They Envy What They Lack And Because They Don’t Know How To Acquire Something, They Try To Destroy Anyone Who Has It. Beauty Is One Of Those Things They Hate Most In Others. (acheron)

I've Had To Work Hard All My Life, And I Will Never, Ever Ask A Fan Or Reader To Pay For Something I've Rushed. It's Not Fair To Them, And I Will Never Give Them Anything Except My Absolute Best.

You Can’t Die, Vik. You’re A Mechbot. (syn) They Can Pull Me Apart And Reprogram Me. Trust Me, That’s Death. Now Shush Before They Find Us. Remember – Hide, People, Hide. (vik)

Yeah, Well, I Guess I Feel Like All Of Us Misfits Need To Hang Together. At Least That Way We Don't Swing Along. (tabitha)

I Just Love To Put A Hurt On Evil Things. (katra)

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)

There, There, Baby. We'll Hide Her Body In The Trunk Later. (tory)

Life Is Gamble, It's Harsh And Painful Most Of The Time, And It's Not For The Timid. Spoils Go To The Victor, Not To The One Who Doesn't Even Show Up For The Battle." -acheron

Apprentices And Servants Are Characters Perfectly Distinct: The One Receives Instruction, The Other A Stipulated Price For His Labour.

Did You Wake Him?" "if I Say Yes, Will You Spank Me?" Syn Rolled His Eyes. "you're Horrible, Mari.

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

I’ve Lost Her. Can You Give Me Any Guidance?” – Sundown “on What? A New Personality? Car Buying? I’m A Wolf, Cowboy, Not A Life Counselor.” – Sasha

How Nice Of Acheron To Send Us A Playmate. (daimon) Play Is For Children And Dogs. Now That You Have Identified Which Category You Fall Into, I'll Show You What Romans Do To Rabid Dogs. (valerius)

Fury Snorted. "you're The Leader, Vane. Lead.

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)

Over, Under, Around, Or Through. There Is Always A Way. - Soteria

There Is Always A Way

Love Is Deceitful And Sublime. In Its Truest Form, It Brings Out The Best In All Beings. At Its Worse, It's A Tool Used To Manipulate And Ruin Any One Who Is Stupid Enough To Hold It. Don't Be Stupid.

Relax, The Bad Guys Don’t Knock. (romeo)

You’re So Hilarious. You Know, If This Whole Daimon-slaying Gig Doesn’t Work Out For You, You Should Really Consider Being A Comedian. The Bright Barney Hair Color Would Just Add To The Overall Entertainment Factor.

Maybe They’re Customers. (simone) For A Doll Store? Yes, I Can Just See Them Now…i’ll Take The Frilly Pink Baby Doll. (liza)

But Then, His Revenge Had Been More Direct. He’d Hunted Down The Ones Who’d Killed His Sister And Nephew – Those Who’d Survived His Mother’s Attack – And He’d Made Them Wish They’d Never Been Born With Nerve Endings.' (acheron)

I Mumble Hocus-pocus And The Next Thing You Know, I’m A Cat. (ravyn) I Suppose It’s A Step Up. The Last Guy I Had In My House Could Only Turn Into A Beer-drinking Pig. (susan)

Sway’s An Idiot Who Didn’t Order Them When We Used Up The Last Bunch. (vik) Isn’t That Your Job? (devyn) No. I’m The Sub-idiot. Sway’s Head Idiot Because The Company Refuses To Deal With Mechas. Since I’m Not Organic, They Think I Can’t Pay. (vik) Thanks, Vik. (devyn) Ever My Pleasure To Irritate You, Sir. (vik)

Let’s Just Say I Understand Betrayal. And Having Been Where He Is, I Know The Explosion To Come. Trust Me. ‘duck’ Won’t Quite Cover It. (sin)

Yeah, I Know, But Word Came From Artemis Herself That She Wanted Him Here. Looks Like We’re Having A Psycho Reunion This Week…oh Wait, It’s Mardi Gras. Duh. (talon)

Acheron Always Says That Our Scars Are There To Remind Us Of Out Pasts, Of Where We've Been And What We've Gone Through. But That Pain Doesn't Have To Drive Or Determine Our Future. We Can Rise About It If We Let Ourselves. It's Not Easy, But Nothing In Life Ever Is." -sundown

So You're The Infamous Acheron. (amanda) Lord And Master Of The Great Barbarian Horde That Roams The Night. (acheron)

You Asked My Opinion And I Gave It. Of Course You Have To Remember That If I’d Been On The Island With Gilligan, He’d Have Been Killed Ten Minutes Into The First Episode. Where I Come From, Incompetence And Stupidity Are Reasons For Justifiable Homicide. (varyk)

It’s Never The Enemy Without Who Brings You Down. It’s Always The Enemy Within.” – Nick “guard Your Back, Nick. It’s The One You Don’t See Coming. The One You Trust Whose Betrayal Is Most Lethal. They Know Your Weakness And They Know How To Hit The Lowest. It’s When Your Back Is Turned And Your Guard Is Down That They Move In For The Kill.” – Kyrian

Julian Was The Son Of Diokles Of Sparta, Also Known As Diokles The Butcher. That Man Made The Marquis De Sade Look Like Ronald Mcdonald. (ben)

Excuse Me, But I’ve Been To Some Of The Toughest Zones In The Galaxy To Get My Targets. And I Have Never Once Gone After A Target And Failed. Ever. (shahara) Yeah, But You’ve Never Been Chased Before. It’s A Lot Harder To Be The Prey Than It Is To Be The Predator. (syn)

It’s Just A Mild Disagreement, Papa. Remi Has This Whole Need To Breathe In And Out, Which Annoys Me. If He Would Just Stop Breathing, I’d Be Fine. (aimee)

(the Baby Sneezed. Wulf Jumped As Fire Shot Out Of Its Nostrils And Almost Singed His Leg.) Excuse Me. I Almost Made Dark-hunter Barbecue, Which Would Be Really Sad ‘cause I Ain’t Got No Barbecue Sauce With Me. (simi)

It’s A Belgian Beer, Sweetie. Please Tell Me You’ve At Least Heard Of It. (blaine) Boy, I Was Born In Brussels And The Last Time I Checked, This Was My New Homeland, America, Not My Birthplace. So You Can Either Order An American-made Beer Or I’ll Bring You Water And You Can Sit There And Act All Superior Until You Puke, Okay? (aimee)

Pain Doesn’t Respect Age, My Lady.

What Do You Do When Mom Leaves You Alone Like This? (kat) I Write Romance Novels. (acheron)

Trust Me, Baby, You Weren’t That Good. I Was Just A Better Actress Than You Were Actor. (zephyra To Stryker) Ew! No Offense, Mum, I Don’t Want To Know Who You’ve Slept With. Kill The Sexual Bantering And Him Before I Go Deaf From It. (medea)

Oh, Good Grief! I’ve Never Had A Man Pick Me Up Before And Not Grunt Like He’s Dying. I’m In Heaven. Marry Me, Ash, Please! (pam) I Would Say Yes, But I Come With More Baggage Than Even Samsonite Can Cover. (acheron)

You Would Make A Great Teacher. (grace) Commander To Teacher. Why Not Call Me Cato The Elder, And Really Insult Me While You’re At It? (julian)

How Did You Fastforward And Turn It Off? (danger) I Wanted It Off And Off It Went. (alexion) Wow, That’s Amazing. I Guess This Makes Me The Luckiest Woman In The World. (danger) How So? (alexion) I’ve Found The Only Man Alive Who Won’t Ever Shout Out, ‘honey, Where’s The Remote?’ Then Tear My House Apart In Pursuit Of It. (danger)

(at The Back Of The Cave, Phoebe Placed Her Hand Against One Of The Stones Where A Spring Release Opened An Elevator Door. Chris Gave An Over Exaggerated Gape.) Holy Hand Grenade, Batman, It’s A Bat Cave. (chris)

Yes, He’s Like A Rash For Which There’s No Cure. It Only Goes Away For A Bit Before Returning Unexpectedly To Ruin Every Pleasurable Experience. He Should Have Been Named Herpes Rather Than Zt. Or Maybe Just Herpes Z, Since He’s A Very Special Irritant. (arik)

Nick‘s Eyes Widened As A Total State Of Befuddled Huh Possessed Him. Was He In The Twilight Zone?

Can You Just Saw His Arm Off While We're Here And Get Me Loose? (amanda) I Could Do That, But He Needs His More. I'd Cut Yours Off Before I Did His. (tate) Oh, Great, What Are You, His Igor? (amanda) Wrong Movie, Igor Was Frankenstein's Flunky. Renfield Is The One You're Thinking Of, And No, I'm Not Renfield. Name's Tate Bennett. Parish Coroner. (tate)

Did You Get Hungry And Eat My Colleagues?

Vengeance Is A Dish Best Served Cold. (thanatos) We’re In Alaska, Dickhead. Here Everything Is Cold. (zarek)

No, He Wasn't A Pig. He Was A Lonely, Hurt Man Who Didn't Know How To Cope In A World That Had Turned Its Back On Him. [astrid]

Life Is All About Finding Your Place. All Of Us Are Vulnerable, And At Times We All Feel Adrift. But Somehow, We All Muddle Through. He'll Be Fine. Like The Rest Of Us. We Just Need Some Faith.

If They Can’t Survive Alone For Four Days Once A Year, They Deserve To Die. (acheron) That’s Harsh, For You. (dante) Harsh? Tell You What, You Take My Phone And Skim Through The Three Thousand Phone Calls I Get Every Day And Night And See How Harsh I Am. I Truly Hate Modern Technology And Phones In Particular. I Haven’t Had A Full Four Hours Of Sleep In Over Fifty Years. ‘ash, I Broke A Toenail, Help Me. Ash, My Head Hurts, What Should I Do?’ (acheron)

You I Expected Better Of." He Turned His Swirling Sliver Gaze From Sam To Dev And Fang. "you Two Not So Much." -acheron

When You First Take Someone’s Life, Two People Die. The Person You Just Killed And The Human Being You Used To Be. You’re Never The Same After That—it Changes You Forever And Not In A Good Way —and No Matter How Hard You Try, You Can’t Go Back To The Innocence You Had. Ever.

Please, By All The Blessed Saints And Their Bladders, Tell Me You Two Didn’t…have You Lost All Semblance Of Intelligence? (syn)

It Doesn’t Feel Like The End Of The World. (davyn) No, It Doesn’t…(stryker) How Does The Song Go, ‘it’s The End Of The World As We Know It And I Feel Fine? (apollymi)

I Hate You! (artemis) Don’t Keep Saying That, Artie. It’s Cruel To Get My Hopes Up. (acheron)

I Don't Suffer From My Insanity -- I Enjoy Every Minute Of It.

And You Take Care, Too, Shahara. Remember The Lies We Tell Ourselves To Survive Seldom Bring Peace To Our Souls. (nero)

Lies We Tell Ourselves

Don’t, Cassandra. (wulf) Oh, Please. I Just Want To Choke Her For A Few Minutes. (cassandra)

There’s A Reason Mia Is Currently An Only Child. Family Drama Takes On A Whole New Meaning When They’re Feuding Gods Who Can’t Stand The Sight Of Each Other And Always Try To Kill One Another Whenever They’re In The Same Room.” – Kat

Screw Reality. It Don’t Feed My Dog. It Don’t Make My Porsche Payments. It Don’t Get Me Laid. Bullshit Does That…and I Like It That Way. (leo)

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

Oh, Hello, Me Lovely, We Haven’t Met. Asmodeus, Demon Extraordinaire, At Your Service. Any Service You May Require, Especially Those That Involve Nudity And Adjoining Body Parts Joining Other People’s Body Parts. (asmodeus)

But This…this Kid Wasn’t Dead Yet. Makes No Sense To Me. (bubba) Maybe Someone Spiked His Wheaties? (nick)

What Are You Doing Here? (jericho) Do My Accommodations Offend You? I’ve Grown Quite Used To Them. Though A View Of Something Other Than Mangled Bodies Might Be Nice For A Change. (jaden)

We Almost Made It To Thirty Seconds Without An Insult. I Think We Set A New Record.

They Attacked You? (danger) No, I Beat My Own Self Up. What Do You Think? (keller)

Adron! Don’t You Hurt Him. (kiara) I’m Not Going To Hurt Him, Mom. I’m Going To Kill Him. (young Adron)

Why Were We Fighting If You Had That Kind Of Power?" In Unison, Every Ex-dark-hunter And Nick Said, "just Because You Can Doesn't Mean You Should." "and Sometimes Things Have To Go Wrong In Order To Go Right," Wulf Said. When The Other Guys Looked Confused By His Solo Outburst, He Added, "i Guess I'm The Only One He Ever Said That One To.

Everyone Cries Sometimes, Tory. There Are Some Pains That Run Too Deep For Even The Strongest To Take Without Breaking. I Don’t Think Any Less Of You For It. (acheron)

The Simi Gots Some Barbecue Sauce In Her Bag. It Kind Of Looks Like Blood If You Squint At It The Right Way. And It Don’t Coagulate Between Your Teeth Like Blood Or Give You Them Funky Burps, Not To Mention It Tastes A Lot Better Too. Especially Over That Type A Stuff. Bleh! I’d Rather Eat My Shoes. But That O-flavored Blood…yum! (she Straightened And Held One Finger Up In A Gesture That Strangely Reminded Him Of Smokey The Bear.) And Just Remember, Kids, Three Out Of Four Demons All Prefer Barbecue Sauce Over Hemoglobin. (simi)

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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