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Were You Raised In A Barn? You Don't Just Walk Into Someone's House." Ash Laughed. "i Have An Open Invitation To Enter Whenever I'm Here." "yeah, But What If He's Naked Or Something?" Ash Led Him Into The Foyer. "i've Known Kyrian For Over Two Thousand Years, And I Can Honesty Say That I Have Never Once Caught Him Naked In His Living Room." The Door Closed Behind Them Without Ash Or Nick Touching It- Something That Always Unnerved Nick When Ash Did It. "besides, Rosa's Still Here. I Know He's Not Walking Around Bare-assed With Her On Duty.

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Were You Raised In A Barn? You Don't Just Walk Into Someone's House." Ash Laughed. "i Have An Open Invitation To Enter Whenever I'm Here." "yeah, But What If He's Naked Or Something?" Ash Led Him Into The Foyer. "i've Known Kyrian For Over Two Thousand Years, And I Can Honesty Say That I Have Never Once Caught Him Naked In His Living Room." The Door Closed Behind Them Without Ash Or Nick Touching It- Something That Always Unnerved Nick When Ash Did It. "besides, Rosa's Still Here. I Know He's Not Walking Around Bare-assed With Her On Duty.

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You Know, Bud, I Don’t Know You From Adam, But That’s My Baby Sister You’re Hanging On To. So I’m Thinking The Wisest Course Of Action For You Is To Let Her Go And Introduce Yourself. Pronto. (rain)

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You Don’t Know What You’re Talking About.” – Coyote “arrogance. The Number One Cause Of Death Among Both Peasant And King. Beware Its Sharp Blade. More Times Than Not, It Injures The One Who Wields It Most Of All.” – Choo Co La Tah

Never Take Your Eyes Off Your Opponent. And Never Think You Don’t Have To Work For A Victory. Even Now, You Could Surprise Me. (takeshi)

Return With Your Shield, Or Upon It.’ (julian's Stepmother)

Actually, It’s My Younger Brother Who Has Me Ticked, But Since You Brought Up The Boyfriend Thing, Take My Advice; Be The Black Widow. Find A Guy, Have Fun With Him, Then Eviscerate Him In The Morning Before He Can Brag About It To His Friends. (chrissy)

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

Just Remember, Anger Is Always Your Enemy. You Must Keep Your Emotions In Check. The Moment You Lose Control Of Them, You Lose The Fight Every Time. (takeshi)

For The Moment, He's Off Plotting His Igoresque Revenge. I Don't Know About You, But I Have This Image Of Him Rubbing His Hands Together And Laughing Like Dexter From Dexter's Laboratory. (kyrian)

(nykyrian Spun About At The Sound, His Blaster Leveling At The Body In The Doorway.) Whoa. Friend! (he Tapped His Chest Twice.) Really Good Guy. ‘member Me? (syn)

I Accept You As You Are, And I Will Always Hold You Close In My Heart. I Will Walk Beside You Forever. (fang)

They’re Plotting Against You. (jaden) Who? (jericho) Your Best Friends, Fool, Who Do You Think? The Easter Bunny Or The Assholes Who Brought You Here? Fyi, They’re Planning To Feed You To The Gallu So That They Can Control Your Powers Without Your Fighting Them. If I Were You, I’d Be Gone Five Minutes Ago. (jaden)

The Use Of Cases Is To Establish Principles; If The Cases Decide Different From The Principles, I Must Follow The Principles, Not The Decisions.

Is There A Phone I Can Use? (talon) In The Kitchen. (sunshine) Could You Please Bring It To Me? (talon) It’s Not Cordless. I Always Lose Those Things Or I Drop Them Someplace And Break Them. The Last One I Had Ended Up Drowning In The Toilet. (sunshine)

Have You Ever Wanted To Put Your Head In A Blender And Turn On The Liquefy Switch? (tate)

When A Cow Lives With The Butcher, Sooner Or Later He Gets Eaten Unless He Helps The Other Cows Off To Their Slaughter. (nick)

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)

You Do What You Have To Do Or A Bigger Demon Eats Out Your Liver And Uses Your Spine To Pick Its Teeth. (caleb)

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

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)

I Want Your Opinion On The Best Way To Proceed. (eli) I’d Start By Killing Your Son And His Crew Of Idiots Before Their Stupidity Spreads To Anyone Else And Infects Them. (varyk)

His Mom Always Said That Trust Was Something You Earned. And It Wasn't Something You Gave Easy. Too Often, It Was A Tool Your Enemies Used To Hurt You With. 'give Them Nothing, Baby. Not Until You Have No Choice. The World Is Harsh And It Is Cold. People Can Be Good And Decent, But Most Of Them Are Only Out For Themselves And They'll Hurt Anyone They Can'.

Death Is The One Predator We Can't Escape. But Vampires Have Found The Loophole So Many Of Us Crave. I Think That's The Allure Of Vampirism.

What’ Cha Doing Out Here All Alone? Did You Forget How To Find Sanctuary? (simi) No. I Want To Be Alone For A Bit. (gallagher) Why? Were The Bears Mean To You? Mama Can Get A Bit Cranky Whenever I Play With The Cubs. She Thinks I’m Going To Eat One, But Bleh! They’re Way Too Hairy. Now If She’d Let Me Skin One, I Might Be Interested. (simi) Are You Joking? (gallagher) Oh No. I Never Joke About Hairy Food. (simi)

You Dare To Stand With My Enemy? (stryker) Against You, Father, I’d Stand With Mickey Mouse. (urian)

You’re Not A Morning Person, Are You? (simone) I’m A Dream-hunter/demon. By My Very Nature I’m Nocturnal. That Big Yellow Ball In The Sky Offends Me To The Very Core Of My Being. (xypher)

Now Don’t You Be Covering For Him, Ash. (she Wagged Her Finger At Nick.) Are You Driving? (cherise) No, Mom. I’m Sitting. (nick)

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)

Victory To The Spider. Patience Wins The Day. And Today My Patience Ends. (apollymi)

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 Swear You’re A Woman. (devyn) I Would Respond To That, But I Don’t Want To Distract You While You’re Attempting To Drive And I’m Dependent On You For My Life. (sway)

How Do You Do That? (abbie) What, Sweetheart? (hunter) Make Me Crazy To Beat You One Minute And Crazy To Love You The Next. (abbie)

And I’m Calling In A Favor. (savitar) Sav, You Can’t Keep Doing This. I’m Running Out Of Places To Put The Bodies. (takeshi)

Keep Your Lips And Other Body Parts To Yourself Or You’ll Be Headless. (apollymi)

I Didn’t Know They’d Do This To You. (syd) It’s Okay, Syd. Who Could Have Imagined That A Man Who Heads Up A Company Of Paid Assassins And Mercenaries Would Be Psychotic? (steele)

You Both Sicken Me. (markus) It’s What I Live For…father. Your Eternal Disgust Succors Me Like Mother’s Milk. (fang)

Trust Me, Joe. You’re Not A Cowboy. The Only Cows You Ever Saw As A Kid Came Under A Plastic Wrap In The Grocery Store Or In A Paper Wrapped From Mcdonald’s. (tee)

Let Me Out Of Here, Katra. Now. (sin) I Can't. (kat) Then I Hope You Can Live With The Death Of Humanity On Your Conscience. I’ll Just Sit Myself Over Here Until It’s Over. You Got Any Good Dvds I Can Watch? It’ll Help Drown Out The Screams For Mercy. Especially From The Kids. Those Are Always The Hardest To Ignore. (sin)

My Father Used To Say That Life Is What You Make It. Today Is The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life. You Can’t Change The Past, But The Future Isn’t Set In Stone. You Can Effect A Change There. Move Forward Not With Hatred Or Love. Move Forward With Purpose. (simone)

Humans Aren’t A Protected Class. (acheron) Really? (jaden) Yeah. Savitar Shares Your ‘all Humans Are Vermin’ Mind Set. (savitar)

Oh, Pooh, You’re Just Like Akri. No, Simmi, Don’t Be Breathing Fire Around The Flammable Objects Or Small Children. Except For That Black Plastic Card That’s Not Really Plastic. It Some Metal Thing, But The Simi Loves It Cause It Let Her Buy Everything She Want Without Limit. He Never Say No To Simi When She Use It. Oh, Hello, There, Fang. You Okay? You Looking Kind Of Peaked Or Piqued Or…? Oh, Heck, The Simi Can Never Keep Those Straight. (simi)

You Really Don’t Want To Take That Tone With Me. (varyk) Well, I Do Have Several Others We Can Choose From. Contemptuous. Angry. Snide. Aggravated. How About I Just Settle On Extreme Sarcasm And We Call It Even? (dev)

That Is The Beauty Of Memory, Isn’t It? Our Reality Is Always Clouded By Our Perceptions Of Truth. (mnimi)

Life Isn't Finding Shelter In The Storm. It's About Learning To Dance In The Rain.

Save Me, Shahara. Save Me From The Lonely Nights That Never End. (syn)

I Can’t Believe You Were Going To Call Me A Liar And Take My Place Under The Guillotine. Next Time I Try To Save You, Woman, You Better Stay Saved. (fury)

What Happened To Him? (lioness) He Pissed Me Off. (savitar) Why Hasn’t One Of The Other Jaguars Taken His Place? (lioness) He Pissed Me Off...big Time. (savitar)

Life Is Messy, Ren. It's Not Easy And It's Definitely Not For The Timid. Everyone Has A Past.

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.

Come Home With Me, Acheron. I’ll Make It Well Worth Your While. (artemis) I Have A Headache. (acheron) You’ve Had A Headache For Two Hundred Years! (artemis) And You’ve Had Pms For Eleven Thousand. (acheron)

What Kind Of Life Have You Lived Little One? Where Fair Has Anything To Do With It? Life And Death Just Are. Fair Has Nothing To Do With It.

Don’t Yell At Me When I Just Survived A Near-death Experience. (abbie)

Near Death Experience

Now That I Think About It, You’d Have To Be A Glutton For Punishment To Keep Coming Near Me Given My Acerbic Personality Where You’re Concerned. (tory)

I’m No Longer Human And There Is No Past.’ (acheron's Litany)

For The Record, Kid, Summoning A Demon To Kidnap Her, Not The Best Way To Meet A Woman. It Usually Backfires On You.

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)

Interesting, Isn’t It? What Do You Have To Say About That, Fury? (savitar) They’re On Crack. (fury) Anyone Else On Crack? (savitar)

I Don’t Know Nothing About Birthing Puppies, Miss Scarlett, But I Can Cleave The Head Off A Daimon Without Breaking A Sweat. (valerius)

I’m Going To Go Out There And Wait Until You Two Are Dressed. (tiernan) Why Don’t You Keep Walking Until You Get To The Other Side Of The Front Door? (adron)

The Way To Overcome The Angry Man Is With Gentleness, The Evil Man Goodness, The Miser With Generosity, And The Liar With Truth. (indian Proverb) It Sounds Good, Doesn’t It? If Only People And Life Were That Effing Easy. Trust Me, It Takes More Than A Friendly Biscuit To Tame A Hungry Lion. And It’s All Fun And Games Until Someone Gets Hurt. Then It’s War. (savitar)

Everything That Happens To Us, Good And Bad, Leaves A Lasting Impression In Our Souls. You Take One Part Of That Out, And You Can Completely Rewrite Something Crucial About Us. By And Large, We're Not Shaped By The Big Things. It's The Little, Day-to-day Moments That Make Us Who We Are. Who We're Going To Be. (nekoda To Nick)

Lasting Impressions

"you'd Better. Otherwise Stryker And I Will Feast On Your Innards, Bathe In Your Blood And I Will Use Your Eyes As Earrings." Jericho Snorted. "you Know, With Imagery Like That, You Should Write For Hallmark."

I Would Have Bought You Some More, But Since They Didn’t Have Tags In Them, I Didn’t Know What Size To Buy. (sunshine) Great. I Live To Be Stuck In Strange Places, Naked. (talon)

No Daimon Gets Out Of Here Alive. (they Hit The Invisible Wall And Rebounded Off It.) Man. It Really Makes You Feel For The Bug On The Windshield, Doesn’t It? (acheron)

Contrary To What You Think, Not All Preternatural Beings Hang Out At The Local Supernatural Pub Looking For Humans And Dates.

We Ought Not To Decide Hastily Against The Words Of An Act Of Parliament.

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

Decisions You Make

No, No, No. This Ain’t Right. I Finally Find A Woman Who’ll Actually Let Me Into Her Place And You Bring Her Home For You? Oh, Please Tell Me You Brought Her Home For You And Not For Me. You Didn’t Pimp Me Out Again, Wulf, Did You? I Swear I’ll Stake You In Your Sleep If You Did. (chris)

All Right, Two Dozen House Specials. Any Chance One Of You Might Want To Live Dangerously And Try A Vegetable? (aimee) Do We Look Like Rabbits To You? (fury)

A Flower Can't Grow Without Rain. (alexion) Too Much Rain And It Drowns. (danger) And Yet The Most Beautiful Of The Lotus Flowers Are The Ones That Grow In The Deepest Mud. (alexion)

You Like Being Vague, Don't You? (amanda) It Was A Choice Of Being A Dark-hunter Or A Prophet. Personally I Like The Slash-and-kill Stuff Much More Than Prayers And The Lotus Position. (acheron)

I Love You, Man. You Rule! Thanks For The Food. It Touches Me Deep In My Tender Place. (sway) I Don’t Want To Know Nothing About Your Tender Place, You Freak. (devyn)

What Fools These Mortals Be. (acheron)

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)

What? Was That A Laugh? (delphine) No. (jericho) Yes, It Was. I Heard It. Holy Cow, Call Hermes To Spread The News. I Think I Just Started The End Of The World…it Has To Be A Sign Of The Apocalypse. (delphine)

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

Hey, Yummy Leather Guy? Can You Hear Me? (amanda)

She’s Been Hanging Out With Nick.” – Acheron “nick? As In I-hate-your-guts-ash-go-die Nick?” – Tory

Look! You Got Sparklies Like Akri. He Gives All Of His To Me. He Say I Look Beautiful In Sparklies, ‘specially Them Red Ones That Match My Eyes. Here, Astrid. I Know You Can’t See It, Astrid, But It’s Very Lovely, Like You. You Need To Wear That And Then You Have Sparklies, Too. But Still No Hornays. We Need To Fix You Up With Hornays One Day So You Can Be A Demon, Too. It’s Fun Being A Demon – Except When People Try To Exercise You…wait, That’s Not The Right Word. I Forget, But You Know What I Mean. (simi)

The Kid Dead On The Ground. Fourteen, Ash. Fourteen. I’m Fourteen.” – Nick “yeah…” – Acheron “ash, I’m Fourteen.” – Nick “got It. You’re Fourteen. I’m So Proud You Can Count That High. It’s A Testament To The Modern American Educational System. But I Should Probably Point Out That You’re Not The Only One. I’m Told You Go A School With A Whole Class Of – Get This – Kids Who Are Fourteen.” – Acheron

What Happened To Darling’s Face? (kiara) It Got His. Repeatedly. (syn)

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.

Did You Come Out Of The Womb A Dickhead Or Develop That Jockstrap Personality On Your Own? (hunter)

I Have You – A God Of Mixed Heritage – On An Expedition That Could Unleash The Destroyer From Her Hole. Arikos, Another God, On The Same Team Who Is Masquerading As A Human. The Demigod Solin, Who I Have To Ride Herd On Constantly Anyway, Who Gave Them Their Permits. Megeara, A Human Who Is Sensitive And Subjective To The Voices Of The Gods. And The Pissed-off Goddess, Apollymi, Who Will Do Anything To Be Free, And Once Free Wouldn’t Hesitate To Destroy Every One Of Us. I Can’t Imagine Why I’m Concerned Over This, Can You? (zt)

And You, My Best Friend On Earth, My Soul Sister Who Shares Chunky Monkey Scoops And Beefcake E-mails At The Drop Of A Hat, The Woman Who Made Me Wear A Frothy, Ruffled Lime-colored Bridesmaid Dress That Added Fifteen Pounds To My Hips, Are Going To Spill Your Guts To Me, Aren’t You? (sunshine) No Fair And The Dress Wasn’t Lime, It Was Mint. (selena) It Was Lime-icky Green And I Looked Like A Sick Pistachio. (sunshine)

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

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)

He Had Fangs. So What? Plenty Of Things Not A Dark-hunter Have Fangs, Including Hollywood Actors And Kids Playing Vampire. You Should Have Checked His Membership Card Before You Attacked. Good Grief, What If You’d Run Across A Masquerade Group?” – Sundown

She Went From Angry To Calm So Fast That He Wondered If She Wasn’t The Ferrari Of Moms. Her Top Speed Had To Be .65 Nanoseconds.’ (nick)

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

What If He Wakes Up Before You Get Home And Steals You Blind? (wayne) Steals What? My Clothes Won’t Fit Him And I Have Nothing Of Any Value. Not Unless He Likes My Peter, Paul, And Mary Collection Anyway. (sunshine)

The Simi Is Environmentally Sound. Eat Everything Except For Hooves

This Is Where Wulf’s People Would Get Drunk And Party For A Week. All Hail The Vikings, Forerunners To The Frat Boys! (chris)

Words Are Easy To Say, But Emotions Betray The Best Intentions.

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