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Yes, He’s A Good Boy. Never Been In Trouble At School And He’s On The Honor Roll. Captain Of The Football Team. All-around Psycho Serial Killer Who Hides Bodies In The Fridge Whenever His Parents Go Out Of Town. (nick) I Also Eat Babies For Breakfast And Torture Small Animals For Fun. My Therapist Says I’m Making Real Progress Though. (caleb)

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Sherrilyn Kenyon

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Yes, He’s A Good Boy. Never Been In Trouble At School And He’s On The Honor Roll. Captain Of The Football Team. All-around Psycho Serial Killer Who Hides Bodies In The Fridge Whenever His Parents Go Out Of Town. (nick) I Also Eat Babies For Breakfast And Torture Small Animals For Fun. My Therapist Says I’m Making Real Progress Though. (caleb)

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You Have To Learn To Smile Through Your Pain. Sometimes It’s All We Got.

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If Brute Force Doesn't Work, You Aren't Using Enough

If I Want To Play Mind Games, I'd Buy A Rubik's Cube. ~ Acheron, A Character.

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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)

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You Want Something To Drink?” – Nick “human Blood Would Be Fabulous. But Since I Doubt You’re Donating, Let Me Suffer For A Minute Longer.” – Caleb

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I Am The Earl Of Ravensmoor. And You Are? (sparhawk) Totally Freaking Out. (taryn) Tis A Most Peculiar Name, Milady. Are You By Chance Welsh? (sparhawk)

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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)

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There Will Never Be Peace Between Us. Ever. You Shattered Any Hope Of It When You Watched Your Brother Kill Me And Refused To Speak Up On My Behalf. (acheron) I Was Afraid. (artemis) And I Was Butchered And Gutted On The Floor Like An Animal Sacrifice. Excuse Me If I Don’t Feel Your Pain. I’m Too Busy With My Own. (acheron)

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

You Were First-string Running Back Last Year. What Happened?” – Coach “stone’s Mouth Happened. It Needed To Be Closed, And I Was A Little Too Obliging To Shut It.” – Nick

Life Has A Way Of Breaking Even The Strongest Among Us.

So How Do You Know Him? (shahara) I Knocked On His Door One Day And Said, ‘hi, I’m Here To Rob You. Hope You Don’t Mind. Oh, And By The Way, Will You Be My Friend?’ (syn)

Sebastos Eudorus Parthenopaeus. He Is Really Going To Hate Us When He Has To Learn To Spell All That.” – Acheron

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)

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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.

What? Had A Dry Spell Of Killing People Lately? (susan) As A Matter Of Fact, Yes. If It Doesn’t End Soon, I Might Get Out Of Practice. (otto)

But One Thing I Realized With My Brother Is That You Can’t Toss Your Pearls Before The Swine. I Think That’s Why My Mother Insisted You Give Anonymously. The Instant Anyone Sees That You’re Kind And Giving, They Immediately Take Advantage Of It. They Seem To Mistake Kindness For Weakness And Giving For Stupidity. (aiden)

She’s My Wife. (stryker) Was. You Seem To Have Forgotten An Important Verb Tense. (zephyra)

Even If He Doesn’t Eat, He Knows The Cookies. I’ll Bet His Mother Stuffed Him Full As A Kid. (tory) Not Really. My Mom Wasn’t The Betty Crocker Kind. (acheron) (not Unless It Involved Napalm Or Plagues.)

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

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I'm A Gunfighter, Jim, Not A Demonologist." Sin Moved Past Him So That He Could Burn The Body O N The Ground. "nice Bones Impression. Roddenberry Would Be Proud.

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Which Is Why You Deal With Demons. (acheron) Who Are Even More Pathetic Than Humans When You Think About It. Personally, I’d Rather Play Video Games. Wouldn’t It Be Great If We Could Suck The Souls Of The People We Hated Into The Box, Shoot Them Down And Then Dance On Their Entrails? (jaden)

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

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

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By The Way, Don’t Breathe On The Upholstery Or I May Have To Gut You. (nick)

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)

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Why Is It When I’m The One Shot, I’m A Baby, But When It’s You, It’s A Matter Of Life And Death And National Security? (joe) Because I’m Cuter In A Short Skirt. (tee)

The Fork Was Invented Sometime In The Fifteenth Century, I Believe.” “really?” She Asked. “were You There?” His Features Blank, He Looked Up And Asked, “what, For The Invention Of The Fork Or The Fifteenth Century?

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

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

Don’t You Have A Girlfriend Or Family You’d Rather Be With? (geary) Only Solin, And Honestly, He’s Not This Soft. Even If He Was, It’d Be Gross. (arik)

Your Destiny Is Shaped By Choice, Never By Chance. Beware The Decisions You Make, No Matter How Small, For They Will Be Your Salvation...or Your Death.

Decisions You Make

Where Are My Guards? (wulf) Oh, One Is Right Here, But He’s Not Feeling Very Talkative. Death Has A Way Of Making Even The Chattiest Of People Rather Quite. As For The Other…he’s…oh, Wait, Dead Now. (stryker)

Then Shut Up Or Grab A Sword And Come Help. (takeshi) Is That A Challenge? (savitar) It Would Be If I Didn’t Know For A Fact That You’re Too Lazy To Rise To One. (takeshi)

I Am Darkness. I Am Shadow. I Am The Ruler Of The Night. I, Alone, Stand Between Mankind And Those Who Would See Mankind Destroyed. I Am The Guardian. The Soulless Keeper. Neither Human, Nor Apollite, I Exist Beyond The Realm Of The Living, Beyond The Realm Of The Dead. I Am The Dark-hunter. And I Am Eternal…unless I Find That One Pure Heart Who Will Never Betray Me. The One Whose Faith And Courage Can Return My Soul To Me And Bring Me Back Into The Light. (dark-hunter Creed)

But Don’t Ever Let Yourself Forget That The Person You Care About Fills An Emptiness No One Else Ever Has And That While Life With Them Can Seriously Suck At Times, Those Moments When It Doesn’t Are Worth All The Aggravation Of Falling Into The Toilet And Getting Soaked When You’re Half Asleep.

You Keep Talking Like That, Vane, And I Might Be Forced To Keep You.” “you Keep Looking At Me Like That, And I Just Might Let You.

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

Now Leave. (adron) Why Would I Want To Do That? I Mean, Heaven Forbid I Should Be Around Someone Who Actually Likes Me. It’s So Much More Fun To Be Here With You Insulting My Manhood And Questioning My Parentage Every Five Seconds. (tiernan)

Wake Up, Astrid. Your Psychotic Criminal Is Playing With Knives. (sasha)

I Suggest You Leave. Now. (nykyrian) (the Would-be Attackers Flee.) Had You Said ‘boo,’ I Think They Would Have Wet Themselves. (kiara)

While Books Provided Me With Some Escape From The Mental And Physical Horrors Of My Early Life, They Were Unreliable. Many Times The Protagonists Suffered Terribly And Then Died At The End.

Sorrow Spares No One, And Scars Respect No Person.

What’s In That Backpack, By The Way? You’re Always Guarding It Like It Holds National Security Secrets Or Something. (tory) Dirty Underwear. (acheron)

Forgiveness Is The Best Part Of Valor...discretion Is Easy. It's Finding The Courage To Forgive Yourself And Others That Is Hard. [acheron]

Forgive Yourself

Let’s At Least Hope It’s Not A Gallu. Why? They’re Not All Bad, In A Smelly, Need-to-be-killed Kind Of Way.

Charonte Are Guarding A Dimme? Is The World Coming To An End And I Missed The Memo? (stryker)

You Were Impaled? (delphine) You Know The Worst Part About Impalement? You Don’t Die Immediately. You Hang On Bleeding And Aching As The Spike Works Its Way Slowly Through Your Body Until It Pierces Some Major Organ. Pray To The Gods You Worship That You Never Know What That Feels Like. (jericho)

Ah, Man. (talon) What? (wulf) Friggin’ Fabio Alert. (talon) Hey, You’re Not Too Far From The Mark Either, Blondie. (wulf) Bite Me, Viking. (talon)

You Know, I Would Date If I Could Find A Man Worth Shaving My Legs For. But Most Are Such A Waste Of Time That I’d Rather Sit At Home And Watch Reruns Of Hee Haw.

No Problem, But Just Know That No One Steals From Nero. He Knows Who You Are And He Will Hunt You Down And Make You Pay In Ways You Can’t Imagine – Including This Whole Brain Squeeze Thing He Does That Will Leave You With A Migraine So Bad, You’ll Wish You Could Bleed Out Your Eyes To Stop The Pain. He’s Nasty That Way. (syn)

You Have To Remember That What We’re Dealing With Here Are Sumerian Gallu Demons. The Next To The Lowest Form Of Demon On The Demon Food Chain. They’re Simple Demons Really. Lowly. You Know…morons. (jaden)

Yeah, I Wish I Could Have Stayed Awake Long Enough To See Your Face When I Changed Over. (wren) No, You Don’t. I Assure You, It Wasn’t Pretty. (maggie) There’s Never Anything About You That Isn’t Pretty, Maggie. You’re The Most Beautiful Woman I’ve Ever Seen. (wren)

Shut Up, Sit Down, And Read. (tory) Please? (acheron) You Need Something? (tory) You To Be Polite To Me, Ms. I Own The World- Now Do What I Say You Pathetic Pleb. (acheron) You Don’t Strike Me As The Kind Of Guy Who Takes Orders Anyway. (tory) Yes, But A Simple Please Goes A Long Way. I’m The One Doing You A Favor Here. (acheron) Fine. Please Sit Down, Shut Up, And Read. (tory)

I Wonder Why No One Called The Police About The Rocket Launcher? God Knows My Neighbors Usually Report It If I So Much As Fart In My Backyard. (bubba)

Don’t Cry For Me, Grace. I’m Not Worth It. (julian) Yes You Are! (grace) You Are My Saving Grace. Without You, I Would Never Have Known Love. And I Would Never Have Known Me Again. (julian)

Things Are Always Given To Us When We Need Them... You Just Have To Decide If You're Strong Enough, Brave Enough, To Seize It And Make It Yours. (acheron)

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

Don’t Worry About It. We’re Used To Being Told To Go Screw Ourselves. And That’s From The People Who Actually Like Us. You Should Hear What Our Enemies Say. (nykyrian)

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

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)

Mistakes Don't Have To Define Us. They're How We Learn And Grow. They Show Us Who And What We Don't Want To Be. It's Why They're Mistakes.

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)

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)

Honey, You Need To Get Laid. (selena) Why Don’t You Speak A Little Louder, Lanie? I Don’t Think The Guys In Canada Were Able To Hear You. (grace) Oh, I Don’t Know. They’re Probably Headed South Even As We Speak. (waiter)

We Don’t Have To Do This. I Can Fight Coyote. We Have The Ability To Defeat Him.” – Sundown “are You Out Of Your Effing Mind? Hello? Where Have You Been For The Last Two Days? I Want Whatever Screwed-up Glasses You’re Looking Through. ’cause From Where I’ve Been Standing, We’ve Been Getting Our Asses Seriously Kicked Around The Block. Up A Few Stairs And Down Again.” – Sasha

Can You Take Human Form In Daylight? (talon) Obviously So. Ever Tried To Answer A Phone Without Opposable Thumbs? (vane)

These Are Used Solely For Blood Rites. (leo) Is That Like Special Ed? (susan)

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.

The Point Is, Sin Is Now Going To Try To Overthrow Me Again And Take My Place. Do You Know What That Means? (artemis) There Will Be Much Rejoicing? (kat)

His Guilt Is Why Acheron Went Out Of His Way To Make Sure That All Of You Had Servants And Pay For Your Work. The Dark-hunters Owe That Man Everything, And I Do Mean Everything. He Pays In Blood Every Time One Of You Wants To Go Free, And He Suffers Every Day So That You Can All Live Your Cushy Little Lives Of Wealth And Privilege.” … “and I Have To Say That Every Time One Of Your Turns On Him, It Seriously Pisses Me Off. Acheron Asks Nothing From Any Of You And That’s Exactly What He Receives.

Because I Cursed Him To It. (acheron) Be Glad I’m Not Physically There Or I’d Slap You Upside The Head. You Know How Free Will Works, So Stop The Whining And Get Off The Cross. Someone Needs The Wood. (savitar)

Do You Want My Input Or Is This Just An Angry Tirade You Need To Vent? (acheron) Both! (kat) Okay, You Rant And I’ll Add My Comments At The End. (acheron)

There’s A Human Out There Who Is Killing Off Dark-hunters, And Someone Needs To Stop Them.” – Andy “well, That’s Just Plain Rude.” – Sundown

There’s No Reason For You To Know All That About Me. My Memories Have Never Served Good To Anyone. (acheron)

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

Modus In Rebus There Must Be An End Of Things.

Let Me Guess. The Big One Is Due In On The North Shore? (dante) Yes. So Let’s Make This Quick. I Have A Board, A Wave, And A Babe With My Name On Them And I Would Like To Take Advantage Of All Three. (savitar)

What Are You Doing Out Here? (gallagher) Not Much. Akri Is Off With That Red-headed Demon So He Said I Could Go Play Just So Long As I Don’t Eat Nothing Not Cooked By A Human. But All My Favorite Places Are Closed So I Thought I’d Go Find The Bears Myself And See If Jose, Since He’s Human, Would Make Me Up Something Good That Wouldn’t Make Akri Mad If I Ate It. (simi)

You Aren’t Old Enough To Have Such Regrets.” “pain Doesn’t Respect Age, My Lady.

It Was One Of The Few Places Where Someone Remembered His Name. Yeah, Okay, So He Felt Like Sam Malone On Cheers, But There Was No Norm Or Cliff Sitting At The Bar Here. More Like Spike And Switchblade.’ (wulf)

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

You Like Rock? Little Boy, I’m Not Your Friend. I’m Not Your Dark-hunter And I’m Not Your Friggin’ Date. You Only Speak To Me When I Ask You A Question. Otherwise You Keep Your Mouth Shut, Your Eyes Off Me, And You Might Live Long Enough To Get Me To The French Quarter. (zarek)

We’ve Come To Kill Zarek Of Moesia, And If You Get In Our Way, Little Girl, We’re Going To Kill You. (otto) I’ll Be Damned. He Speaks. Or Rather Growls. (jess) But Not For Long If He Doesn’t Watch His Mouth. For The Record, Squire, It Would Take More Man Than You To Even Scratch Me. (syra) I Live For A Woman Who Scratches. Just Make Sure You Keep It On The Back, Baby. I Don’t Like Scars. (otto)

You Need To Modulate That Unwarranted Ire, Buddy. I'm Not Your 'ho And You Ain't My Pimp

Jess! Oh My God! Oh My God! Oh My God! Are You All Right? Are You Alive? Did I Hurt You? Jess? Can You Speak?” – Abigail “yeah, I Can Talk. But I Kind Of Like The Attention You’re Giving Me. You Want To Grope A Little Lower, It’d Be Even Better.” – Sundown

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)

Oh Yeah, This Was So Comforting. Like A Porcupine In A Condom Factory.’ (danger)

I’m Going To Make The Wildly Unfounded Assumption That Satara’s Dead By Your Hand And Not Tory’s. Now, Stay With Me On This, Cajun. My Father Slit My Throat And Murdered My Wife Because He Thought I’d Betrayed Him By Getting Married. Before That, He Loved Me More Than His Life And I Was His Last Surviving Child. His Second In Command. Now What Do You Think He’s Going To Do To You Once He Sees Her Body? I Can Assure You, It Won’t Be A Fun-filled Trip To Chuck E. Cheese. (urian)

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)

Oh, Come On. I Have To Know About The Who-do Voodoo That You Do. (nick)

Where Am I? (nick) Hospital. (kyrian) Really? No Kidding? And Here I Thought I Was At Mcdonald’s. (nick)

You Woke Up On The Wrong Side Of The Oak Tree, Didn’t You? (acheron)

He Looked Down At Her. "have You Found That Peace?" Yes, She Had. But It Was So Corny And Cliched That She Couldn't Bring Herself To Admit It. "a Wise Man Once Told Me That Peace Has To Come From Within. We Have To Learn To Like Ourselves Before We Can Find Our Place In The World.

You Missed With Me So Close? What? You Failed Your Assassin Training Classes? Did You Even Bother To Show Up? Or Are You Just That Incompetent? (syn)

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

No Stops Are Ever Inserted In Acts Of Parliament, Or In Deeds; But The Courts Of Law, In Construing Them, Must Read Them With Such Stops As Will Give Effect To The Whole.

I’d Rather Be Vindictive Than Smart. (solin)

Did They Launch The Last Space Shuttle Yet?” – Sundown “i Don’t Follow.” – Ren “i’m Just Thinking Maybe We Should Evacuate The Whole Planet. I’ve Heard The Moon Is Kind Of Nice This Time Of Year.” – Sundown “focus Your Add, Jess.” – Ren “i Gotcha, Brother. What You’re Forecasting Is Six More Plagues Coming Out Of The Northwest At Maximum Velocity With A Mild Chance Of Survival. Followed By The World Getting Swallowed Whole In A Vat Of Evil.” – Sundown

Ash Paused As He Entered The House To Find The Three Women Lined Up And... Singing To... Dear Gods, Anything But This. "fergilicious." All He Needed Was For Simi To Be Here And Off-key With Them Since It Was Her Favorite Song And He'd Spent The Better Part Of The Last Year Cursing Whoever Was Dumb Enough To Introduce That Song To A Hormonal Teenaged Demon. Worst Part? Simi Wanted Him To Call Her Similicious.

Akri Hides From No One. He Don’t Need To. Anyone Hurt My Akri, I Eat Them. (simi)

You Don’t Knock On The Devil’s Door, Boy, Unless You Want Him To Answer. (ravyn)

It's Been A Full Week Since She Left And All You've Done Is Sulk Like A Dying Cow"(kish) Dying Cows Don't Sulk." (sin) How Do You Know? Do You Make It A Habit To Hang Around Dying Cows?" (kish)

She’s Special. We Used To Unleash Her On Ancient Battlefields Just To See Soldiers Chop Their Best Friends Into Pieces Before Falling On Their Own Swords. (deimos)

Don’t Start On That. When I Offered You Her Gifts, You Told Me To Shove Them Straight Up My Back Orifice. (eros)

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

All Right, The Pendulum Isn’t Working. Sometimes You Need An Accelerant To Help It.” – Death “like Gasoline?” – Nick “yes, Nick. We’re Going To Set The Book And Your Pendulum On Fire And Then Use Them ’cause We’re Just That Intelligent.” – Death

Grim Sighed Heavily. "i Swear I'm Getting A Migraine." "my Mom Suffers From Those A Lot, Too." "being Around You, I Imagine She Does.

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)

For Our People, Butterflies Are A Symbol Of Hope. It's Said That If You Capture One In Your Hands And Whisper Your Dreams To It, It Will Carry Them Up To The Heavens So That The Wish Can Be Granted.

For A Woman Who Can Handle Herself So Well In A Fight, I Can’t Believe You Got Taken Out By A Defenseless Doorjamb. (ravyn) Given The Size Of My Goose Egg, I Would Argue The Defenseless Part. That Doorjamb Has A Mean Left Hook.(susan)

May The Gods Have Mercy On Whoever Pisses Them Off, Because Zarek And Jericho Will Have None For Them. (madoc) You’d Better Be Glad I’m Flattered By That. Otherwise I’d Gut You. (zarek) Ditto. (jericho)

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)

You Would Kill Or Enslave Everyone? There Is So Much Beauty In The World That They’d Destroy. How Do You Not See It? (delphine) Spoken Like Someone Who Has Only Lived In The Cushioned World Of Dreams. You Have No Idea What The Real World Is Like. What People Will Do To You When They Know They Can Get Away With It. People Are Absolutely Cruel And I Say More Power To Noir For Tearing It Down. (jericho)

Why’d He Call You?” – Sundown “my Charming Personality.” – Zarek

I’ve Even Delivered A Few Of Their Babies. (wulf) Really? (cassandra) Oh, Yeah. You Have To Love The Days Before Modern Roads, And Hospitals When I Was Up To My Elbows In Placenta. (wulf)

In Your Palms, I’ve Placed My Life, My Secrets. I Give You Freedom To Leave Me At Any Time. I’m Not Easy To Love. No One Ever Has. All I Ask Is That You Always Keep Your Silence, If Not For Me, Then For The Families Of The Others You’d Destroy. (nykyrian)

See... I Knew Baby Marissa Was Quality People, Look How She's Eating The Head Off The Red-headed Artemis Doll. Simi Need To Teach Her To Belch Fire, Then Introduce Her To The Real Heifer-goddess Herself(simi)

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

Everyone Wants Someone They Can Hold And Love. Someone Who Will Be There To Help Pick Up The Pieces When Everything Falls Apart. (acheron)

...it Is By Our Actions That We Are Destroyed Or Saved. The Choice Is Ours.

You’re Being Remanded Into Gourish Custody…dead. (a Partini) ‘cause Let’s Face It, Dead Was Just Easier. Or So They Thought.’ (syn)

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