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Must Love Hellhounds (The Guardians #5.5)
by
Charlaine Harris,
Nalini Singh (Goodreads Author), Ilona Andrews (Goodreads Author), Meljean Brook (Goodreads Author)
From New York Times bestselling authors Charlaine Harris and Nalini Singh and national bestselling authors Ilona Andrews and Meljean Brook, tales of man’s worst friend...
In these hound-eat-hound worlds, anything goes… and everything bites.
Follow paranormal bodyguards Clovache and Batanya into Lucifer’s realm, where they encounter his fearsome four-legged pets, in Charlain...more
Paperback, 361 pages
Published
September 1st 2009
by Berkley Trade
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Note: This review is only for Ilona Andrews' short story, Magic Mourns.
Length: 90 pages
Actual rating: 3.5 stars
If you liked Andrea and Raphael in Magic Burns and Magic Strikes, this short story is a must read for you. That is, if you can ignore the repulsive cover.
Magic Mourns takes place about six weeks after the events in Magic Strikes and two weeks before the beginning of Magic Bleeds. In Magic Mourns, Andrea, a knight of the Order, must team up with Raphael, a werehyena with romantic feeling...more
Length: 90 pages
Actual rating: 3.5 stars
If you liked Andrea and Raphael in Magic Burns and Magic Strikes, this short story is a must read for you. That is, if you can ignore the repulsive cover.
Magic Mourns takes place about six weeks after the events in Magic Strikes and two weeks before the beginning of Magic Bleeds. In Magic Mourns, Andrea, a knight of the Order, must team up with Raphael, a werehyena with romantic feeling...more
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*** NOTE: This rating is for Nalini Singh's ANGELS' JUDGMENT only! ***
If you're a fan of the Guild Hunter series, you'll want to read this novella. It shows how Sara, NY's Guild Hunters Director, and Deacon, her husband, met and fell in love. Very entertaining story!
If you're a fan of the Guild Hunter series, you'll want to read this novella. It shows how Sara, NY's Guild Hunters Director, and Deacon, her husband, met and fell in love. Very entertaining story!
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The Britlingens Go to Hell by Charlaine Harris: (3 stars)
(Sookie Stackhouse, #9.2)
Two Britlingens named Batanya and Clovache are hired to escort a man from Pardua, named Crick, to Hell in order to retrieve an item he's "misplaced". What's a Britlingen? I have no clue. It's not really explained in the story, so I'm assuming it's explained in a previous Sookie novel that I have yet to read.
This is apparently a story that takes place in the Sookie Stackhouse world. However, it doesn't have Sookie i...more
(Sookie Stackhouse, #9.2)
Two Britlingens named Batanya and Clovache are hired to escort a man from Pardua, named Crick, to Hell in order to retrieve an item he's "misplaced". What's a Britlingen? I have no clue. It's not really explained in the story, so I'm assuming it's explained in a previous Sookie novel that I have yet to read.
This is apparently a story that takes place in the Sookie Stackhouse world. However, it doesn't have Sookie i...more
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Sep 26, 2011
Annie (Under the Covers Book Blog)
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Guild Hunter fans, Nalini Singh fans
Magic Mourns by Ilona Andrews - 4 stars
Kickass h/h. Loved the emphasis on their romance. It somehow made me love them more, if that's even possible. And all the mythology made this novella that much more interesting. Not sure if I liked the change of narration at the end though. But it was good nevertheless.
Favourite Quote:
“I’m game,” Raphael shivered. “I don’t suppose you have any spare clothes?”
“You should have thought of clothes before you decided to go human.”
The sinful smile was back. “I...more
Kickass h/h. Loved the emphasis on their romance. It somehow made me love them more, if that's even possible. And all the mythology made this novella that much more interesting. Not sure if I liked the change of narration at the end though. But it was good nevertheless.
Favourite Quote:
“I’m game,” Raphael shivered. “I don’t suppose you have any spare clothes?”
“You should have thought of clothes before you decided to go human.”
The sinful smile was back. “I...more
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Charlaine Harris: The Britlingens Go to Hell
*2.5 - 3 stars*
Clovache and Batanya made their first appearance in All Together Dead. That book may be my favorite of the Sookie series - the epitome of Vampire Business - and the two bodyguards added an extra layer to our understanding of vampire paranoia. And wealth. Warrior bodyguards from another dimension! From what I recall, the two were highly logical, utterly efficient, and conducted themselves with a detached sort of honor.
In this novella, w...more
*2.5 - 3 stars*
Clovache and Batanya made their first appearance in All Together Dead. That book may be my favorite of the Sookie series - the epitome of Vampire Business - and the two bodyguards added an extra layer to our understanding of vampire paranoia. And wealth. Warrior bodyguards from another dimension! From what I recall, the two were highly logical, utterly efficient, and conducted themselves with a detached sort of honor.
In this novella, w...more
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Magic Mourns is a solid 4.5 star short story about Andrea and Raphael. Just enough action, smexy time and Greek mythology to keep the story intriguing yet fast paced. And we find out some interesting and mysterious information about Curran!!
The Guild Hunter novella, Guild Hunter #1.5, is another solid 4.5 star short story. Loved it!!! Great incite into Elena's BFF Sara and Deacon. So far in the books we haven't seen much of Deacon, so this short story let you get to know him pretty well. And oh...more
The Guild Hunter novella, Guild Hunter #1.5, is another solid 4.5 star short story. Loved it!!! Great incite into Elena's BFF Sara and Deacon. So far in the books we haven't seen much of Deacon, so this short story let you get to know him pretty well. And oh...more
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Jan 25, 2012
Ren
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4 of 5 stars
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4-stars
4 stars... just for Angel's Judgment *g*
For Ilona Andrews, I just read one of her book On the Edge, so I pass Magic Mourns, because it part of Kate Daniels series, and I'm not read it yet (but I will. Soon)
For Meljean Brooks, I'd read her Guardian series and The Iron Duke, but I can't connect with her writing style, so I pass her story too.
For Charlaine Harris, not big fans of her Sookie series, why I read her story? :P
Anyway, I admit that I'm crazy about Guild Hunter series now (found myself...more
For Ilona Andrews, I just read one of her book On the Edge, so I pass Magic Mourns, because it part of Kate Daniels series, and I'm not read it yet (but I will. Soon)
For Meljean Brooks, I'd read her Guardian series and The Iron Duke, but I can't connect with her writing style, so I pass her story too.
For Charlaine Harris, not big fans of her Sookie series, why I read her story? :P
Anyway, I admit that I'm crazy about Guild Hunter series now (found myself...more
4 novellas, all ostensibly about hellhounds somehow.
"The Britlingens Go to Hell" by Charlaine Harris- Sucked, one star story. Pulled the whole volume down a full star. Took me 3 weeks to read it. If you've read the Sookie Stackhouse books, the Britlingens appear there. Frankly, they were different, but not nearly interesting enough to get me into the story. It was only through sheer force of will that I finished it. The link to the theme of the novels was tenuous at best. Basic plot: the 2 Britl...more
"The Britlingens Go to Hell" by Charlaine Harris- Sucked, one star story. Pulled the whole volume down a full star. Took me 3 weeks to read it. If you've read the Sookie Stackhouse books, the Britlingens appear there. Frankly, they were different, but not nearly interesting enough to get me into the story. It was only through sheer force of will that I finished it. The link to the theme of the novels was tenuous at best. Basic plot: the 2 Britl...more
"The Britlingens Go to Hell" by Charlaine Harris was another interesting story from the author! We first met the Britlingens Batanya and Clovache in "All Together Dead" at the Vampire summit in Rhodes as hired bodyguards protecting a high-level vampire King. I enjoyed the brief preview of these characters from that book, and couldn't wait until Ms. Harris wrote about the two again.
In this story, we get to find out about who the Britlingens are in general, and about how they are hired and perform...more
In this story, we get to find out about who the Britlingens are in general, and about how they are hired and perform...more
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Must Love Hellhounds
OR
Yeah Actually The Real Title Covers It
This collection is impressive because all of the stories manage to adhere to the theme and well for that matter! I would say that "Well it's easier to do when you only have four of them" but I've seen some novella collections that didn't go together half as well as this one. Because there's only four, I'll actually discuss each of them.
The Britlengens Go To Hell
An interesting tongue and cheek world. It's a little hard to get emotionally...more
OR
Yeah Actually The Real Title Covers It
This collection is impressive because all of the stories manage to adhere to the theme and well for that matter! I would say that "Well it's easier to do when you only have four of them" but I've seen some novella collections that didn't go together half as well as this one. Because there's only four, I'll actually discuss each of them.
The Britlengens Go To Hell
An interesting tongue and cheek world. It's a little hard to get emotionally...more
The Goodreads author for this book is misleading: it's actually an anthology of four novellas, with Harris' as the lead, but also including stories by Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews and Meljean Brook. The stories are paranormal romance, heavy on the paranormal and light on the romance (which I really like).
(Edit: I see that Goodreads includes all authors on the book page, but not the 'write a review page.' I'll look harder next time!)
My Review:
I would have given it four stars, but I couldn't finish...more
(Edit: I see that Goodreads includes all authors on the book page, but not the 'write a review page.' I'll look harder next time!)
My Review:
I would have given it four stars, but I couldn't finish...more
I don’t read anthologies very often, but once in a while they’re a nice change of pace. I figured I’d love this one because after reading Lori Devoti’s hellhounds series, I fell in love with these evil but lovable dogs. I have to say that I was more disappointed than happy with the majority of the novellas in this anthology. I’ve only read one out of the four authors, Nalini Singh, and she is the standout of the group. The other three don’t even come close to her stellar story.
Magic Mourns by Il...more
Magic Mourns by Il...more
MAGIC MOURNS
No better way to make this short story more special than to receive it from the authors themselves!! I'll certainly cherish the copy!
But that aside, I will review as objectively as possible. Magic Mourns is a short story included in the Must Love Hellhounds anthology that shifts the focus from Kate Daniels to her best friend, Andrea Nash. She's been handling Kate's affairs at her office until she gets a call to investigate a weird three-headed dog that seems to be running free. It tu...more
No better way to make this short story more special than to receive it from the authors themselves!! I'll certainly cherish the copy!
But that aside, I will review as objectively as possible. Magic Mourns is a short story included in the Must Love Hellhounds anthology that shifts the focus from Kate Daniels to her best friend, Andrea Nash. She's been handling Kate's affairs at her office until she gets a call to investigate a weird three-headed dog that seems to be running free. It tu...more
Angel's Judgement by Nalini Singh: 4.5/5 (B+)
Surprisingly, I enjoyed Angel's Judgment much more than I did Angel's Blood. I don't know if it was the characters or the storyline... Perhaps I felt that there was less world building, as a result the focus was more on the storyline and it made it simpler. Anyway, I liked it, I thought it was a solid novella. The characters were well developed and the story was interesting.
I really liked Sara and Deacon, they very interesting characters and they had...more
Surprisingly, I enjoyed Angel's Judgment much more than I did Angel's Blood. I don't know if it was the characters or the storyline... Perhaps I felt that there was less world building, as a result the focus was more on the storyline and it made it simpler. Anyway, I liked it, I thought it was a solid novella. The characters were well developed and the story was interesting.
I really liked Sara and Deacon, they very interesting characters and they had...more
Must Love Hellhounds is a book of four novellas by different authors. My biggest disappointment was that hellhounds didn't have a great deal to do with the first two stories. Yes, yes, the plot in "The Britlingens Go to Hell" turned on hellhound blood, but really any corrosive acid would have done just fine. Honestly, Robin McKinley's "Hellhound" story from the book Fire would have fit in better in this book than the second short story did; "Angel's Judgement" didn't need hellhounds at all for t...more
I loved the stories by Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews, and Meljean Brook. The Charlaine Harris story was good, but not one of my favorites.
"Angel's Judgement" by Nalini Singh was the first I had read by her and resulted in the immediate collection and reading of both her Guild Hunter series and her Psy-Changling series. The story is set right before the first Guild Hunter book takes place. It doesn't go real in depth with the world building, but enough is explained that you aren't left feeling conf...more
"Angel's Judgement" by Nalini Singh was the first I had read by her and resulted in the immediate collection and reading of both her Guild Hunter series and her Psy-Changling series. The story is set right before the first Guild Hunter book takes place. It doesn't go real in depth with the world building, but enough is explained that you aren't left feeling conf...more
This was a pretty good selection of writings. Despite the title not all of the stories featured Hellhounds; but all of them did include Hellhounds a little bit. My favorite stories were "Magic Mourns" by Ilona Andrews and "Blind Spot" by Meljean Brook. I am a big Ilona Andrews fan and this story doesn't disappoint. Meljean Brook's story was a surprise for me. I though Harris's story was written in kind of an amateurish style and was my least favorite. Singh's story was a bit too much of a romanc...more
This anthology was a lot of fun, and once again, I got three good – even great – stories and one so-so. I picked up the anthology because I was enjoying the Kate Daniels stories by Ilona Andrews, and there’s a story from that world in here. Also, I regularly enjoy the many worlds of Charlaine Harris.
Turns out I found two new writers to investigate, but the Harris story was very forgettable. The easiest way to describe it is, it felt like she was under an obligation to come up with something, and...more
Turns out I found two new writers to investigate, but the Harris story was very forgettable. The easiest way to describe it is, it felt like she was under an obligation to come up with something, and...more
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Must Love Hellhounds by Charlaine Harris. Nalini Singh, Nona Andrews and Andrea Nash
Romance Anthology – September 1, 2009
Must Love Hellhounds is a set of four short novelettes that contains a balance of paranormal, adventure, and spice.
The Britlingens Go To Hell by Charlaine Harris
4 Stars
Once the monetary terms of Batanya and Clovache’s contract are met, Crick is more open to revealing the job for which he has hired them. They are to be dispatched to a realm of Hell, retrieve a prized artifact...more
Romance Anthology – September 1, 2009
Must Love Hellhounds is a set of four short novelettes that contains a balance of paranormal, adventure, and spice.
The Britlingens Go To Hell by Charlaine Harris
4 Stars
Once the monetary terms of Batanya and Clovache’s contract are met, Crick is more open to revealing the job for which he has hired them. They are to be dispatched to a realm of Hell, retrieve a prized artifact...more
In 'The Britlingens Go To Hell' by Charlaine Harris, you get to step into hell zone with two bodyguards for hire. Trapped in a cell with huge, fearsome hellhounds as the guards, the two girls have to find a way out. They have to get to the one that hired them before something happens to him. After all "the customers word is law".
In 'Angel's Judgment' by Nalini Singh, vampire-tracker Sara is soon to be guild-director. But there is a rogue guild member on the loose, and he's killing vampires with...more
In 'Angel's Judgment' by Nalini Singh, vampire-tracker Sara is soon to be guild-director. But there is a rogue guild member on the loose, and he's killing vampires with...more
I liked this! It's a collection of 4 novellas. 2 were by authors I have read before, 2 were by authors I hadn't...
The first is a story by Charlaine Harris (Southern Vampire series). Meh. This was just OK. By far the weakest in the book.
Second was a story by Nalini Singh, whom I've not read before. I liked it, it was easy to read, paced just right for a short story, with memorable worldbuilding and good characters. I might read more of her books in the future.
Third is a story by Ilona Andrews set...more
The first is a story by Charlaine Harris (Southern Vampire series). Meh. This was just OK. By far the weakest in the book.
Second was a story by Nalini Singh, whom I've not read before. I liked it, it was easy to read, paced just right for a short story, with memorable worldbuilding and good characters. I might read more of her books in the future.
Third is a story by Ilona Andrews set...more
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I'm not really one to pick up anthologies but seeing as though I have to wait at least until June for the next Kate Daniels book, Magic Bleeds, I made a special exception in the case of Ilona Andrews novella Magic Mourns in the Must Love Hellhounds anthology. Usually I'm not a huge novella fan simply because I don't think the format can adequately give an author the time or space needed to truly maneuver characters into a engrossing story. Inevitably, letdown occurs and I'm left dissatisfied. Bu...more
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preordered this one because this anthology of four paranormal stories featuring hellhounds has a couple authors I like in it.
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1) Magic Mourns by Ilona Andrews: This is the third story in the anthology but I read it first. :)
The Premise: This is a story set in the same world as the Kate Daniel series, but this time the first person narrator is Kate's best friend, Andrea. Andrea is filling in for Kate one day, when a call comes in about a member of th...more
preordered this one because this anthology of four paranormal stories featuring hellhounds has a couple authors I like in it.
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1) Magic Mourns by Ilona Andrews: This is the third story in the anthology but I read it first. :)
The Premise: This is a story set in the same world as the Kate Daniel series, but this time the first person narrator is Kate's best friend, Andrea. Andrea is filling in for Kate one day, when a call comes in about a member of th...more
Charlaine Harris's The Britlingens Go to Hell - you've got to admire a story that can do a credible hob of combining magic, Hell, Amelia Earhart, Narcissus and [of course:] hellhounds. These are NOT lovable hellhounds.
Angels' Judgment - Nalini Singh - Although it stood well enough on it's own, I got the distinct impression there were nuances I was missing because I haven't read the Guild Hunter books yet. The hellhound had only a small part - as the original junkyard dog...
Magic Mourns - Ilona A...more
Angels' Judgment - Nalini Singh - Although it stood well enough on it's own, I got the distinct impression there were nuances I was missing because I haven't read the Guild Hunter books yet. The hellhound had only a small part - as the original junkyard dog...
Magic Mourns - Ilona A...more
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I loved Andrews's story, and "Blind Spot" was fun- and the only one in the book where people actually DID love a hellhound!
Harris's was fun, too, though it was a pretty straightforward fantasy with only incidental hellhounds.
I wasn't too fond of Singh's story; that sort of "erotic tension" where people can hardly keep their hands off each other after first glimpsing the other usually seems silly and overdone to me, especially when there's no time to get to know them at all. Also, totally incide...more
Harris's was fun, too, though it was a pretty straightforward fantasy with only incidental hellhounds.
I wasn't too fond of Singh's story; that sort of "erotic tension" where people can hardly keep their hands off each other after first glimpsing the other usually seems silly and overdone to me, especially when there's no time to get to know them at all. Also, totally incide...more
I got this from the library so I could read the Kate Daniels story, but I like Charlaine Harris's work so I read that one too. Then I decided to read the others...
I've never read a Harris short story despite how much I like the Sookie Stackhouse books because I used to have to buy all my "lite" reading and I never buy multi-author anthologies. So even though this story didn't involve Sookie at all, I enjoyed it. The Britlingens' dimension wasn't as different as I'd assumed when we first came acr...more
I've never read a Harris short story despite how much I like the Sookie Stackhouse books because I used to have to buy all my "lite" reading and I never buy multi-author anthologies. So even though this story didn't involve Sookie at all, I enjoyed it. The Britlingens' dimension wasn't as different as I'd assumed when we first came acr...more
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This book consists of four unrelated novellas, each featuring hellhounds. The first is by Charlaine Harris, and features two interdimensional bodyguards (who also make an appearance in one of her Sookie Stackhouse novels) who are sent on a mission to Hell. The story was very entertaining, the protagonists likeable badasses, and I enjoyed a surprise appearance by Amelia Earhart. The second novella, by Nalini Singh, concerns angels, vampires, and humans sent by angels to hunt the vampires. I didn'...more
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Charlaine Harris has been a published novelist for over twenty-five years. A native of the Mississippi Delta, she grew up in the middle of a cotton field. Now she lives in southern Arkansas with her husband, her three children, three dogs, and a duck. The duck stays outside.
Though her early output consisted largely of ghost stories, by the time she hit college (Rhodes, in Memphis) Charlaine was wr...more
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“Look under the passenger seat in a black plastic bin. There should be a book.”
Raphael hopped out, dug under the seat, and pulled out a dog-eared copy of The Almanac of Mystical Creatures.
“Got it,” I said into the phone.
“Page seventy-six.”
Raphael flipped the book open and held it up. On the left page a lithograph showed a three-headed dog with a serpent for a tail. The caption under the picture said CERBERUS.
“Is that your dog?” Kate asked.
“Could be. How the heck did you know the exact page?”
“I have perfect memory!”
I snorted.
She sighed into the phone.
“I spilled coffee on that page and had to leave the book open to dry it out. It always opens to that entry now.”
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Raphael hopped out, dug under the seat, and pulled out a dog-eared copy of The Almanac of Mystical Creatures.
“Got it,” I said into the phone.
“Page seventy-six.”
Raphael flipped the book open and held it up. On the left page a lithograph showed a three-headed dog with a serpent for a tail. The caption under the picture said CERBERUS.
“Is that your dog?” Kate asked.
“Could be. How the heck did you know the exact page?”
“I have perfect memory!”
I snorted.
She sighed into the phone.
“I spilled coffee on that page and had to leave the book open to dry it out. It always opens to that entry now.”
“Outside I hopped into our vehicle, the taint of vampiric magic clinging to me like greasy smoke.
“I feel soiled.”
“Like walking into a room after a day of work, falling into bed, and realizing the sheets are covered in cold K-Y jelly,” Raphael said.
I just stared at him.
“With a funky smell,” he added.
My Order conditioning failed me. “Ew.”
Raphael grinned.
“I‟m not even going to ask if that‟s happened to you.”
I started the vehicle. “Has that happened to you?”
“Yes.”
Ew. “Where?”
“In the bouda house. I was really tired and you‟ve seen that place: everything smells like sex . . .”
“I don‟t want to know.” I peeled out of the parking lot.
"So where are we going?”
“To Spider Lynn‟s house. We‟re going to dig through her trash, and if that doesn‟t work, we‟ll do some breaking and entering.”
Raphael frowned. “Do you know where she lives?”
“Yes. I memorized the addresses of all the Masters of the Dead in the city. I have a lot of time on my hands.”
He squinted at me, looking remarkably like a gentleman pirate from my favorite romance
novels. “What else do you store in your head?”
“This and that. I remember the first thing you ever said to me. You know, when you carried me from the cart into the tub so your mother could fix me.”
“I imagine it was something very romantic,” he said. “Something along the lines of „I‟ve got you‟ or „I won‟t let you die.‟
“I was bleeding in the bathtub, trying to realign my bones, and my hyena glands voided from the pain. You said, „Don‟t worry, we have an excellent filtration system.‟”
The look on his face was priceless.
“That can‟t be the first thing.”
“It was.”
We drove in silence.
“About the K-Y,” Raphael said.
“I don‟t want to know!‟
“Once I washed it out of my hair—”
“Raphael, why are you doing this?”
“I want to make you go "Ew‟ again.”
“Why in the world would you want to do that?”
“It‟s an irrepressible male impulse. It just has to be done. As I was saying, once I washed it out—”
“Raphael!”
“No, wait, you‟ll like the next part.”
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“I feel soiled.”
“Like walking into a room after a day of work, falling into bed, and realizing the sheets are covered in cold K-Y jelly,” Raphael said.
I just stared at him.
“With a funky smell,” he added.
My Order conditioning failed me. “Ew.”
Raphael grinned.
“I‟m not even going to ask if that‟s happened to you.”
I started the vehicle. “Has that happened to you?”
“Yes.”
Ew. “Where?”
“In the bouda house. I was really tired and you‟ve seen that place: everything smells like sex . . .”
“I don‟t want to know.” I peeled out of the parking lot.
"So where are we going?”
“To Spider Lynn‟s house. We‟re going to dig through her trash, and if that doesn‟t work, we‟ll do some breaking and entering.”
Raphael frowned. “Do you know where she lives?”
“Yes. I memorized the addresses of all the Masters of the Dead in the city. I have a lot of time on my hands.”
He squinted at me, looking remarkably like a gentleman pirate from my favorite romance
novels. “What else do you store in your head?”
“This and that. I remember the first thing you ever said to me. You know, when you carried me from the cart into the tub so your mother could fix me.”
“I imagine it was something very romantic,” he said. “Something along the lines of „I‟ve got you‟ or „I won‟t let you die.‟
“I was bleeding in the bathtub, trying to realign my bones, and my hyena glands voided from the pain. You said, „Don‟t worry, we have an excellent filtration system.‟”
The look on his face was priceless.
“That can‟t be the first thing.”
“It was.”
We drove in silence.
“About the K-Y,” Raphael said.
“I don‟t want to know!‟
“Once I washed it out of my hair—”
“Raphael, why are you doing this?”
“I want to make you go "Ew‟ again.”
“Why in the world would you want to do that?”
“It‟s an irrepressible male impulse. It just has to be done. As I was saying, once I washed it out—”
“Raphael!”
“No, wait, you‟ll like the next part.”
