Born in Fire (Fire and Ice Trilogy, #1)
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horizontal ugly dance,
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I looked human but didn’t smell it,
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“You’re an asshole, but you’re my asshole.”
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“Men aren’t islands because they want someone to do all the domestic stuff for them.” I peeled back the canvas, realizing it was a sack. “They leave their islands for the promise of a lazier future. But there are a bunch of women islands. We’d rather be alone than take on the role of life secretary and housemaid.” Or so my mother had always said. I wouldn’t know.
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Sometimes I forgot how crazy I sounded.
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“All girls have secrets.”
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They were holding money in front of me like a carrot to a donkey.
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“I have never, in all my years, seen someone do as you are doing, Reagan.”
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It’s a strange phobia, but it’s mine.”
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“Sometimes, you seem so naive, almost useless, in your approach. Other times, like now, you are truly eye-opening, Reagan Somerset. It’s like beholding a goddess. I almost can’t believe you’ve touched down in the world of mortals.”
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my lovely Reagan. So much passion. So much fire. Come. Let me taste you.”
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“I am quite aroused, Reagan. Vampires my age usually only feel this way when we are feeding, and we only feed once in a great while. I should’ve been sated for months. But instead, I am harder than I can remember being. I want to be inside you, Reagan, while tasting the sweet nectar of your veins.”
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Magic has great perks, but with it comes great pitfalls.”
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“Do humans find you humorous?” We passed the first circular area. I could still see the disturbance of our tracks. That was a good sign. “Yes. Well, they don’t laugh out loud, but I’m pretty sure they laugh inside.”
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“Then hell would be invited to earth, and the seas would boil in the blood of the lost.”
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Having a friend, regardless of her age and liberal take on screwing and killing vampires, would be welcomed.
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I grimaced, but refrained from mentioning that the flowers weren’t alive, not anymore. In essence, he was surrounding himself with fresh death.
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Think of me as a stray cat that you are hesitant to feed lest I stay, but you pity me enough to toss me a few scraps. Seriously.
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“I will screw you, yes. Very softly at first, until you are mewling and writhing. Then, when you beg me just right, I will screw you hard, deeply, until you are screaming for holy damnation. I will be the only thing you think about for the rest of your life.”
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Once she submits, so do I. We form a bond, for a time. Pleasure is shared between us, as is power. The two components wrap us up and block out our surroundings, heightening the feeling. The taste.”
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“Nope. No crack in here. Not even any weed. I’m naturally this crazy.”
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crazy is as crazy does.”
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They upset the natural flow of energy. Only if they fully trust each other, and themselves, can they benefit from a boost in power. That’s why dual mages, the yin and yang of magic, are very rare.”
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“Spells don’t have ears.
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You’re crazy, that’s why. You can always count on crazy.”
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The right-hand corner held the object of the dick pic, Mr. Dick himself. Darius was still tied to a stake with a pile of store-bought fire logs piled around his feet. Chuckles bubbled up inside me at the absurdity.
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“Who has two thumbs and brought a gun to a magic fight? This girl!”
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No smoke; it burned hot and smelled sweet, my calling card.