The Nate Temple Series, Box Set 2 Quotes

“Right,” I muttered to myself, impaling the tiny positive-mental-attitude goblin who lived inside the deep, dark, super-black castle fortress of my soul. It was roommates with my silent love for The Sound of Music and cat memes.”
― Shayne Silvers, The Nate Temple Series, Box Set 2

“Almost like I had been pharmaceuticalized. Yeah, I know that’s not a word. But I stand by it.”
― Shayne Silvers, The Nate Temple Series, Box Set 2

“skidded to my knees, spun, and unleashed a wallop of purple power, angled up at the sky. I had practiced this one all by myself, and was proud of it.”
― Shayne Silvers, The Nate Temple Series, Box Set 2

“Sir Muffle Paws darted between my legs before hurling himself up onto a side-table that held a ritzy silver saucer with fresh cream. I rolled my eyes at the opulence granted to the filthy feline.”
― Shayne Silvers, The Nate Temple Series, Box Set 2

“Mallory guffawed. “No, boy. I’m a god. We don’t do clubs.”
― Shayne Silvers, The Nate Temple Series, Box Set 2

“genital relocation surgery in a moving car.”
― Shayne Silvers, The Nate Temple Series, Box Set 2

“What is flesh, if not stardust? Why stretch out an old shirt to fix a hole? Grab a handful of stardust, a kiss of moonbeam, a gut and hook of creation’s chaos, and begin to weave. The void and the dust.”
― Shayne Silvers, The Nate Temple Series, Box Set 2

“Honestly, I can’t take you guys anywhere. Like a herd of toddlers,” she shook her head.”
― Shayne Silvers, The Nate Temple Series, Box Set 2

“We mortals tell children fairy tales not to let them know that monsters exist. They already know that. We tell them fairy tales so they know that monsters can be killed,” I smiled wickedly. “Let’s hear you deal, monster…”
― Shayne Silvers, The Nate Temple Series, Box Set 2

“I had never been a cat person, having Gunnar around made that kind of a non-starter. But I disliked how cats never acted enthusiastic about their pet humans coming home. They didn’t do tricks. And their gaze was accusing, disdainful, and arrogant.”
― Shayne Silvers, The Nate Temple Series, Box Set 2

“Achilles had probably never been called a crybaby. But I didn’t want to tempt fate. “It’s been said that his tears can cure cancer… but he never cries…” Alucard whispered. “No, that’s Chuck Norris,” Tory whispered back softly, sounding distracted.”
― Shayne Silvers, The Nate Temple Series, Box Set 2

“My vampire store manager was surrounded by deadly Christian six-year-olds selling blessed cookies. Oh, boy. As funny as it was, it literally was a problem to him. It was like suddenly being surrounded by a swarm of fire ants after taking an orange juice bath.”
― Shayne Silvers, The Nate Temple Series, Box Set 2

“An estrogen bomb exploded in the car, and everyone began crying, laughing, hugging, and talking all at once.”
― Shayne Silvers, The Nate Temple Series, Box Set 2

“Gunnar stood with ease, turning to face me, and I froze. The front of his boxer-briefs was a giant wolf’s head, with the nose directly where his… look, use your imagination.”
― Shayne Silvers, The Nate Temple Series, Box Set 2

“Then Indie folded, eyes rolling back in her head as she fell from Grimm’s back. Gunnar caught her, barely. He was closer, that was all. And he had been in my way. Still, a small part of me muttered dark thoughts as I saw the giant almost naked man catch and curl up around my fiancée.”
― Shayne Silvers, The Nate Temple Series, Box Set 2

“I looked up to find Death watching me. Which, when said like that, is kind of daunting.”
― Shayne Silvers, The Nate Temple Series, Box Set 2

“The smell of incense filled the space, and monks could be heard murmuring prayers and chants throughout the store, perfecting the Feng Shui of the place.”
― Shayne Silvers, The Nate Temple Series, Box Set 2

“Indie piped up. “Was it just me, or did you really just make us look like Hispanics driving a Prius?”
― Shayne Silvers, The Nate Temple Series, Box Set 2

“He was like Pavlov’s dog. Now, anytime he heard the mail truck he flinched. Big badass vampire scared of the mailman.”
― Shayne Silvers, The Nate Temple Series, Box Set 2

“Alucard had been managing the grand reopening of my arcane bookstore, Plato’s Cave, for the past few weeks. Having earned the disfavor of his fellow vampires by helping me out of a pickle against the Brothers Grimm a few months back, he had found himself… out of work.”
― Shayne Silvers, The Nate Temple Series, Box Set 2

“Like when someone idly mentions you smell like body odor, even if you know you don’t. Because I can promise you one thing… After someone says that, for the next few days, you will constantly be taking a quick, discreet sniff of your pits just to make sure. Because emotion rules reason. The fear of the chance that it was true almost always overpowered your knowledge of the fact that it wasn’t true. Preach.”
― Shayne Silvers, The Nate Temple Series, Box Set 2