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thomas stood , hoping the time for answers had come-or maybe hoping for a distraction from his gloomy thoughts . |
he knows the knife he 's holding against my throat is sharper than any i can hold against his . |
do n't draw attention to yourselves ; do n't engage with anyone . |
if anybody expected me to throw myself in his lap , they were going to be disappointed . |
her heart rolled over in one unstoppable fall . |
`` stop interrupting me , barns , we have a serious dispute here and you are one step away from a night in jail . '' |
`` as long as it involves our mutual nak*dness , i 'm up for it . '' |
`` you feel suffocated , '' marian surmised . |
screw wine , chocolate does wonders for the nerves . |
and i was doing my part as queen bee . |
`` not that i know of . '' |
his english accent was cut-glass if he chose to exert himself , yet he spoke like the ex-commando he was . |
i took a deep breath . |
`` you son of a bitch . |
`` i did n't realize what a monster he was . |
`` director , i 'm guessing this is n't a casual call , so why do n't you get to your point ? '' |
its no biggy and not worth losing a jeep . |
not `` them . '' |
it was the most natural thing in the world . |
i watched her pull out of the driveway and noticed the light to the carriage house was already out . |
`` they have no experience with them . '' |
other people are people ; while you watch them they watch you , and they think about you while you think about them . |
`` not bad , '' he said , crossing the room to stand by her side . |
i can help her . |
joel stopped writing and looked up at me . |
i ... i ... felt sorry for you , obviously . '' |
she 'd never seen riley so fierce , so intense , but she planned to stand up to him exactly as she 'd stood up to marie . |
jenks said in disgust , his dust like needles , holding an unexpected energy as the bright sparkles slid through my aura . |
`` if we 're supposed to keep everything the same-to pretend nothing 's changed-then what am i doing here ? '' |
`` you easily accept what some believe exists only in myth and legend . |
instead he draped her blanket about her shoulders , then brushed the hair back from her face . |
the rest of his friends drink disappeared as he waited . |
but i 'm heading out . |
she held his hand . |
i felt badly for bil y , but i figured what comes around , goes around . |
havent you figured it out by now ? |
grabbing my right thigh , he lifted it , shifting me until my h*ps had successfully pivoted right over his lap . |
`` and , mae ... '' he started to reach out his hand to her and then stopped . |
but she clung to her fading humanity `` carla ? '' |
put your hands between your legs and grab the belt . |
peters leaned over the bed , peered into argus battered face , and straightened . |
youre not calling the capn a liar , are ye ? |
and , '' she continued , hiding a laugh that was part hysteria and part dismay for her sister 's hopeless attachment , `` will i also be including messages from sir stefan with mine to you ? '' |
he grimaced as he raised a hand to his cheek . |
not to mention spread , an indie flick about a chiseled male model who falls in love with an oklahoma house wife . |
i 'm trying . |
she held her phone toward the living room for a second , then put it back to her ear and asked , `` you hear that ? '' |
i rushed into my car , i drove in haste towards the office , hoping to elude any type of law enforcement authority and fly under the radar . |
`` bingo , '' he says , filling my glass again . |
their tongues met . |
kon-radical ! |
`` no , i have n't seen that video , but i have to say , if it is what you just said , i sure as hell would n't mind watching- '' yet again , he hit the ground , again by king zeller , knocked out cold via the king 's knee this time , instead of his boot . |
`` i 'll save your time owen bloody huntly . |
he then turned and strode out of the bedroom . |
he 'd f**king traded more than a pound of flesh for them . |
what are we supposed to do ? |
looks like two thousand . |
you are beautiful . |
there was nowhere to go , nothing to do . |
she did n't think her instructions to keep her room number from him would be an obstacle to a man like seamus . |
but you ? |
`` what does it mean ? '' |
he tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear . |
forgiving . |
a buttery warmth invaded him from the belly outward . |
if cigars will do i think we have a box or two , critias told fat jack . |
`` you sit up front . |
the trouble is , its like a dog with a bone . |
most people with a crumb of sense knew better than to stay out at night . |
checking the instrument panel , reed noted that the orbital maneuvering system engine had fired , slowing the craft just enough so that gravity could take effect . |
you 're not working tonight , are you ? '' |
`` true . '' |
miller was fast losing blood and consciousness . |
`` you like picking up teary , emotional women ? '' |
`` he blames you for my attempted escape ? '' |
had to be done , had to be done , she chanted . |
no , no , he never had been . |
we sat in silence for a while , drinking our coffees and staring out the kitchen window at the sunny palm groves outside . |
it did not look like blood anymore , it was so dark and clotted . |
step right up . |
blinked , and there was the barrel of the shotgun , peeking over the other side of the trunk and max felt the ground beneath him and he was staring through the twisted limbs of those haunted trees at flinders of a fading sky the color of his wife 's name and he tried to say it , tried to call out to her . |
`` what 's that ? '' |
he groaned and buried his head against my neck , kissing me there . |
even so , he had to assume anya would be in danger and he act accordingly . |
`` in time you 'll learn to enjoy it , '' ctuchik said with an evil grin . |
finally coming unstuck , but still utterly mesmerized , his hands warred with his mouth for the pleasure of being the first to touch her . |
i want to say , 'unbearable ' . |
`` coach glazier seems to think so , '' rigel said with a shrug , his voice jolting me again . |
simone pressed her lips to his . |
so , is this place really ready to open again tonight ? |
you understand . |
how base and embarrassing it often was to have a guy deal with the aftermath of what had been hot and frenzied . |
with her bond being severed , she would either be killed or forced to rebind herself once her queen found out . |
i told him ken shubik 's story about price-fixing . |
it seemed to take him a second to focus . |
finally she nodded . |
`` would you like me to read to you ? '' |
eliza thorn , thats my name , i said after a few moments , and stood up finding a soft towel to wipe my face . |
and i wondered what to read into the fact that she had left me a message instead of calling me at home . |