I donโt need you sensitive, Skulduggery. I need you aloof and irresponsible and arrogant. Thatโs why I love you. Thatโs why I let you hang out with me.โ โIโm truly blessed.โ She grinned. โYou love me, too. Once you admit it, everything will be better.โ โTheyโre about to hook up the Cube to the Accelerator,โ he said, and turned and walked off. She followed. โYou canโt run from your feelings.โ โI can walk from them.
Derek LandyHe put on his hat and wrapped his scarf around his jaw, but did without the wig and the sunglasses. He clicked his key chain and the car beeped and the doors locked. "That's it?" He looked up. "Sorry?" "Aren't you afraid it might get stolen? We're not exactly in a good part of town." "It's got a car alarm." "Don't you, like, cast a spell or something? To keep it safe?" "No. It's a pretty good car alarm.
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