V?" Butch said. "Don't leave, okay?" "Never." V brushed Butch's hair back with a gesture so tender it was out of place coming from a male.

"Say the word, Qhuinn. Do it and I'll spend the night with you.""Better yet, why don't you just kiss me..."

As always, Blay was the anchor who kept him from being swept away.

Man, it was a good thing vampires didn't get cancer. Lately he'd been chain-smoking like a felon.

Vishous screamed. The only thing that was louder was the pop as the hip was relocated, as it were. And the last thing he saw before he checked out of the Conscious Inn & Suites was Jane's head whipping around in a panic. In her eyes was stark terror, as if the single worst thing that she could imagine was him in agony... And that was when he knew that he still loved her.

I love her so damned much." Manny heard himself say. “That’s my heart right there. That’s my woman”.

Stop it. Do not feel safe with him. The Stockholm Syndrome is not your friend.