I started to duck under the spears, only to have the two vamps on the other wall suddenly appear in my face. Or, at least, their crotches did. Another day, I would have made a cute remark about heat and leather jock straps, but I wasnโt feeling real cute right now.
Karen ChanceThe Circle had been less than thrilled by its choice, but we'd finally come to terms. As in, they were no longer trying to play Whac-A-Mole with my head. Only now they seemed to think they had the right to make sure that nobody else did, either. That was a problem, because the vampires felt the same way and the Senate didn't share well.
Karen ChanceI couldnโt see Pritkinโs face very well, just a pale blur against the shadows, but he didnโt sound happy. Some people thought he had only one mode... pissed off. In reality, he had plenty of them. Over the past few weeks, Iโd learned to tell the difference between real pissed off, impatient pissed off and scared pissed off. I suspected that this was the last kind. If so, that made two of us.
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