It was Adam, but he was too late. He couldnโt love me anymore. He would be so angry with me. I had to hide. He didnโt love me so he might hurt me when he was angry. When he calmed down, that would hurt him. I didnโt want him hurting because of me. There was nowhere for a person to hide. So I wouldnโt be a person. My eyes fell on the shelves that lined the far back corner. A coyote could hide there.
Patricia BriggsIf you leave me naked and waiting on the bed without making love to me, Iโllโโ I didnโt get to finish the threat. I think it was the word โnaked,โ though maybe it was โbed,โ but before I finished my sentence, he was on me. Mercy to Adam
Patricia BriggsI narrowed my eyes at him. "Stuff that. I'll write a doctoral thesis. Then I can go do what most of the other people with doctoral degrees in anthropology do." "What's that?" asked Calvin. "You don't need to encourage her," said Adam seriously, but his eyes laughed at me. "The same thing that people with degrees in history do," I said. "Fix cars or serve frnech fries and bad hamburgers.
Patricia BriggsโHey, Adam,โ I said. โI thought you'd want to know that Warren and Darryl made it out of the vampire den alive.โ I sucked in my breath. โYou didn't actually agree to their meeting on Marsilia's grounds?โ He laughed. โNo, it just sounded better than saying they made it out of Denny's alive. It might not be romantic, but it's open all night and set in the middle of a brightly lit parking lot with no dark places for skulking parties to ambush from.โ
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