Here. Have a Coke. Thatโs good for a sore throat, right?โ โGood for everything,โ Shane croaked, and took the extended cold can with good grace. โThanks.โ โYou owe me a dollar,โ Eve said. โIโll add it to the five thousand you already owe me, though.โ He blew her a kiss, and she stuck her tongue out at him, and that was the end of the subject, thankfully.
Rachel CaineNews flash, lady. There are no queens anymore,โ Shane said. He loaded shells in a shotgun and snapped it shut, then searched for a place to strap it on that didnโt interfere with the flamethrower. โNo queens, no kings, no emperors. Not in America. Only CEOs. Same thing, but not so many crowns.
Rachel CaineYouโre kind of a psycho. I get that.โ โI might be,โ Monica agreed, and gave her a slow, strange smile. โYouโre one smart little freak. Now run away, smart little freak, before I change my mind and stick you in one of these old suitcases for some architect to find a hundred years from now.โ Claire blinked. โArchaeologist.โ Monicaโs eyes turned winter cold. โOh, youโd better start running away now.
Rachel CaineShe can go with us to the lab and keep Myrnin pinned down while we pull the plug, if he's not... you know, better." "Define BETTER with that guy." "Not all fangs and raaaaar.
Rachel CaineMichael: 'Hey, remember when I almost didn't let you into the house that first day you came?' Claire: 'Yep' Michael: 'Well, I was dead wrong. Maybe I never said that out loud before, but I mean it, Claire. All that's happened since... we wouldn't have made it. Not me, not Shane, not Eve. Not without you.' Claire: 'It's not me. It's not! It's us, that's all. We're just better together. We... take care of each other.' Shane: 'Stop vamping up my girl, man. She needs coffee.' Michael: 'Don't we all. Vamping up your girl? Dude. That's low.' Shane: 'Digging for China. Come on.
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