I don’t think you’re supposed to be able to get at that information,” said Leslie. “Don’t look,” said Goldstein, peering over Charles’s shoulder. “We don’t know anything about illegal hacking.” He whistled cheerily.

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She crawled on top of him, naked and warm and soft, smelling like a miracle that had saved him from a lifetime of aloneness.

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naked miracle lifetime

She tried to imagine what Charles would do if another man came up to him and said, "You bring me joy.

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imagine joy men

The best way for me to protect you is to encourage you to be able to protect yourself.

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protect-you able way

People as old and powerful as he should never be given someone to love. For Anna he would destroy the world.

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powerful people world

He had lived a very long time, and only since he gained Anna had he learned to fear. He’d discovered that he had never been brave before—just indifferent. She had taught him that to be brave, you have to fear losing something.

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Asil has appointed himself my guardian?" asked Charles softly. Asil was overstepping himself. "He was bored, he told me," said his father. He gave Charles a small smile. "I have given him a job so he doesn’t get bored again.

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Asil left Bran alone with his thoughts then, because if he stayed, Bran would argue with him. This way, Bran would have no one to argue with but himself. And Asil had always credited Bran with the ability to be persuasive.

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Your woman tells me you will hunt me down and eat my marrow while I live." "Did she?" Charles looked at her, and she saw the approval in his face. She doubted anyone else would have read anything at all. His voice was a caress, just for her. "Would you like that, love?

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down-and voice approval

Samuel laughed out loud. "You still haven't figured it out, have you, Mercy? He never was mad about the car. He was the first one at the scene of the accident. He thought you'd killed yourself. We all did. That was a pretty spectacular wreck.

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"Can't sleep with a dead man in my closet." "You killed someone?" asked Ben with interest.

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mercy sleep men

Love is not necessary for sex.

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love-is sex

I could hear him laughing. Son of a bit*h. I would kill him. I didn't care if he was coyote or the son of Satan.He was a dead man walking.

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laughing men son

Anna looked at Brother Wolf. ‘I’d like to see someone try to put a radio control collar on Charles. It might be fun to watch on YouTube.

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brother fun trying

Maybe I should go back to teaching school about crazy people instead of being one. (Jim Alvin)

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crazy teaching school

He left the key in the ignition. No one was likely to come up here and steal the truck- and if anyone did... well, he could deal with Charles

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truck stealing keys

"I thought Indians built fires with fiction." .... "I can do that, but I'd like to eat sometime in the next day or so. Sterno and Bic are much faster."

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next-day fire fiction

Honey, ... When a wolf watches a lamb, he's not thinking about the lamb's mommy.

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lambs watches thinking

Don’t lick the guests, darling. Bad manners.

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darling guests manners

Americans in particular are oddly innocent in their faith that science holds explanations for everything.

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We’d spent years as adversaries, two predators sharing territory and a certain, unwelcome attraction. Somehow, during all those years I spent outwardly acquiescing to his demands while making sure I held my own, I’d won his respect. I’d had werewolves love me and hate me, but I’d never had one respect me before. Not even Samuel. Adam respected me enough to act on my suspicions. It meant a lot.

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