Why do they call it losing your virginity, anyway? It's Not Like I don't know where I left it." "You'd be surprised how many people don't.

Rachel Vincent

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I grabbed another. Aerosmith. Nope, can’t throw classic Aerosmith. I snatched a copy of the Thompson Twins’ greatest hits and chucked it at him.

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He was half again my size, but when we embraced, I felt like I was holding him up, and it was all I could do to remain standing. He buried his face in my hair, his body shaking against me with the spasmodic rhythm of unrestrained sobs. It was almost more than I could bear gracefully.

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I wanted more firsts with Tod. But all I had left was a handful o... by Rachel Vincent

I wanted more firsts with Tod. But all I had left was a handful of lasts.

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When you push someone too far, they will push back and they push... by Rachel Vincent

When you push someone too far, they will push back and they push hard.

hard

Then strong, warm arms wrapped around me from behind. "I've got y... by Rachel Vincent

Then strong, warm arms wrapped around me from behind. "I've got you," Tod whispered in my ear.

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Nice is good, but it's not enough. I want you back for real. I want to talk to you at lunch, instead of staring at you while you eat. I want to see the smile on your face and know I put it there. I want to hear your dad's voice get all low and pissed off, like it only does when I've stayed over too late.

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I don't have you, and without you, it feels like what I do have d... by Rachel Vincent

I don't have you, and without you, it feels like what I do have doesn't matter.

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Great. "So not only am I not-human, but Death is my arch foe?" Who, me? Panic? "Anything else you want to tell me, while we're confessing?

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Exactly what part of that is supposed to make me feel better?" Though, honestly, hearing that she was jealous of me did make me feel a teeny, tiny bit better.

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Marc/Faythe/Jace love triangle moment: "This isn't about you...." "Well, it should be!" he shouted, and I flinched. "Everything I do is about you, and I want the reverse to be true, too." I wiped more tears, my throat aching with words that would only make this worse. "What, you need a reminder? That's what he was doing, right? And now you smell like him. You probably taste like him. You should taste like me..." He was on me before I could even catch my breath.

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I could take care of that obstacle for her - I'd tear down anything standing between us - but I couldn't destroy what I couldn't even see.

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Pain is what I feed from when nothing else will nourish the noxious fury in my heart. It’s what I cling to when everything else—everyone else—slips right between my grasping fingers.

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Marc didn’t want to win by default. He wanted to win for real. Fo... by Rachel Vincent

Marc didn’t want to win by default. He wanted to win for real. Forever.

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In the end, it only comes down to one thing: choosing the one you... by Rachel Vincent

In the end, it only comes down to one thing: choosing the one you can’t live without.

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Um, Faythe?” Marc reached for my arm, and a small grin turned up one corner of his beautiful mouth. “As my first official piece of advice to the new Alpha, let me suggest that you put on some pants. And maybe a shirt.” His grin grew and pulled me closer to whisper in my ear, while Jace watched us stiffly from across the room. “While the look definitely works for me, I’m thinking the other Alphas might take you more seriously if you dress the part.

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Even if they were willing to let you remove your Pride from the council's collective influence—and they won't be—there's a reason the council exists. We band together because there's strength in numbers. Because in its unperverted state, the council ensures representative government and a pooling of resources and ideas that benefits everyone." "Yes, but the operative word there is unperverted, and right now, you guys are operating under the thumb of the biggest power-pervert ever to swish his tail in the U.S. He's like Hitler with fur.

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So, 'reaper' is really just a nice word for 'covert pervert?' Is... by Rachel Vincent

So, 'reaper' is really just a nice word for 'covert pervert?' Is that what you're saying?

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Can’t clean up after you anymore, baby brother, so don’t punk out... by Rachel Vincent

Can’t clean up after you anymore, baby brother, so don’t punk out. Make it count.

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Meow, Meow, Motherfucker. by Rachel Vincent

Meow, Meow, Motherfucker.

His name's Nash." Aunt Val took a butter knife from the silverware drawer. "What year is he?" I groaned inwardly. "Senior." ...here we go ... Her smile was a little too enthusiastic. "Well that's wonderful!" Of course, what she really meant was "Rise from the shadows, social leper, and walk in the bright light of acceptance!

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