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41 " Another small victory. Pile enough of them together and they became like bricks in the wall. "
― Elizabeth Bear , New Amsterdam (New Amsterdam, #1)
42 " Garrett didn’t miss the jeweled-serpent glitter in the man’s eyes. "
43 " Familiar ice stiffened Garrett’s spine, and she let it freeze her professional smile on her face. "
44 " Years of practice kept the ironic tinge from her voice. "
45 " Passion filled him, terrible and sweet, a craving as fierce as ever. It was not something one could turn on a courtesan-this wantom cupidity-and expect him to live. But another wampyr was not prey, was not a courtesan. Another wampyr was an equal and a rival, though David might be less than a quarter Sebastien’s age, and quite capable of surviving his unalloyed strength. "
46 " Detective Crown Investigator Abigail Irene Garrett had no one to turn to for comfort on a dismal night in April. When the chill slipped like an unwelcome guest between sheet and featherbed and her faded blue eyes came open, Garrett’s hand crept automatically to the pistol under her pillow. Her half-awakened intellect checked her wards and guards. Intact. Despite the muffled impact of her heart against her ribcage, she was as alone as she should have been. "
47 " Two years of finishing school not entirely wasted. I can manage an imperious exit. "
48 " He delighted in Sebastien’s jealousy and anger, and always had. "
49 " Sebastien wondered if David knew he hadn’t touched another of his kind since they parted company, more than a century ago. "
50 " Sebastien,” the Englishman purred, hurt or feigning. “What would I have done? He wears your ring, my love.”“I don’t trust you.” David’s nails scratched Sebastien’s neck, tracing the spine from skull to shoulders. Sebastien shivered.“Don’t trust me,” David answered. “I need your goodwill. Use me. "
51 " We learn to let go of our former selves, if we are to live in the world forever. Or we burn. "
52 " At Abernathy’s arched eyebrow, he felt the need to reassure. Sebastien did, after all, find him quite attractive.In both guises. "
53 " The dead cast no shadows; nor did they reflect. "
54 " Sebastien said nothing, but his lips burned with Jack’s warmth as he shut the door behind himself and turned to face the stair. "
55 " Be cautious, please. I should hate to lose the pleasure of your conversation. "
56 " Abby Irene smiled. And she did, Sebastien loved her, the brittle mortality and all its mad, fragile bravery. "
57 " He might be a dead man. He might sometimes find himself grown very tired. But he could not find it in himself to regret the circumstances of his death, no matter how unusual. "
58 " A Crusade and a conquest or two had cured Sebastien of causes-but Jack had an affinity for them, the more doomed the better. "
59 " He turned his head aside, offered Sebastien his throat, his fingers curled and urging. "
60 " Relationships with the blood put a strain on mortal partners, and though Sebastien tried to spread the burden, he worried. "