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No good deed goes unpunished- Syn
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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I’ll be strong for you Syn, if you need it. You don’t always have to be the strong one, I’ll be
your glue if you want to crumble, I’ll hold you together,”.
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Amelia Hutchins (Fighting Destiny (The Fae Chronicles, #1))
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When everything else falls down around us, just knowing that there's another person who will miss us when we're gone is enough to see us through our darkest moments.
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Sherrilyn Kenyon
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Syn has a brain disorder that causes him to lie most of the time. Ignore him. (Nykyrian)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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(He took a drink of the juice and cursed.)
What is this shit? Poison? (Syn)
You can’t live on alcohol. (Nykyrian)
Wanna bet? (Syn)
Wanna die? Drink it and quit bitching. (Nykyrian)
You know, you’re a little hairy to be my mother. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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Baby, it’s either laugh or cry and crying takes way too much energy. If you can’t find humor in the shit life heaps on you, you really will grow miserable. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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Yeah, well, if ifs and buts were candy and nuts, then we’d never go hungry. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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Hell, no, I’m not sober. You think I’d be doing this shit if I were? And I notice I don’t see your fat ass down here in the trenches so shut it before I forget I’m supposed to actually like you. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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They won’t get you without getting us and believe me, we’re not about to make our enemies happy and die here. (Nykyrian)
Damn straight. We have too many people to continue pissing off. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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Where are you going? (Nykyrian)
To get a drink and kill Cruel…not necessarily in that order. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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You got guts taking that tone with me. (Nykyrian)
What you gonna do, oh great wounded one? I’m the one with the injector. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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So long as you’re not a snap, you’re safe. (Nykyrian)
Snap…Syn used that term. (Kiara)
Single. Naïve. Amateur. Person. (Nykyrian)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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10 things to know about Syn 1. I hate people, even myself. 2. I only tolerate my friends and I can count those on one hand. 3. So what if I drink? I like my comfortably numb state and it keeps me from killing you. 4. Money can't buy happiness, but it's better than being poor and miserable. 5. We're all victims. 6. I like to choose my own poison. 7. I'm through reinventing myself. I'm on the third incarnation now and it sucks as much as the other two. 8. I have all the friends money can buy. 9. I only trust one man who doesn't return the gesture. 10. I can steal anything, anywhere, any time. Sober or drunk, I'm the best at what I do.
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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Good Lord, woman. Didn’t anyone ever tell you that men have a specified word count set aside each day and if I don’t stop talking, my tongue will explode? (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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Love is more than just feeling something Syn, it's the connection of two souls that intertwine and cannot be without the other. It's not just saying you love someone, it’s showing them with every fucking breath you take, every look. It just is, simple as that. That kind of love doesn't die. It withers the soul without the other to keep it alive.
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Amelia Hutchins (Fighting Destiny (The Fae Chronicles, #1))
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Not to mention, we’re using you for bait. (Syn)
Are you that drunk? (Nykyrian)
What? I wasn’t supposed to tell her that? (Syn)
I’m bait? (Kiara)
No, you’re not bait. Ignore the alcoholic whose view of reality is distorted by his brain-damaged hallucinations. (Nykyrian)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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Did you see a doctor? (Syn)
Yeah. It’ll heal. (Cruel)
Did your mom say anything? (Syn)
Clean the blood out of the carpet before it sets. What could she say? Better me than her. (Cruel)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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I’m not a child. Don’t talk to me like I am. (Kiara)
No, you’re worse. You’re an adult who still thinks the world is a beautiful place, filled with people who will help you just for the sake of being nice. Wake up and smell the bloodbath and humility the rest of us have to cope with. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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Trust no one at your back unless you want them to bury a knife in it.’ (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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There’s an old Ritadarion saying. You’re never more alive than when you walk hand in hand with death. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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Everyone has a choice. (Kiara)
No, princess, they don’t. Choices aren’t always up to us. Life and circumstances can shred even the stoutest soul. No matter how pure and untainted you think you are, I promise you that you, too, can be shoved into the darkness, just like we were. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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Shut up. Asshole. (Shahara)
I live for your endearments. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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Thank you, Shay. (Syn)
For what? (Shahara)
For looking into the eyes of nothing and seeing a man you could love. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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You have a lot of faith in luck, don’t you? (Shahara)
Not at all. She’s a vicious bitch who seldom knocks on my door. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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Please, by all the blessed saints and their bladders, tell me you two didn’t…Have you lost all semblance of intelligence? (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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So how do you know him? (Shahara)
I knocked on his door one day and said, ‘Hi, I’m here to rob you. Hope you don’t mind. Oh, and by the way, will you be my friend?’ (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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And when it comes to questioning people, I have a lot more finesse than High King Let’s Beat The Shit Out Of Them Until They Answer Us. The nonviolent art of interrogating someone is totally lost on Kip. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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(Nykyrian spun about at the sound, his blaster leveling at the body in the doorway.)
Whoa. Friend! (He tapped his chest twice.) Really good guy. ‘Member me? (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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So just look mean and don’t make eye contact with anyone. (Syn)
Gee, hon, you take me to the most wonderful places. (Shahara)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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Save me, Shahara. Save me from the lonely nights that never end. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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Hi, Mom. (Devyn)
It’s the other parental unit. Not as pretty or as fierce as your mother, but loving nonetheless. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Ice (The League: Nemesis Rising, #3; The League: Nemesis Legacy, #2))
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Nykyrian gave him a feral grimace. But when he spoke, his soft, lilting tone belied his fierce expression. “Syn… what can I say? I love you, man. I can’t live without you. You are the air I breathe.
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Silence (The League, #5))
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Death is just a new beginning…at least in my religion. And extreme inebriation seriously helps. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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I’ll check on you when I get home. I love you, baby. (Kiefer)
I love you too, Daddy. (Kiara)
What the hell was that action? (Syn)
I think it’s something called ‘paternal concern.’ (Nykyrian)
What…? You sure? I thought that crap was a myth. (Syn)
No, really. I watched it once in a documentary. It was fascinating. Believe it or not, there are people out there who actually have feelings for their progeny. (Nykyrian)
Get the fuck out. No way. You’re screwing with my head again, aren’t you? (Syn)
No, I swear. You just saw it with your own eyes. I did not make that shit up. (Nykyrian)
Yeah but it’s really messing with my concept of the natural order of the universe. Paternal love? What’s next? Limb regrowth? Genetic splicing reversals? (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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Ten to one it’s Syn’s stupid ass needing something stupid. (Nykyrian)
You’re hung up on that word, aren’t you? (Kiara)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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You ordered me here,” I said finally breaking the silence.
“I did,” Ryder said with his lopsided grin that looked more dangerous than friendly.
“I’m here,” I mumbled.
“You are.”
"..."
“Okay, we gonna measure dicks all day Ryder, or are we gonna sign a contract?” I snapped.
“You don’t have a dick Syn, I would have noticed,” Ryder’s smile lifted roguishly.
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Amelia Hutchins (Fighting Destiny (The Fae Chronicles, #1))
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Hauk wanted me to tell you that the next time he says run, we should leave the vics on board and get the hell out. I tend to agree. (Syn)
You were the one who didn’t run. (Nykyrian)
Oh yeah, that was me, wasn’t it? Since when do you listen to me anyway? I’m an idiot. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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You’d trust me that easily? (Shahara)
Hell no. The only thing I trust in life is to get fucked over by everyone around me. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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I’ve spent my entire life listening to people tell me why I can’t be loved and how I’m nothing but a worthless piece of shit. I always told myself that I didn’t care, that I didn’t need anyone else. It was a lie, you know. I do care and I want Kiara. If it costs me my life to be with her, it doesn’t matter. I’ve already lived past my prime, anyway. I get up every morning with more pain in my joints than the day before. If I have to die, I’d rather die knowing someone cared about me, just once. Is that really too much to ask? (Nykyrian)
For us? Yes. It is. We are the gutter and the gutter is all we’ll ever be. Don’t reach out for the stars. They’ll burn you until there’s nothing left. (Syn)
Then let me burn. (Nykyrian)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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What now? (Shahara)
I’m thinking. (Syn)
Could you think a little quicker? (Shahara)
You’re not helping. (Syn)
You’re lucky you’re still breathing and not limping. (Shahara)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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(As she entered the main room, Syn turned around in his chair and almost fell out of it as he scanned her body. He cleared his throat and cut an appreciative look to Nykyrian.)
Dayum…woman be hot. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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Not to mention, it’d be worth guarding her just for the eye candy alone – sheez, can you imagine being around that day in and day out. Wonder if she sleeps naked…Bet she showers that way. Every day even. Think about it. I’ll even bet she’s naked underneath her clothes. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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I just don’t see how anyone can be so cold. (Kiara)
And you should be grateful, little girl, to whatever god you worship, that you can say that. In the world we come from, I don’t understand how anyone can be anything but cold. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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A blaster against a knife isn’t fair. (a Partini)
No shit…and so goes my incentive to fight fairly. You want fair, play with kids. You wanna come at me, make out a will. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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Just remember you have to bear my choice with the same grace and even tempered temerity I’ve shown with yours. (Shahara)
Good. I get to whine and bitch. Can’t wait. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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Hey, boss? (Vik)
Not now, Vik. (Syn)
Dude, listen to the metallic life form. (Vik)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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You have some severe mental problem I need to be aware of, don’t you? (Shahara)
Just because I eat babies for breakfast and pick my teeth with their bones doesn’t mean I’m nuts. (Syn)
Any other weird habits I should be aware of? (Shahara)
Just my need to dance naked in the streets under the light of a full moon. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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I can tell you love him. (Syn)
Yeah, like a boil in my nether regions. (Kiara)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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What the hell is that look for? You finally grow a conscious? (Syn)
No, but we can’t go around assassinating respected officials. (Nykyrian)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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What am I supposed to do while you’re gone? (Shahara)
Think up ways to kill me while I sleep. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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You can’t die, Vik. You’re a mechbot. (Syn)
They can pull me apart and reprogram me. Trust me, that’s death. Now shush before they find us. Remember – hide, people, hide. (Vik)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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Don’t you dare mock me. I’ve seen more pain than you can even imagine. (Kiara)
Yeah, your mother was shot dead in front of you. Boo-hoo. So what? You think you’re the only one who ever lived through that? My father was publicly executed for the entire Ichidian Universe to watch. The saddest part of that is I just wish I’d been the one who’d gassed the bastard. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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Put something in your stomach to absorb the alcohol before you spontaneously combust from the fumes. (Nykyrian)
Yeah, it’d be a damn shame to blow my internal organs all over your new shirt.(Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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Now, if you don’t mind, I’m going to sit over here with my throbbing feet and bleed in silence until we get to our destination. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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Was there much damage done to your ship? (Nykyrian)
No, not really. Just enough to seriously piss me off and ruin my suckass day. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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Tell me, what smells like shit and screams like a girl? (Syn)
(He shot the Partini in the knee.)
That’s right. You. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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Let's play it safe. I’m not in the mood to run right now and I know fighting is suicide. Last thing I want to do is make my enemies happy by dying. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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Destiny doesn't ask you if you want it Syn, it just forces it into your lap and deal with it. -RYDER
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Amelia Hutchins (Fighting Destiny (The Fae Chronicles, #1))
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Why are you being so cruel? (Kiara)
Honestly? Because I believed your bullshit lies when you spewed them and I don’t often make that mistake. I should have listened to myself and known that in the end, you’re just like every other sanctimonious ass out there who dares to call us callous and unfeeling. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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I feel I should warn you, I’m in a really bad mood. (Syn)
You’ll be in a worse mood when we haul you in dead! (a Partini)
‘Syn grimaced in pain at a comment so stupid it didn’t even rate a snotty comeback.’ (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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There’s no need in both of us dying tonight. (Kiara)
I took an oath to save every life I could. I’m not about to back out on it now. I might be a lot of things, but a coward has never been one of them. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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Fifty dorcas they’re setting up an ambush near my ship. (Nykyrian)
No bet. I know they are. They’re too stupid to not be obvious and predictable. Gah, I hate abiding by the law. Too bad you can’t slaughter them where they stand. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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You want to live, right? (Syn)
Absolutely. (Kiara)
Then we’re where you are, bathroom breaks being the only exception – unless you’re in public, and then we get to risk additional arrest records. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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So I take it you guys are going to stay inside my flat and not out in the hallway like my father’s guards? (Kiara)
You know that’s the most pathetic way to guard someone. (In a falsetto he added.) Please protect my life by being outside so that when they come in and kill me you can’t hear it. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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Hey, don’t apologize. We all have shit to deal with. I have the same reaction sometimes, too. (Syn)
I find that hard to believe. (Shahara)
It’s true. You ever want to see me really wig out? Hand me a candy bar. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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Yeah. Kip gets to guard you and I get to house-sit. Life bites the big tee-tawa. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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You missed with me so close? What? You failed your assassin training classes? Did you even bother to show up? Or are you just that incompetent? (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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Kill her. Hide the body. If only he could…Damn, stupid conscience. Why had the gods given them that gift? It definitely should have come with a return policy.’ (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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The dead won’t hurt you, Shahara. Only the living can do that. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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You’ll survive, mu Tara. We’ll make sure of it. (Nykyrian)
You can’t guarantee that. You said it yourself. Even you’re living on borrowed time, waiting for one of them to kill you. (Kiara)
And you said I was scaring her? Damn, bud. You’re socially awkward to the extreme. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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What happened to Darling’s face? (Kiara)
It got his. Repeatedly. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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If I hurt you, you can kill me. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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All right, asshole. You want to wallow, wallow. It’s no sweat off my balls if you crawl inside a bottle and pickle yourself solid. I’ve got other things to think about now. But let me remind you of something a good friend once said to me when I was being eaten alive by feelings I didn’t understand. ‘Even when my marriage was bad, it was good.’ I had no real idea what you meant that night, but now I do and I’m grateful to the gods I can finally believe in that I took a chance on something that almost killed me. The life I have now…no, the woman I have now is worth every rotten moment of my worthless existence that led me to her door, and I would relive it all to have one kiss from her lips. You’re the one who told me that the right woman was a shelter from the storm. (Nykyrian to Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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Let’s find someplace where there aren’t any dead people, insects, or rodents. For that matter, someplace that’s big enough to accommodate both of us without crimping any internal organs. (Shahara)
Picky, picky, picky. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
“
And you are? (Elfa)
One of the reviewers who wrote that you were a piss-poor substitute for Kiara and that the entire system is saddened by the loss of her from the show. I was just telling her that if she doesn’t return soon and they leave your clumsy ass in, the show’ll be closing prematurely for sure. (Syn)
You’re a pig! (Elfa)
Oink, oink. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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[Vik] Okay, I’ll drop the subject. But if you ever do that to me again, I’ll stab you in the penis, which I’m sure will hurt.”
[Syn] “Yeah, it would.”
[Vik] “Good. Now I’m powering down for a bit to conserve my power.
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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But he’s never been interested in me, and the last time I made a move on him, Caillen almost tore my arm out of its socket. Lesson learned. Syn off-limits. (Kasen)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
“
I’m so sorry! Are you okay? (Shahara)
Other than the fact that I feel like my rib just punctured a lung, sure, I’m all right. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
“
Did you wake him?"
"If I say yes, will you spank me?"
Syn rolled his eyes. "You're horrible, Mari.
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Cloak & Silence (The League, #5.5))
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You do know I am my father’s son, right? People don’t talk to me that way and live. (Syn)
Oh, like I fear you. Never. Besides, a fight might dislodge whatever has crawled up your sphincter and bring back the much nicer version of you. (Shahara)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
“
I never lied to you. (Kiara)
Of course you did –you said you could see the real us– that we weren’t as bad as we claimed. But you didn’t and, just like everyone else, so long as we risk our lives to protect and save you, we’re okay. But the moment we have to make a choice not ours, the moment you see what our pasts have made us, you’re horrified by the truth and hate us for it like we had some kind of choice in what we are. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
“
What would he imagine next? Little hairy beasties tap-dancing on his sofa, or other fey creatures sneaking up on him in the shower?’ (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
“
No tricks, Syn,” Ryder growled from where he stood a few feet away.
“Tricks are for kids, silly rabbit,” I said
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Amelia Hutchins
“
I want blood! Two of Aksel’s dogs cornered me near Tondara. They shot me. Those bastards actually shot a hole in my stabilizer the size of Mirala…Aren’t you going to say something? (Syn)
Were you hurt? (Nykyrian)
No. (Syn)
Then why are you having a fit? (Nykyrian)
I don’t know, it just felt right. You see why I don’t like being sober? I overreact like an old woman. (He opened his flask, then slammed it down on Nykyrian’s desk.) Figures the damned thing would be empty. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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No, it was the brutal loss of his family that haunted him and for that Nykyrian couldn’t fault him at all. Syn had been put through a meat grinder by life. The fact that man could still get up and make it through a day without blowing his brains out amazed him.’ (Nykyrian)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
“
You’re being remanded into Gourish custody…dead. (a Partini)
‘Cause let’s face it, dead was just easier. Or so they thought.’ (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
“
Hell had many interpretations. Syn knew that better than anyone. In his life, he’d managed to live through most of the common variations and discover a multitude of new ones. Why was it every time he thought he had life tamed, the treacherous beast turned around and bit him on the ass?' (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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Syn let out a tired breath. “I’d never hit you, Cruel. I only fantasize about strangling you.
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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No problem, but just know that no one steals from Nero. He knows who you are and he will hunt you down and make you pay in ways you can’t imagine – including this whole brain squeeze thing he does that will leave you with a migraine so bad, you’ll wish you could bleed out your eyes to stop the pain. He’s nasty that way. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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Syn may be too much of a gentleman to hit you, but I’m not. I’m not only ashamed to call you human, I’m completely disgusted that we share the same gender. You want to know the truth? The only filth in this room is you, and you’re the one who doesn’t deserve to breathe our air. Decent’s got nothing to do with birthright. It’s all about actions, and trust me, you’re the lowest form I’ve ever met and I’ve taken in the worst scum imaginable. But I’d rather sit at the table with them than you any day. (Shahara to Mara)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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Aren’t you afraid one of them will betray you? Take it all away? (Shahara)
I’m sure one will eventually, but that’s the least of what keeps me up at night. Trust me, there are a lot worse things in life than loosing a few credits. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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Excuse me, but I’ve been to some of the toughest zones in the galaxy to get my targets. And I have never once gone after a target and failed. Ever. (Shahara)
Yeah, but you’ve never been chased before. It’s a lot harder to be the prey than it is to be the predator. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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C’mon, friend. It’s two on one. You sure don’t look like you’re up to those odds. (Stranger)
You can’t be talking to me. I don’t have prokas for friends. And I assure you I could gut you both before your stench had time to catch up to your fall. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Fire (The League: Nemesis Rising, #2))
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This caveman just made your panties wet with a kiss, and you’re the only item on the menu that I want to dine on.” A delicious shiver crept down my spine. “I'm not food.” “You’re right, Syn. You are so much more…and I wouldn’t want word getting out that I like to play with my food.” I pulled away. “It's not funny, and I'm not a fucking Fairy happy meal, Ryder!
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Amelia Hutchins (Taunting Destiny (The Fae Chronicles, #2))
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I'll be strong for you, Syn …if you need it. You don’t always have to be the strong one. I'll be your glue if you want to crumble. I'll hold you together," he said, lifting his eyes and meeting mine.
"And what if you're what's making me crumble, Ryder? What then?"
His lips lifted into his sexy smirk. "Then I'll put you back together. I will never tear you down, Syn. I will always protect you from anything and everything that would.
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Amelia Hutchins (Fighting Destiny (The Fae Chronicles, #1))
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Oh my God…How could he do such a thing? What kind of monster is he? (Kiara)
You think you’re so unsullied. How dare you sit there like some high queen dispensing her judgment on us. Don’t waste pity on Arast. If he’d been given the chance, he’d have raped you slowly and in ways you can’t even conceive of, then cut you into little pieces and fed you to his dogs. All except your head with your contorted fear permanently twisted on your pretty little face – that he would have sent home to your father as a present, but only after he’d been paid. And that’s nice compared to what he’d have done to Nykyrian. To what he’s done to Nykyrian in the past. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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Nykyrian left The League. He could stop killing any time he wanted to. (Kiara)
And had he done that, princess, you’d be dead right now and so would I. Believe me, baby, no one ran harder or faster from their past than I did. And in one moment, one fucking whore brought it all home and laid it back at my feet. Even though I’d crawled my way out of the gutter, turned my back on everyone and everything I’d ever known and become respectable. Even though I’d buried my past so deep that I thought I was untouchable. It didn’t matter. I was still shit to the world and the moment the woman I’d sold my soul to saw me for what I was, she ruined me and left me with nothing except the drunken bitterness you see now. You want to know why I drink? It’s because I can’t escape my past and I hate what I am. What I was forced to endure just to survive. I hate this fucking life and, most of all, I hate people like you who can’t see past the surface. You judge us on one deed alone without seeing all the other things we are. Damn you for that, Kiara Zamir. Had I known you were just like everyone else, I would have left you chained in Chenz’s ship. Do whatever you want. But stay away from me. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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My mother wasn’t a psychotic criminal. (Kiara)
No. I’m sure she was a wonderful lady who loved you dearly. That she held you when you cried, probably even baked you cookies and gave you hugs and kisses before she sent you off to bed at night, and it’s a damn shame a decent woman like her died so tragically. My mother, whore that she was, abandoned me and my sister to our father so that she could return to her cushy life and pretend we didn’t exist while she left us in that house with a man whose name, even though he’d been dead for decades, can still make an assassin wet his pants. And if you think his cruelty was reserved for strangers, think again. My sister and I were target practice for him. So don’t you dare talk to me about pain. My father wrote the book on it and he rammed it down my throat every day of my childhood until they killed him. And the real kicker is, my life under his demented fist was a lot better than Nykyrian’s. At least I was able to hide sometimes from the ones trying to kill me. You want me to call your daddy, baby? Go right ahead. I’ll be more than happy to take you to him. But know that Aksel will have his hands on you in a matter of hours. Then you’ll be able to talk to me about pain and you’ll finally have an idea of what we’ve endured. You won’t live long enough to apologize, but true clarity will be yours before you die. (Syn)
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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What the hell was that action?"Syn asked him.
"I think it´s something called ´paternal concern.´"
Syn scowled at his bland explanation. "What...? You sure? I thought that crap was a myth." Nykyrian shrugged. "No, really. I watched it once in a documentary. It was fascinating. Belive it or not, there are people out there who actually have feelings for their progeny." "Get the f*ck out. No way. You´re screwing with my head again, aren´t you?" "No, I swear. You just saw it with your own eyes. I did not make this shit up." Syn shivered. "Yeah but it´s really messing with my concept of natural order of the universe. Paternal love? What´s next? Limp regrowth? Genetic splicing reversals?
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of the Night (The League, #1))
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The redheaded man flashed her a dazzling smile. He really was gorgeous. "They're only teasing you." He stood and extended his hand to her. "I'm Darling Cruel and yes, my parents really were nasty enough to name me that."
Kiara shook his gloved hand as she realized this was the man Syn had wanted to kill when they rescued her. Something in Dalring's manner reminded her of an aristocrat. He seemed easy enough to get along with, unlike the two Andarions.
He indicated the Andarion eating her food as he retook his seat. "The glutton is Dancer Hauk."
"Dancer?" Kiara was amused by the revelation.
Hauk stiffened. "It means 'killer' in Andarion."
Darling laughed, a deep throaty sound as he draped his arms over the back of the couch in a decidedly masculine pose. "You wish. Nykyrian told me it meant 'of beautiful cheeks.'"
Hauk gave Nykyrian a glare that bordered on murder.
Nykyrian shrugged, apparently unconcerned by the unspoken threat. "Don't waste that look on me, chiran. I didn't name you and I can't help it if your adoring mother was as sick as Darling's."
-Darling, Kiara, Hauk, & Nykyrian
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Sherrilyn Kenyon (Born of Night (The League: Nemesis Rising, #1))