I would do anything for you. Anything.”With that, he pushed his way out…and as the door eased shut, she realized that I love you could indeed be said without actually uttering the phrase.Actions did mean...

V settled back against the pillows and measured the hard line of her chin.”Take off your coat.””Excuse me?””Take it off.””No.””I want it off.””Then I suggest you hold your breath. Won’t affect me in the slightest,...

Fear of change was a weakness

As the Brotherhood got down to business, he found himself putting his hand on the dog’s big head and stroking the soft fur…playing with an ear…dipping down and finding the long waves that flowed from...

He cleared his throat and reminded himself that if you pissed Her Holiness off, they’d need barbecue tongs to pick up your steaming pieces.

She silenced him with her mouth, then pulled back. “You can’t change what I think of you.”He reached up and brushed her lower lip with his thumb.”If you truly knew me, everything you believe would...

From out of nowhere, Phury felt an overwhelming tide of guilt, like someone had popped the lid off allhis deepest concerns and his fears for the future of the race. He had to respond to...

Terrific. A bisexual dominant vampire with kidnapping expertise.

The heavy soul will not pass though the body is failing.

Wrath: look at how their folklore portrays our species. There’s Dracula for Christ’s sake, an evil bloodsucker who preys on the defenseless. There’s piss-poor B movies and porn. And don’t get me started on the...

BDB on the board-Knitter’s AnonimousMay 8, 2006Rhage (in his bedroom posting in V’s room on the board)Hi, my name is V.(“Hi, V”)I’ve been knitting for 125 years now.(*gasping noises*)It’s begun to impact my personal relationships:...

Those eerie diamond eyes shifted over to her and she stilled, as if he’s willed her to do so.There was a moment of silence. And then in a rough voice the man whose life she...

Man, it was a good thing vampires didn’t get cancer. Lately he’d been chain-smoking like a felon.

There aren’t any syringes.” Red Sox came over and held a sterile pack out. When she tried to take it from him, he kept a grip on the thing. “I know you’ll use this wisely.””Wisely?”...

And mortal terror in a female was Z’s favorite turn-on. He got off on it like most males favored crap from Victoria’s Secret.

Someone put opera on inside the house. Someone changed it to hip-hop, thank God. Someone started a shower. Someone vacuumed. Again.Life. In all its mundane majesty.And you couldn’t take advantage of it if you were...

They don’t fit you?” V asked his roommate. “Not the point. No offense, but these are wicked Village People.” Butch held his heavy arms out and turned in a circle, his bare chest catching the...

Good? No, that didn’t go far enough. She’d made him feel… alive. Awakened.

Gallows humor is part of having a doctor in the house. Deal with it.

Life is such a glorious trauma, is it not?

Look upon me, Mistress. Watch as I wither!

After a moment, Wrath turned to John. “This is Lassiter, the fallen angel. One of the last times he was here on earth, there was a plague in central Europe-“”Okay, that was so not my...

The weight of the dead was heavier than the pounds of the body.

I’m sorry,” he muttered. “If I… uh, hurt your feelings or something.” She glared at him. “I’m not hurt. I’m pissed off and sexually frustrated.” His head snapped back on his spine. Well… then. Okaaaaay.

A book unopened alters not the ink on its pages. What is there is there.

That’s you,” Wrath said. You shall be called the Black Dagger warrior Dhestroyer, descended of Wrath son of Wrath.””But you’ll always be Butch to us,” Rhage cut in. “As well as hard-ass. Smart-ass. Royal pain...