Mary Abshire

So, you don__ drink much,_ he said. __hat about food?_ __o, I don__ eat food. I tried it once a long time ago when I was still a young vamp. It tasted good, but my body rejected it._ __on__ feel bad. My body rejects food on occasion too,_ Greg said, and she grinned. A sense of humor was always a plus for a man.

Emotions are destructive, Ms. Dillinger. One of two things will happen to you. You will either be hurt and wish you were dead, or you will end up dead._ Katie stopped in front of the next cooler and checked inside. ____ human. What am I supposed to do? Just_be?_ __elcome to the world.

One woman against two bloodsuckers. This I got to see.

One day you__e a college graduate, in love with Mr. Right and looking for a job. The next day, your Rambo.___our timeline is off. And can we lose the Rambo part?

There are details about your life I really do not want to know about. You told me he taught you how to fight with weapons, but I guess I never_ __ut two and two together?_ Katie grinned. __hat__ not like you, detective Jules._ __ know. I guess I overlooked the gory details. Blood and guts have never been my forte. I like action. Give me Mission Impossible and CSI, but leave out the gruesome details._ They stopped upon reaching the entrance to the barn. __oller skating disco lover turns FBI crime scene investigator. I think there__ a book waiting to be written for you.

I want to pick up a few other items at the house,_ Jules said as Katie stepped around the car. __ still have my roller skates and yours in my closet.__atie opened the door and paused, staring at Jules.__hat?_ Jules asked.__re you serious? Our lives are in danger and you want to get our roller skates?

__hat the hell happened? I keep replaying everything and returning to the point where you held a dead man__ head in your hand and a sharp bloody knife in the other. That wasn__ the Katie I knew from college.

I knew I was a little different from most demons but nothing says freak of nature like a one-eyed gypsy saying I had a rainbow glow. It just didn't sound complimentary.