{"author":"Donna Augustine","author_id":"Donna+Augustine","total_quotes":21,"quotes":[{"text":"Those aren’t the rules. She cost us a meal,” Tank said. “You cost the group a meal, you go hungry. That’s the way it’s always been.”I thought Dax was going to let them fight it out but then he spoke up. “I don’t want to feed her right now either but she’s a walking skeleton, and I need her alive. If there was one jerky, she’d get it before any of us.” He reached over and grabbed two dried meat sticks from Lucy and tried to hand me one.“I’m fine. I don’t need it,” I said, looking at Tank.Dax grabbed my hand and shoved the jerky into my palm. “I took you out of that compound for a reason. I will force-feed you that jerky before I let you starve yourself.”“Fine. I’ll eat it. Whatever. You don’t need to get so bent out of shape about it.” I was hungry as hell so it wasn’t actually a concession, but he didn’t know that. I mean hell, I knew I needed the calories and the Cement Giant wasn’t going to blow itself to smithereens.“I took a couple of bites as Dax got up and walked out of the camp.I gnawed on the stuff as I leaned against my rock. “What flavor is this? It’s really good stuff.”Lucy and Tank looked at me kind of oddly. Hey, if I was going to eat it I didn’t see a lot of reason to pretend it sucked. These people were weird.","author":"Donna Augustine","tags":["urban-fantasy"],"id":22334,"author_id":"Donna+Augustine"},{"text":"His eyes slowly moved up my legs. I drank the iced tea in my glass so as not to have to respond. He needed to stop staring at me like he was ready to eat me. What the hell was wrong with him today? He was too smart to get caught by Cupid. But, he was acting awfully interested. The worst part about that was that the more interested he looked, the more my body seemed to respond. Forget him! What the hell was wrong with me? \tMy breathing became more erratic. I tugged my hair loose from its pony tail and pulled it over my shoulders, trying to hide how excited certain parts of my body were becoming. It backfired, because he took it as a different type of sign and closed the gap between us. One hand reached up and threaded through my hair as I tilted my face upward. I felt his other palm land on my hip, but it didn't stay there long. Slowly it slid down and then wrapped around until it cupped my ass and pulled me upward into contact with his hips where I could feel just how much he wanted me.","author":"Donna Augustine","tags":["urban-fantasy"],"id":28709,"author_id":"Donna+Augustine"},{"text":"No, I might not know what's coming, but I know where you're going.","author":"Donna Augustine","tags":["urban-fantasy"],"id":33334,"author_id":"Donna+Augustine"},{"text":"Would it be possible to speak to this Universe person?'I'm sure that they will understand that there is a personality conflict.' It was time to bump my complaint to upper management.'No one speaks to the Universe.'Then how do you know what to do?' I leaned in a little.'Simple. Through my orders.' His eyes started to twitch. 'Which you get how?'My memos.","author":"Donna Augustine","tags":["fate","karma","urban-fantasy"],"id":35111,"author_id":"Donna+Augustine"},{"text":"The way I feel about you doesn't come with a set of restrictions. There are no rules that say if you do this or you don't do that, I won't care anymore. This is just an aspect of who you are and I love you for the entirety of you, not for the different pieces I can pull out.","author":"Donna Augustine","tags":["beautiful","declarations-of-love","love","relationship"],"id":46302,"author_id":"Donna+Augustine"},{"text":"The sizzle I felt being near him was so intense, but I couldn't figure out if they were fireworks or warning flares.","author":"Donna Augustine","tags":["paranormal-romance","urban-fantasy"],"id":65159,"author_id":"Donna+Augustine"},{"text":"People say karma's a bitch. Personally, I really don't think I'm that bad.","author":"Donna Augustine","tags":["fate","karma","urban-fantasy"],"id":91964,"author_id":"Donna+Augustine"},{"text":"We weren't a couple, but friends didn't spoon every night. Fate and I were officially in relationship-no-man's-land.","author":"Donna Augustine","tags":["paranormal-romance","urban-fantasy"],"id":142694,"author_id":"Donna+Augustine"},{"text":"Do you need me to carry you?' The words were said softly but with a definite edge. He looked so angry, I wasn't sure if he was mad or trying to help.\t'No.' The last thing I wanted was to be carried out of there. I turned in my seat and tried to get a read on him. An idiot would have known he was pissed, but beyond that, I got nothing. Why was he the only person in my life I had so much trouble reading. He started to lean down and I realized I was out of time. \t'Don't you dare,' I said, trying to delay whatever action he was preparing to take. Looks like my stall quota had been all used up. If I'd had any delusions of him cutting me any slack because of what had happened between us, I was quickly realizing how wrong I'd been. He seemed even worse.","author":"Donna Augustine","tags":["urban-fantasy"],"id":156381,"author_id":"Donna+Augustine"},{"text":"For all that my co-workers put such stock in not being a transfer, we had a definite edge in one area. As a human, you were born knowing that you were going to die.","author":"Donna Augustine","tags":["paranormal-romance","urban-fantasy"],"id":159141,"author_id":"Donna+Augustine"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":21,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}