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“Needles …” Cole started. “No, Cole,” Needles snapped, his laughter stopping suddenly. His eyes blazed with fear and insanity. “People just don’t go out in the middle of the night and walk into the woods. People don’t just disappear in mid-step. Something’s wrong here. Really wrong.”
― Mark Lukens, Ancient Enemy

“Keep your voice down!’ I warned. ‘The house is asleep.’ ‘Come quick,’ he repeated, though in a lower tone. ‘And bring gun.’ ‘Why?”
― Robert Masello, The Jekyll Revelation

“He bailed on football practice.” As soon as the words left me, my stomach pitched. This wasn’t any of Phil’s business. He chuckled. “So, the Golden Boy isn’t so golden after all.” He lifted his arm toward my house. “Walk you home?” “Um . . . OK,” I heard myself agree.”
― Kerry Lonsdale, Everything We Keep

“Just then Angie rushed back into the kitchen. I was stunned at how she was dressed. She had on a dressy long-sleeved blouse and a pair of cut-off jeans. The jeans were more of a shock, because until that very moment I had never seen her bare legs. She always wore ratty pants, and the most I had ever seen of her legs were flashes of skin when she had holes around the knees in her pant legs. Now the jeans she wore weren’t cut really high, but high enough. Her legs were still somewhat tanned from Florida, and they were in good shape, which caused something good to stir in my stomach.”
― Tom Upton, Plague House