The Black Dagger Brotherhood (58 page)
Read The Black Dagger Brotherhood Online
Authors: J. R. Ward
“What
brings you onto my
property?” Rehv
said, cradling his mug with both hands and trying to absorb its warmth.
brings you onto my
property?” Rehv
said, cradling his mug with both hands and trying to absorb its warmth.
“Got a problem.”
“I can't fix your personality, sorry.”
Lassiter
laughed,
the sound ringing through the house like church bells. “No. I like myself just as I am, thank you.”
laughed,
the sound ringing through the house like church bells. “No. I like myself just as I am, thank you.”
“Can't help your delusional nature,
either.”
either.”
“I need to find an
address.”
address.”
“Do I
look
like
a phone book?”
look
like
a phone book?”
“You
look
like shit, as a matter of fact.”
look
like shit, as a matter of fact.”
“And you with the compliments . ” Rehv finished his coffee. “What makes you think I'd help you?”
pp. 426-427
“Son of a bitch,” Wrath breathed as the figure stopped twenty yards away.
The glowing man laughed. “Well, if it isn't good King Wrath and his band of merry-merry-happy-happy. I swear you boys should do kiddie shows, you're so fucking cheery.”
“Great,” Rhage muttered, “his sense of humor's still intact. ”
Vishous exhaled. “Maybe I can try and beat it out of him.”
“Use his own arm to do it, if you canâ”
Wrath glared at the two of them, who shot him back a pair of who-us? stares.
The king shook his head and addressed the lit figure. “Been a while. Thank God. How the hell are you?”
Before the man could answer, V cursed. “If I have to hear all that Keanu Reeves, Matrix, âI am Neo' kind of shit, my head's going to explore. ”
“Don't you mean Neon?” Butch shot back. “'Cause he reminds me of the Citgo sign. ”
p. 486
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 Europeâ”
“Okay, that was so not my faultâ”
“âwhich wiped out two-thirds of the human population.”
“I'd like to remind you that you don't like humans.”
“They smell bad when they're dead. ”
“All you mortal types do. ”
p. 488
“Fuck. Me,” Vishous breathed.
“I will so pass on that,” Lassiter muttered.
p. 488
The stairwell fire alarm went off, its shrill cry the kind of thing that made you want to be deaf.
Phury laughed and rolled to the side, tucking her into his chest. “Five . . . four . . . three . . . twoâ”
“Soooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrryyy!” Layla called out from the foot of the stairs.
“What was it this time, Chosen?” he hollered back.
“Scrambled eggs,” she yelled up.
Phury shook his head and said softly to Cormia, “See, I'd have figured it was the toast. ”
“Can't be that. She broke the toaster yesterday.”
“She did?”
Cormia nodded. “Tried to put a piece of pizza in it. The cheese.”
“Everywhere?”
“Everywhere . ”
Phury spoke up. “That's okay, Layla. You can always clean the pan and try again. ”
“I don't think the pan's going to work anymore, ” came the reply.
Phury's voice dropped. “I'm so not going to ask. ”
“Aren't they metal?”
“Should be.”
pp. 526-527
The Brothers on the Board
Brothers on the Board
W
hen the adventure of these books being released first started, back in September of 2005, I had no idea how popular they would become. I was also incredibly clueless about the Internet. I didn't even know that Yahoo! Groups existed, or that message boards were a way authors connected with their readers, or that blogs and online reviewers were so important.
hen the adventure of these books being released first started, back in September of 2005, I had no idea how popular they would become. I was also incredibly clueless about the Internet. I didn't even know that Yahoo! Groups existed, or that message boards were a way authors connected with their readers, or that blogs and online reviewers were so important.
It wasn't until after
Lover Eternal
came out in March of 2006 that I started to focus on what kind of Internet presence I wanted to have. I set up a Yahoo! Group and started a message board. Now, three years later, we have thousands and thousands of readers on both, and have established a good community of folks.
Lover Eternal
came out in March of 2006 that I started to focus on what kind of Internet presence I wanted to have. I set up a Yahoo! Group and started a message board. Now, three years later, we have thousands and thousands of readers on both, and have established a good community of folks.
Naturally, the Brothers come out every once in a while on the message board, and one of the best things about their visits, to me, is how the readers get involved. As whatever rolls goes down, the Cellies (as the enthusiastic members of the message board call themselves) join in, adding their comments (and actions! ). I can't tell you the number of times I'll be rolling in hysterics, not just because of what the Brothers are doing, but because the readers are right along with them.
Here are just a few of my favorite frat-boy moments, and not surprisingly Rhage tends to be front and center in a lot of them. Bear in mind, when the Brothers come out on the board, they are in terms of their stories wherever I am in the process of writing, and I'm always at least one book ahead of where the readers areâso when V gets razzed for falling in love with Jane, the book that was out was actually
Lover Revealed
. Also, for the most part, as you follow the action, the Brothers are on their computers, but you'll see when what transpires slips into actionâand you'll have to use your suspension of disbelief a little in these parts! Finally, I've edited out the Cellie comments and changed the content a little so it makes sense out of context, but you can enjoy the threads in all their glory on the BDB boards, which can be found at
www.jrwardbdb.com/forum/index.php
.
Lover Revealed
. Also, for the most part, as you follow the action, the Brothers are on their computers, but you'll see when what transpires slips into actionâand you'll have to use your suspension of disbelief a little in these parts! Finally, I've edited out the Cellie comments and changed the content a little so it makes sense out of context, but you can enjoy the threads in all their glory on the BDB boards, which can be found at
www.jrwardbdb.com/forum/index.php
.
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