I could almost smell her fear... Why did it bother me so much? Because she and I were the only women here… — Laurell K. Hamilton

I could almost smell her fear... Why did it bother me so much? Because she and I were the only women here, and we had to be better than the men. Braver, quicker, whatever. It was a rule for playing with the big boys.

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