Defiance (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Dru: Is one of the two only svetocha(female djamphir) alive. Best friends with Graves and has feelings for him and Christope.
• Graves: Is a loup-garou ( partial werewulf), and Dru's best friend. Gives Dru mixed signals.
• Christope Reynard: A powerful male djamphir. Loved Dru's mom and now loves Dru. Trained Dru to fight, and used to train Dru's mother as well
• Anna: The only other svetocha. Known as the "Red Queen." Shot Dru and kidnapped Graves.

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• “My hips felt funny and I was soaping myself up when I realized something had changed. I arched my back a little under the spray, and I wasn't imagining things.The chesticles were bigger.”

  Dru Anderson

• “Nathalie Williams, Skyrunner Clan. Dont send me home, its boring as fuck-all there.”

  Nat

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• “But I didn’t have trouble sleeping or eating when I thought of her in danger. I didn’t feel my heart tear itself out of my chest when she looked sad. I did not ever fear for her the way I fear for you.”

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• “Mother Moon,” Nat whispered. I’d never heard her sound actually shocked before. It was a revelation. “Oh, Mother Moon.” “And Father Fucking Sky, she broke my nuts.”

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• I’d put a banana on my tray, too. That, at least, didn’t remind me of anything trying to kill me. Could you kill someone with a banana? It didn’t seem possible. Maybe a possessed banana. I’d seen possessed pets before, but not possessed fruit. But I’ll bet it’s out there somewhere.

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• “Anna never wanted to walk when she could be carried, your mother wanted to walk when she could fly, and you want to run before you can walk.

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• Hiro wasn’t just going to have kittens. He was going to have little baby penguins, too.

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• Is there an easy way to take someone’s head off? It’s one of those unanswerable questions, like why hot dogs come in eight-packs and buns come in tens.

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• “Wulf aside, svetocha, boys are stupid. Always were, always will be, world without end, amen.”

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• Nathalie Williams, Skyrunner clan. Don’t send me home, it’s boring as fuck-all there.

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• It wasn’t exactly dangerous to be out during the day . . . but the Council, every one of them, up to and including August, would have kittens and penguins and little baby narwhals, too, probably, if they knew what I was up to.

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• “Blow me.” I was really feeling savage. It’s hard to get a satisfying snit on when you’re barefoot. “No way. Christophe would have a fit.”

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Schola Prima: Located in Manhattan and disguised as a very pivate all-boys school. It is the main schola and houses Dru and her friends.

Organizations edit see section history

• The Order: Dominated by djamphir, it exists to kill suckers and protect svetocha.

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Glossary edit see section history

• kochana: Loved, Beloved; my love
• milna: a mature/seductive way of saying 'sweetie'
• moj maly ptaszku; moj ptaszku: my little bird; my bird
• moja ksiezniczko; Ksiezniczka: my princess; princess

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Jealousy, and followed by Reckoning.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Lili St. Crow (Author)

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

grades 9 & up

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• Books › Children's Books › People & Places › Social Situations › Friendship
• Books › Children's Books › Literature › Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror › Spine-Chilling Horror

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