Couples - Kate ღ Curran Appreciation #1 ~ Because the Universe exploded when he kissed her - Page 2

***Andie*** · 06-15-2009, 11:46 AM

Thanks for those Nad

I can't seem to be able to pick a fave

Can you?

Magic Strikes
Kate: “His Majesty needs a can-I girl anyway. And I’m not it.”
Andrea: “A can-I girl?”
Kate: “ Can I fetch you your food, Your Majesty? Can I tell you how strong and mighty you are, Your Majesty? Can I pick out your fleas, Your Majesty? Can I kiss your ass, Your Majesty? Can I . . .”
Curran: ““Technically it should be ‘may I,’ since you’re asking permission. To answer your question, yes, you may kiss my ass. Normally I prefer to maintain my personal space, but you’re a Friend of the Pack and your services have proven useful once or twice. I strive to accommodate the wishes of persons friendly to my people. My only question is, would your kissing my ass be obeisance, grooming, or foreplay?”

Kate: “I want to assure you, Your Majesty, that I spend long nights lying awake in my bed worrying about your feelings.”
Curran: “As well you should.”

Curran: “I see. Is Jim with you now?”
Kate: “Yes, he is. We’re having rough sex. You’re interrupting.”

Kate: “What are you doing here?”
Curran: “Looking for Jim in your bed.”
Kate: “He isn’t here.”
Curran: “I see that.”

Kate: “What else do you do while you’re here? Read my mail? Look through my underwear?”
Curran: “No. I don’t go through your things. I just come once in a while to make sure you’re in one piece. I like knowing you’re safe, asleep in your bed. I haven’t stolen anything . . .”

Curran: “How was it?”
Kate: “It was flat,” I lied. “No spark. Nothing. Like kissing a brother.”
Curran: “Really? Is that why you put your arms around my neck?”
Kate: “That was temporary insanity.”
Curran: “You sure you don’t want me to stay? I’ll make you coffee and ask you about your day.”
Kate: “Out. Now.”
Curran: “You sure you don’t want to kiss me good-bye, baby?”
Kate: “How about a good-bye kick to the throat?”

Andrea: “Raphael called. Apparently an order just went down the chain of command. Any member of the Pack who attacks you is going to have a long, unpleasant meeting with Curran.”
Kate: “Yippee. I had no idea I was a fragile flower in need of His Majesty’s protection.”

***Nad*** · 06-17-2009, 10:50 AM

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Andrea: “Raphael called. Apparently an order just went down the chain of command. Any member of the Pack who attacks you is going to have a long, unpleasant meeting with Curran.”
Kate: “Yippee. I had no idea I was a fragile flower in need of His Majesty’s protection.”

Oh, that's definitely one of my faves

Gotta search for more quotes.

Did we want to add some reasons as well?

***Andie*** · 06-17-2009, 10:52 AM

Did you see this guys?

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I was in Unicorn Lane at night. A bad time to be in a bad place. Anything can happen there, but it’s never something good.

No one was in charge of Unicorn Lane. None of Atlanta’s many supernatural factions could claim dominion over it. It was populated by those once human and those who had never been, and they hid in the dark ruins, feeding on each other and making visitors unwelcome. Thus the Unicorn Lane is recognized by all as neutral territory, a no-man’s land you entered at your own risk. The scared hovered at the edge the stupid died not far from it. I was here to meet someone, and if she made it far enough to find me, I would know she was neither.

I leaned back, feeling the cold stone of the abandoned building with my spine. Moonlight seeped through the holes in the roof, illuminating a gap in the wall. She would come through there. The night shadows hid me, so I’d have plenty of time to look her over.

The Unicorn lay quiet. The night is never truly silent, but right now the monsters minded their manners. None of them knew why I was here, but all of them recognized they didn’t want to be the reason for my visit.

What I did know of the merc came from Jim, my chief of security. He’d worked with her in the Mercenary Guild. That gave me pause. Jim was a cat and preferred the solitary hunt. It was rare for him to let anyone outside the Pack watch his back. He said she was fast, for a human, and good with a blade. He also said she had a big mouth and fought when she should run. None of this endeared her to me. Mercs were bottom feeders. No honor, no integrity, no loyalty. They didn’t stand for anything. I wasn’t in the habit of personally meeting low life thugs who wanted to be tough guys. I had people for that.

However, I was willing to take a chance this time, since Jim had vouched for her. He’d seen her come out of situations that should have ended her. Jim didn’t believe all of her cards were on that table. She was likely hiding strong magic, which meant she came with baggage. That was fine if it made her useful. Something was hunting my people, the Free People of Atlanta. We had the best trackers in the City, but we had yet to catch it.

Normally we solved our own problems. We kept it in the family. Humans saw us as freaks, and I saw no need to give them more ammunition. But the murders had been too numerous and some of the vampires were destroyed as well, no big loss, and the Order of Merciful Aid got involved. The only human I trusted in that organization of fanatics, a Knight Diviner of the Order, had been investigating the case and killed for it, presumably by the same creature. I have little love and less use for humans, but Greg Feldman had died helping us and that counted for something. Incredibly this merc was his estranged ward and had inherited the case along with a temporary position with the Order.

I would find this thing that murdered my people. I would stand over it and taste his blood as the light faded from its eyes. Nothing would change that. But with Order’s help, I would find it faster. If Greg’s ward was looking for revenge, all the better. It would mean she was willing to take risks that could help me get my teeth on this creature’s throat.

I smelled her, before I heard her approach Jim outside. The night wind brought a mixture of scents to my tongue. Leather – old boots. A touch of sweat, clean and unmistakably feminine. A mix of rosemary, chamomile, lavender – shampoo, an herbal fragrance foreign to this dank and moldy place, nice. A very faint trace of cloves and steel – oil for the sword.

She was quiet, nearly soundless for a human. Interesting. What was she?

Finally the faint sound of a step. Come closer, little mouse, you’re almost there.

The night shadows swallowed me. She would come in right across from me – it was the only way – and I would see her before she saw me, if I choose to let myself be seen. Perhaps if she looked as good as she smelled I would give her that privilege.

A slight scratch of a foot sliding on stone. I leaned forward to get a better look.

Moonlight from gaps in the ceiling illuminated the scene as she put first a foot through the gap. She came in sideways, slowly and carefully, carrying a sword. An odd looking blade, pale. She held it like she what she was doing, but her faith in its ability to protect her was misplaced. The tips of my claws itched the inside of my skin, wanting to come out. She had one sword, but I had ten claws.

She scanned the area, stopped to listen, then moved forward stealthily like a dancer, hiding in the nearest shadow before I caught a glimpse of her face. The draft brought another whiff of her scent. She paused and I knew she was peering into the gloom, vainly trying to find me. I liked the way she moved, balanced and light, neither tiptoeing nor stiff. Nice body. Come to me mouse, don’t be scared.

She took a step forward and I saw her in profile. Exotic, strong features, not pretty, but I liked what I saw.

I drew my fingers through the dirt, scraping the floor a little.

She pivoted on one foot, turning her sword. Fast. Her head snapped toward me. Dark eyes stared straight at me. I detected no fear. Instead it was a look of challenge. So not a mouse after all, but something more. This could be interesting. I’d let her dance in the dirt a bit more. She was fun to watch.

She crouched with her hand out. What the hell was she doing…

“Here, kitty, kitty, kitty.”

Oh my God, she was retarded and I was going to kill Jim.

She blinked and stared at me. She’d seen my eyes glow.

I let go, shifting in the dark into my true form in the dark. If you want a Kitty, little girl, I’ll give you one you’ll never forget.

I stepped into the moonlight. She froze.

That’s right. No sudden moves. I padded toward her slowly and circled her allowing her take it all in. Do you like the kitty now? I could smell her surprise and fear. Our gazes met. Her eyes went wide and then she fell on her ass.

Heh. A bow would have been sufficient.

I retreated into the shadows of the corner. I was not sure what affect a laughing lion would have on her and I did not want her to faint. I reverted to human form and changed into sweats and a tee. Any other time, I might have walked out to her as is, but this was a business meeting. Best to keep it that way.

I gave her a few seconds to recover. She was dusting off her jeans.

“Kitty, Kitty?”

She jumped a bit. Smart girl. Most shapeshifters can’t switch back and forth like that. I’m not most shapeshifters. I am the Beast Lord.

“Yeah,” she managed weakly. “You caught me by unprepared. Next time I’ll bring cream and catnip toys.”

Toys wouldn’t be necessary. “There may not be a next time.”

I stepped out and she turned toward me. She seemed almost relieved that I wasn’t naked. Most women had the opposite reaction. Her loss.

I hit her with my hard stare. She met my gaze and did not look away or cringe. Points for her. She was tall for a woman, maybe two or three inches shorter than me. Young, maybe early or mid-twenties. She looked strong and lithe, like an athlete or martial artist.

“What kind of woman greets the Beast Lord with ‘here, kitty kitty’?”

“One of a kind.”

She continued to hold my stare. She may not have been as funny as she thought she was, but she wasn’t a coward. Good. I could work with brave.

I took a step toward her. “I am the Lord of the Free People.”

***Nad*** · 06-17-2009, 11:06 AM

Thanks so much for posting that, Andie

So awesome, I demand all books to be also written from Curran's POV!

***Andie*** · 06-17-2009, 11:46 AM

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Thanks so much for posting that, Andie

So awesome, I demand all books to be also written from Curran's POV!

All the Curran/Kate scenes would be enough... I am not THAT greedy

What did you like best?

***Nad*** · 06-17-2009, 12:55 PM

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All the Curran/Kate scenes would be enough... I am not THAT greedy

Okay, okay, all the Curran/Kate scenes would be a good start

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What did you like best?

I think his reaction to her 'Here, kitty, kitty, kitty' - hilarious

I'm quite sure, she'd kick his rear end if she knew he refers to her as 'mouse'

**chrissy1302** · 06-17-2009, 01:04 PM

OMG

I love it.

electricpeppers · 06-25-2009, 03:44 AM

Lucky me stumbling onto this thread! Can I be added please?

I'm obsessed with this couple. They're my favourite book coupling eva! That Curran POV is amazing. I hope the authors do more.

**chrissy1302** · 06-25-2009, 03:48 AM

Welcome

Looks like you can't wait for the next book. Just like us.

***Andie*** · 06-25-2009, 04:02 AM

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Lucky me stumbling onto this thread! Can I be added please?

I'm obsessed with this couple. They're my favourite book coupling eva! That Curran POV is amazing. I hope the authors do more.

Welcome electricpeppers

It's greet to meet other fans of these too. How did you find us, if you don't mind me asking?

His POV is awesome. Gorden did a great job...esp the line about ger being retarded

What's your favourite Kate/Curran scene so far?

Oh and look at your sig... if that isn't Cassie Palmer

electricpeppers · 07-02-2009, 12:39 AM

Thanks!

I was just searching through threads looking for a different couple's thread... but then I suddenly spied 'Curran' in a title -- lucky me.

Yeah, Cassie Palmer heh. They're my other obsession. Bad tempered blond men FTW.

I'm re-reading the books because I'm going nutty waiting for Magic Bleeds. The small snippets aren't sating me either. That small one about Curran's bimbo room was funny though. And I think Curran didn't turn up for the dinner because he was protecting Kate from something -- but I think even when Kate finds out whatever it is, the damage will already have been done. Her walls will go up again (to an extent). We all know the effort is futile though!

My favourite scene would have be at the end of Magic Strikes when Curran says he'll always come for Kate. It was romantic but not overdone because he said all he needed to say in that one word: 'always'. I would hate for Curran to ever get too schmoopy. I also love the soup scene... and when Andrea tells Kate that Curran called her his 'future mate'. I love Andrea she ships Kate/Curran! I also thought it was funny when Curran stalked Kate to her apartment after her date with Crest, because he had to know how she was going to end her night with him.

Ooh! And the one when they're arguing on the phone, and Curran says she can 'fall on her hands and knees, or against the wall' (etc). That whole conversation was really hilarious, but totally in character. Also that scene in MS when Curran ripped up a chair so he could sit next to Kate, and then complimented her loose hair... and Kate's heart jumped when he smiled at her -- that was so cute. Basically I love everything...

***Nad*** · 07-07-2009, 05:41 AM

Welcome

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I'm re-reading the books because I'm going nutty waiting for Magic Bleeds.

Same here

Could they move the release date forward instead of back please

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And I think Curran didn't turn up for the dinner because he was protecting Kate from something -- but I think even when Kate finds out whatever it is, the damage will already have been done. Her walls will go up again (to an extent). We all know the effort is futile though!

Good point

Of course we know her effort is futile, I think it will lead to some additional tension though.

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My favourite scene would have be at the end of Magic Strikes when Curran says he'll always come for Kate. It was romantic but not overdone because he said all he needed to say in that one word: 'always'.

Exactly, that word is so powerful, he really didn't need to go all out and make huge declarations and the like, a simple 'always' did the job perfectly well

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I would hate for Curran to ever get too schmoopy.

Curren & schmoopy?

I really don't see that happening, unless someone drugs him or brainwashes him or the likes

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Basically I love everything...

Good way to describe it

Do we want to add some reasons as to why we love these two btw?

***Andie*** · 07-07-2009, 11:49 AM

OP has been updated; come and check it out

**chrissy1302** · 07-07-2009, 12:23 PM

OP looks great

***Andie*** · 07-09-2009, 08:29 AM

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OP looks great

Thanks

We need to add more quotes and reasons though

But I'd say we are off a great start