title: Biting Back: A No-Nonsense, No-Garlic Guide to Facing the Personal Vampires in Your Life
author:  Claudia Cunningham 
description: <div>&quot;Written in a page-turning and warm style, Claudia's book offers empowering solutions to effectively remind us to stop inviting trouble into our homes and souls.&quot; -<b>MELODY BEATTIE, <i>NY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF &quot;CODEPENDENT NO MORE&quot;</i></b></div><div></div><div></div><br /><br /><div>&quot;...Claudia offers funny, practical support ...for staying in light, love, and gratitude, to keep our vampires away permanently.&quot;</div><div>-<b><i>JOAN WALSH, SALON.COM </i></b></div><div><b><i></i></b></div><div><b><i></i></b></div><div><b><i></i></b></div><div><b><i></i></b></div><div>&quot;Move over Buffy, there's a new slayer in town! -<b>JAYE WELLS,<i>AUTHOR, SABINA KANE URBAN FANTASY SERIES</i></b></div>
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  **MANIKIN**
  
  
  
  
  
  Channeling Morpheus 3
  
  
  
  
  
  Jordan Castillo Price
  
  
  
  
  
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  **Chapter One**
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  The straight razor slid along the tops of the toes on my right foot. “Shoosh,
  shoosh, _darlink_. If you tremble, I might nick you. We mustn’t ruin your
  skin.”
  
  
  
  
  
  I rolled my eyes down in my head, which I couldn’t move even a fragment of an
  inch, and told myself not to freak out. The vampire would keel over any
  minute. I’d slipped her three tablets of Rohypnol, and I knew from experience
  that three was more than enough.
  
  
  
  
  
  Part of her, the edge of her hair, was visible in the dim streetlight that
  threaded through a window high in the bathroom wall. Her hair was flame red,
  in long, smooth curls like Shirley Temple. It was so dim in the bathroom that
  the red looked brown, or even black.
  
  
  
  
  
  I swallowed. Th