Jaimee Wriston Colbert
Sweet Breath

"Civilization, hah!" She throws back her head, her sleek neck long as a horse's. "Like isn't this Ohio? I got them mixed up in the maps we did in the fourth grade, Ohio and Iowa, four letter states in the middle of nowhere. Who cares anyway, what's the difference? I'm from Hawaii. The bars in Waikiki are open till four in the morning. That's civilization. Anyhow, I take rides from people all the time. Not everybody gets to drive their own Fury, you know."