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It wasn't her looks that caught his interest or made him stand utterly still. It was her shadow. The sun was throwing light perfectly to create tall, full shadows. Hers leaked long tentacles. Thin. Like streaks reaching out toward the shadows around her. Everywhere there was a shadow, hers connected to it with the long feelers--with long tubes.
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romance
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suspense
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Christine Feehan |
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0d97a6b
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The feelings of conquest and possession mixing with love were a heady combination. Those traits were deep in him and she accepted him without judgment. How could he not be in love with her?
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romance
shadow-rider-series
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Christine Feehan |
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fa264b2
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His shadow and hers had become entangled in spite of his efforts to keep them apart. Although, truthfully, he hadn't tried that hard. He knew if she rejected him, the consequences to him would be dire.
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romance
shadow-rider-series
suspense-thriller
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Christine Feehan |
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56d2a9e
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Vittorio Ferraro was the most extraordinary man she'd ever meet and she would forever regret being a coward if she didn't give what had been growling between them a chance.
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romance
shadow-rider-series
suspense-thriller
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Christine Feehan |
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117a695
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She didn't want the mask he wore around others. She wanted the true intamacy he had given her, the real Vittorio, the real man. He had offered her that man and she'd been so afraid she'd rejected him.
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romance
shadow-rider-series
suspense-thriller
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Christine Feehan |
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d8147bd
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She didn't tell him, but his voice alone could seduce her. Having his hand on her was beyond exciting. Exhilarating. She wanted more. She wanted to feel as if she belonged to him.
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romance
shadow-rider-series
suspense-thriller
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Christine Feehan |
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096b38e
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If you let yourself believe in me, I'll take care of us. I believe absolutely, without a shadow of a doubt, that you'll take care of us just as well.
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romance
shadow-rider-series
suspense-thriller
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Christine Feehan |
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acbfbe1
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Now there was Grace. An unexpected gift. She was far more than he'd ever fantasized about. She was courageous and beautiful. Intelligent and no pushover.
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romance
shadow-rider-series
suspense-thriller
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Christine Feehan |
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00736dc
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Claiming her as his. He was rough, demanding and possessive. He wanted her to feel his brand of love. Complete. Encompassing. Reverent. Carnal.
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romance
shadow-rider-series
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Christine Feehan |
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af11e90
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She was an intelligent woman and she wasn't just going to hand herself over to him because she was tempted. He loved that about her because it meant when she did fully surrender, he'd earned it and he had a much better chance of keeping her when he had to tell her he was a shadow rider and what that meant for both of them.
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romance
shadow-rider-series
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Christine Feehan |
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e243dd0
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He'd meant what he'd said when he'd told her he didn't want to ever see her hurt or with tears in her eyes. He knew never was a long time, but he would still do his best to make that promise count.
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romance
shadow-rider-series
suspense-thriller
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Christine Feehan |
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500eaf4
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She was known as QBSITDROH" She rattled off the letters fast as if she'd used them often. [...] "You'll have to teach your special name to sisters-in-law. They occasionally need a humorous way to cope. What does it stand for?" "Queen bitch spawned in the deepest recesses of hell."
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romance
shadow-rider-series
suspense-thriller
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Christine Feehan |
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415faa8
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It was at home, when she was alone with herself, the way she'd been her entire life, that she was lost. She had no purpose. No focus. No center to balance her. Now, this man, Vittorio Ferraro, an amazing, sensual, intelligent man offered those things to her.
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romance
shadow-rider-series
suspense-thriller
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Christine Feehan |
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487cc91
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He was born a shadow rider and trained from the time he was two. There was no other job or interest for him. It was considered a sacred duty and no rider, if he was capable, would ever walk away from it, no matter how difficult.
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romance
shadow-rider-series
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Christine Feehan |
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77dd5b9
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The life was lonely, regimented, dangerous and formidable. Now that he had Grace in his life, even for a short few weeks, he wasn't willing to go back to that stark, lonely existence.
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romance
shadow-rider-series
suspense-thriller
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Christine Feehan |
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5f50b8e
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For all the downsides to being a rider, there was his family. Always there. Always ready to help and watch out for one another. His family was one of the biggest gifts he had to offer Grace.
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romance
shadow-rider-series
suspense-thriller
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Christine Feehan |
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0ef1e19
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What did she think? That a man like Vittorio Ferraro was playing an elaborate hoax on her? That was absurd. She just knew she knew she couldn't take rejection from him, so it was easier to leap on the first legitimate excuse to run. Her jumbled fears weren't making any sense.
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romance
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Christine Feehan |
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dd89176
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His breath hitched. His lungs seized. She was the last thing he'd expected to happen because...frankly...a woman like her was so rare. He didn't know how to feel about it, but suddenly there was nothing else more important, not even Ferraro family business.
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romance
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suspense
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Christine Feehan |
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00c4b20
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She didn't want to be that girl, the one curled up in a little ball. The one under the covers in the fetal position. She'd been there hundreds of times and every single time she'd told herself to stand up. This time, win or lose, if she just stood up, she had the very real opportunity, which would never come again, to be with a man she'd dreamt of.
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romance
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Christine Feehan |
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He looked gorgeous. Tough. Dangerous. Completely hot. And he was all hers.
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romance
shadow-rider-series
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Christine Feehan |
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bc8f025
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Stop," Ricco all but snarled the command. "You're a Ferraro. You never, ever fucking let them see they got to you. Even here, Francesca, you keep your head up. You remember who you are. If you can't do it for yourself, you do it for him. For Stefano. I know you love him."
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Christine Feehan |
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26b5efb
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Mine." He nearly spat the word. Telling her. Wanting that word branded into her bones. Wanting his name carved deep into her soul. She. Was. 'His'. His everything."
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romance
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suspense
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Christine Feehan |
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61aec43
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You're kind of a caveman, sometimes, Stefano. But it's sexy. Really, really sexy.
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romance
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Christine Feehan |
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20d0cfa
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She looked desperate. He felt that way. He wasn't about to be separated from her. "No matter what, I'll be with you," he promised."
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romance
shadow-rider-series
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Christine Feehan |
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be45fe5
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You make me feel alive, Grace. Every cell in my body wakes up around you. My heart. Who knew it was even possible?
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shadow-rider-series
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Christine Feehan |
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Don't talk, Grace. Save your strength. I've got this. All you have to do is stay alive for me. I'll take care of everything else. Will you do that for me? Just stay alive." Her nod was nearly imperceptible, but it was there."
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romance
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Christine Feehan |
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It was just her luck to be in the worst possible circumstances when she met the hottest man in the entire world.
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romance
shadow-rider-series
suspense-thriller
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Christine Feehan |
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ccb2235
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I want you to be mine completely. I need you to give yourself to me the way you kiss me. More importantly, I need to be your man. The one who shelters you, protects you, gives you everything.
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romance
shadow-rider-series
suspense-thriller
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Christine Feehan |
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c04b714
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Someone to care about him. Someone to be his center. Someone to make him feel alive and passionate about living.
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romance
shadow-rider-series
suspense-thriller
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Christine Feehan |
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e1d8b82
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His voice. It was beautiful. Low. Soothing, yet the same time, there was absolute command, as if he ruled the world and knew it.
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romance
shadow-rider-series
suspense-thriller
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Christine Feehan |
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bdc3eb9
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She was the one. His only. He knew it with every fiber of his being.
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romance
shadow-rider-series
suspense-thriller
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Christine Feehan |
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4c91e82
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How could she not answer him more fully when he was looking at her so directly? When the deep, commanding way he said her name made her feel that if she didn't tell him the truth, he would be disappointed.
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romance
shadow-rider-series
suspense-thriller
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Christine Feehan |
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It was as if the very shadows connected them and she could feel his emotions.
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romance
shadow-rider-series
suspense-thriller
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Christine Feehan |
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a1099ba
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There's an old saying about curls and being bad. He groaned, bringing her hand to his mouth before settling into the driver's seat. Grand-mere used to quote that to me. I don't have curls. I have waves. Wavy hair is much manlier.
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Christine Feehan |
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Where is all that marvelous respect a man as powerful as myself deserves?" His thumb stroked across her full lower lip, a sensuous caress. Raven closed her eyes against the inevitable. She wanted to cry. Her feelings for him were so strong, her throat was aching and burning. Mikhail brushed her eyes with his lips, tasted a tear, sought refuge in the sweetness of her mouth. "Why would you cry for me, Raven?" he murmured against her throat. ..
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Christine Feehan |
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His entire body shuddered with pleasure. He caught her hips in his hands, surged forward to to bury himself deep inside of her. A safe haven. His world was changed forever. He no longer walked the earth utterly alone. He would never be alone again. Antonietta changed his world. Brought him light in his unrelenting darkness.
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Christine Feehan |
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455ca08
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He could hurry everything else in his life, but he was never going to make the mistake of hurrying his time with Grace. She was too important and everything else could take a backseat.
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romance
shadow-rider-series
suspense-thriller
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Christine Feehan |
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8796e0e
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She would be a part of their world and that meant secrecy at all times. She couldn't tell a soul anything he told her. Trust worked both ways and he was trusting her with his life and the lives of his family members.
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romance
shadow-rider-series
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Christine Feehan |
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83790ea
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He could see faint streaks of light as if the man left behind prints. They didn't appear like footprints, there were more faint bluish lights, more of a blob-line than a print, but every person left them behind and from shadows he could see them. He couldn't spot the imaging once out of tube, but the shadows acted as if he was seeing through a thermal lens.
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romance
shadow-rider-series
suspense-thriller
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Christine Feehan |
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114b2d2
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I want you to come stay in my home. At least until we find and dispose of the assassins." Raven walked several steps in silence. He had said we, as if they were a team. That pleased her. "You know, Mikhail, it was the strangest thing today. Not one person at the inn or in the village seemed to know of the murder." His finger flicked along her delicate cheekbone. "And you said nothing." She flashed him a quelling glance from under long lashe..
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Christine Feehan |
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He breathed away all the anger, all emotions, cloaking himself with Grace and everything in him settled, once more allowing complete control.
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romance
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suspense-thriller
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Christine Feehan |
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It was her acceptance that brought him back to sanity. This woman was not in a trance; she was offering herself freely because she felt his raging need, because she trusted him to stop before he hurt her, before he killed her. Mikhail's tongue lapped across her breast, closed the wound. He lifted his head, his dark eyes still glowing with the beast, the taste of her in his mouth, on his lips. He swore softly, bitterly, his self-loathing tot..
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Christine Feehan |
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Stay with me, little one. I remained in this world because of you. You will have to be strong for both of us. Can you hear me, Raven? Do not leave me. I can make you happy. I know I can.
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Christine Feehan |
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I nearly killed a woman tonight." He confessed it harshly, his dark eyes wounded. "You told me God made us for a purpose, that we were created by him. I am more beast than man, Edgar, and I cannot continue to delude myself. I would seek eternal rest, but even that is denied me. Assassins stalk my people. I have no right to leave them until I know they are protected. Now my woman is in danger, not only from me but from my enemies." Edgar puf..
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