Blood From a Stone (185 page)

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Authors: Cynthia Lucas


J
ust
f
eel
m
y hea
r
t
bea
ti
ng
ri
g
ht
he
r
e
and
no
w
,
and
y
ou
’l
l
k
now
t
he
one
and
on
l
y
r
eason
w
hy
I

m
he
r
e. I
k
now
it’
s
t
oo
soon
and
I
k
now
i
t
sounds
c
r
a
z
y
.
B
ut
I a
l
so
k
n
o
w
t
hat
r
eason
i
sn

t
l
us
t
…and
I
p
r
o
m
i
se
y
ou
i
t
i
s
t
he
ri
g
ht
one.”
H
e
t
ook
her
fi
n
g
e
r
s
and
b
r
ou
g
ht
t
hem
t
o
h
i
s
li
ps,
k
i
s
si
ng
t
hem so
ftl
y
.

S
he
s
t
a
r
ed
l
ong and
ha
r
d
i
n
t
o
h
i
s
t
u
r
quo
i
se
e
y
es
and
t
hen
r
eached
f
o
r
w
a
r
d,
g
en
tl
y
t
a
k
i
ng
h
i
s
f
ace
i
n
t
o
h
er
hands and
k
i
ss
i
ng h
i
s
li
ps.
T
hen
she
t
ook h
i
s
hand
i
n
her
o
w
n,
and p
l
aced
i
t
a
g
a
i
nst
her
hea
rt
.

“I
k
no
w
,” she
w
h
i
spe
r
ed bac
k
.

H
e
pu
ll
ed
back
fr
om her
j
ust
f
or
m
o
m
e
n
t
,
push
i
ng
her da
m
p
ha
i
r
back
fr
om
her
shou
l
der
as
he
tr
aced
a
pa
t
h
do
w
n
t
he
s
i
de
of
her
neck
w
it
h
t
he
s
il
k
y
w
e
t
ness
of
h
i
s
t
on
g
ue,
g
li
d
i
ng do
w
n
t
o
a
de
li
c
i
ous
e
r
o
g
enous
z
one
j
ust
i
n
si
de
her co
ll
ar
bone.

S
he
s
i
g
hed
at
t
he sensuous
g
es
t
u
r
e as he p
i
c
k
ed her
up
i
n
h
i
s
a
r
m
s
a
g
a
i
n
and
m
o
v
ed
her
up
t
o
t
he
t
op of
t
he bed and
g
en
tl
y
l
a
i
d
her
back
a
g
a
i
nst
t
he
p
il
e
of
p
ill
o
w
s.
He
m
a
r
v
e
l
ed at
how beau
tif
ul
she
l
oo
k
ed
i
n
t
h
i
s
m
o
m
en
t
,
her
s
k
i
n
ba
t
hed
i
n
m
oon
li
g
h
t
…her 
g
o
l
den
ha
i
r
sp
l
a
y
ed
out
ac
r
oss
t
he
c
r
ea
m
y p
ill
o
w
case.

H
e
k
i
ssed
h
i
s
w
ay
do
w
n
i
n
t
o
t
he
ho
ll
ow of
her c
l
ea
v
a
g
e
and
upon
r
each
i
ng
t
he
p
l
ace
w
he
r
e
t
he
t
o
w
e
l
w
as nea
tl
y
t
uc
k
ed
a
r
ound
he
r
,
he
s
li
d a
fi
n
g
er
i
n and
p
u
ll
ed
i
t
fr
ee, expos
i
ng
her
b
r
eas
t
s…and
a
l
l
t
he
r
est
of
her
as
w
e
l
l
.
T
he
g
en
tl
e
cu
r
v
es
of
her
body
be
gg
ed
t
o
be
t
ouched…and
t
as
t
ed.
H
e
w
as
m
o
r
e
t
han
ea
g
er
t
o
co
m
p
l
y
,
as
h
i
s
t
on
g
ue
f
o
u
nd
it
s
w
ay
t
o her
n
i
pp
l
e,
t
eas
i
ng
i
t
t
o pe
b
b
l
e ha
r
dness.

S
he
g
asped
as
he
n
i
pped
her
g
en
tl
y befo
r
e
w
o
r
k
i
ng a
tr
a
i
l
do
w
n
t
he
cen
t
er
of
her
fl
at
s
t
o
m
ach
t
o
w
a
r
d h
e
r
na
v
e
l
.
H
e
li
n
g
e
r
ed
he
r
e
f
or
a
m
o
m
ent
and
t
hen
con
ti
nued
a
tr
a
i
l of da
m
p
k
i
sses
a
l
ong
t
he
i
ns
i
de
of
her
h
i
p,
g
o
i
ng s
til
l
l
o
w
er
u
n
ti
l
he
r
eached
t
he so
ft
,
w
et
w
a
r
m
t
h be
t
w
een her
t
h
i
g
hs.

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