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1 " I hoped I was enough. I had nothing else to offer. "
― L.R.W. Lee , Lullaby (The Sand Maiden, #1)
2 " Everything. "
3 " Dare to bare? "
4 " And then I felt him. My only anchor in this storm, my only path back. One hand grabbed my shoulder and held me firmly in place. The other banished the air driving the monster. As suddenly as the whirlwind started, it died, and I collapsed. Kovis caught me in his arms. "
5 " I believed creativity to be the expression of the person, who they were inside. Evil didn't create beauty like this. This was honest. I resisted, but I couldn't deny. Perhaps misguided, but Kennan was a good man. I saw it. "
6 " I chuckled. Her and that damn Air affinity. She breezed right past my normal defenses. "
7 " I knew it would be hard when I promised you my best," he said, drying my tears in turn.I'd been naive to think the suffering was mine alone. He suffered, too. Just differently. "
8 " Defective! I’d gotten a defective body! "
9 " He covered the distance between us in three long strides, then lifted my chin until our eyes locked. “I cannot wait to unwrap you after that ball. You’ve no idea what I’ve imagined doing to you.” A corner of his mouth quirked up. “With your permission of course. "
10 " I heard him before I saw him, his power rippled about the room. And with two more steps, the most beautiful man I'd ever seen, my Dreambeam, stood before me. "
11 " Is what true?” I replied. I drew out the words.Only the sounds of the horses’ hooves striking the dry, packed ground sounded until Hulda finished, “The more powers a sorcerer has—” She surveyed her audience. “—the better the sex.”Stunned silence and gaping mouths greeted her delivery. "
12 " Complimenting yourself again? "
13 " Toe fungus? "