A Handful of Heaven

Damn!

The Portrait of a Lady.

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It has to be done.

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please wake up

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Oh, God.

Yukoner

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Chapter Sixteen

Stone Man awakened with a smile on his face. Lazily he lifted his head off the pillow. For the first time in a week he didn 't have a headache. His smile expanded.

The first thing he saw was the woman stretched out beside him. Devon. In his mind the word was a caress. She looked breathtakingly beautiful and oh so desirable.

"Devon," he whispered throatity.

She blinked awake. "Morning," she purred.

He felt himself drowning in her eyes. He reached out to her. She snuggled closer. A lock of burnished russet hair twined around his forefinger, and it felt like a swatch of the finest French silk.

"I. . ."He stopped, suddenly awkward. "I don't know what to say. Words are so inadequate. But thank you for saving my life. It means a lot to me that you cared enough to bother.

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Goddamn it!

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cheechako

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No, goddamn it, I'm not all right. I haven't been all right since the day you came into my life.

Oh, Bear . . .

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BEAR

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