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And maybe that was love. Being so vulnerable and allowing someone else in so far they could hurt you, but they also give you everything.Christine Feehan
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If you allowed yourself to hear or feel amusement, you would hear and feel pain.Christine Feehan
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He tasted passion. He tasted emotion. He tasted a world he’d never imagined, one he could never enter. It was right there in front of him, suddenly open to him. Unexpected. Exciting. Scary.Christine Feehan
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Sex was a practiced art to him. Each move calculated. His brain always worked while he performed, his body seducing his prey with ease, noting each response of his target. But in one moment, everything had changed. She swept him into a tidal wave of pure sensation, and he willingly let go and let her take him with her.Christine Feehan
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He felt safe with her. He'd never been safe with another human being, not since he'd been taken as a child from his home. He'd never been able to trust. He could never give that last small piece - all that was left of his humanity - into someone else's keeping. And now there was Rikki. She let him be whatever he had to be to survive. She didn't ask anything of him. There was no hidden motive. No agenda. Just acceptance. She was different - imperfect, or so she thought - and she knew what it was like to fight to carve out a space for herself. She was willing for him to do thar.Christine Feehan
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Here's to many more firsts and many more great memories.Christine Feehan
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I know what it's like to battle everyday of my life, just for acceptance, just to survive.Christine Feehan
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For the first time in his existence, he knew he was drowning and he wasn't thinking about survival.Christine Feehan