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Pain is mostly mind over matter: if you don't mind, it doesn't matter.Deborah Blake
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Uh, hi, " she said, lifting a hand in greeting. " Hi yourself, " Liam said, feeling remarkably calm, under the circumstances. "Did you just walk out of that closet?" He looked her over, taking in her unusual attire, jewels, sword, and all. She looked exotic, stunningly beautiful, and in some intangible way, more herself than he'd ever seen her. " Nice outfit. Special occasion?" He was fairly certain she hadn't just come from a costume ball. Unless it was one that involved some kind of giant pumpkin and a fairy godmother.Deborah Blake
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I love you, " he said, holding her close and running his fingers through her tangled hair as if he couldn't believe she was still in his arms. "I think you've cast a spell on me, wicked witch that you are." Baba thought that if this is what it meant to be wicked, she was all for it.Deborah Blake
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What do you envy?" Liam gestured around the Airstream. "All this. You travel around the country , no roots, no ties, having all sorts of adventures and meeting new people. It must be nice not to constantly have folks tugging at you, expecting you to solve all their problems for them, knowing everything about you down to whether you wear boxers or briefs." Baba raised an eyebrow, and he flushed a little. " Briefs. But that's not my point.Deborah Blake
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You were thinking about the hunky sheriff. I don't blame you. If I weren't a dragon, and a male one at that, I'd be drooling over him myself." He lifted his muzzle to look at her. "So what are you going to do about him?" Baba sighed. "Probably something truly unwise." " Excellent, " Chudo-Yudo said. "About time. No one should be wise all the time. Not even a Baba.Deborah Blake
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It's about damned time, " he said in a husky voice. "If I had to wait five more minutes to kiss you, I think I probably would have turned into a dragon myself.Deborah Blake
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So, Sheriff, " she said. "How do you feel about a life of crime?Deborah Blake
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Stu looked over his shoulder at the trailer. "She seems like a nice old lady, but jeez, that's a big dog." " Yes, " said Liam. "But a small dragon.Deborah Blake
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Liam jumped. "Jeez --you can talk! " Chudo- Yudo rolled his eyes. "Right. So a talking dragon is okay, but a talking dog freaks you out? Dude, you're going to have to adjust to this crap a lot faster than that if you're going to be any help.Deborah Blake
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Mrs. Ivanov's gentle face was pale and bewildered, her wrinkles falling in on themselves as though they'd given up trying to hold on to any expression other than sorrow.Deborah Blake