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So." [Isobel] cleared her throat. "What are we doing?"" We, " [Varen] said at last, "are doing a project on Poe.""Didn't he marry his cousin or something?"" The man is a literary god and that's all you have to say?Kelly Creagh
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Isobel moved farther into the kitchen, not knowing whether to be relieved that her mother hadn't had an atomic meltdown, or mortified that she'd taken it upon herself to play head chef with the nearest thing Trenton High had to a Dark Lord.Kelly Creagh
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As though sensing her heightening alarm, Pinfeathers halted his advance." I can’t help it that I’m susceptible to you, " he whispered. "You know that. It’s just that you’re so...unreal...and so I have to touch you. If only to be certain that I’m not the one who’s dreaming. You see, I hear that sort of thing is going around.Kelly Creagh
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Can I tell you something?" He tilted his head, moving in closer still, so close that she could feel his breath against her cheek. "Do you want to know what my grandma used to say about kisses on the forehead?" He pressed his lips to her brow, holding the silk soft kiss for a long moment while Isobel stood in place, unable to bring herself to shove him away." She told me it’s the kind of kiss we save for the dead.Kelly Creagh