I'm quite happy for that smile, because Dad told me once you should be grateful for the gifts that are the rarest.

I didn't say I would start a yard." "You didn't have to. I'll come back next year and you'll have a nest of horses outside your window and Puck Connolly in your bed and I'll buy from you instead of Malvern. That's your future for you.

I stood on my toes and stole a soft kiss from his lips. "Surprise attack," I said. Sam leaned down and kissed me back, his mouth lingering on mine, teeth grazing my lower lip, making me shiver. "Surprise attack back." "Sneaky," I said, my voice breathier than I intended.

at last no one decided And no one knocked And no one jumped up And no one opened And there stood no one And no one entered And no one said: welcome And no one answered: at last

- Tears don't become us. - What becomes us? - Action.

How long it takes us, each day, to know each other.

This time, it was more of a thought than a feeling, a soft heat that began at her mouth and unfurled through the rest of her.