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He held me against him gently, as if I was glass - as if I could shatter and fall away from him at any moment and leave him breathless and alone once more.
Alexandra Bracken
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Alexandra Bracken
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: February 27
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Science Fiction Writer
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Arizona
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Nope, he whispered, when I tried to tug it away. Mine now.
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