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I swept down the stairs to find Fade waiting for me at the bottom. His dark eyes widened, and for the first time since I'd known him, he was speechless. He stared up at me like I was everything he ever wanted.

Ann Aguirre

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Ann Aguirre
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 27
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
the United States of America
Ellen Connor
Ava Gray
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Fades
Ever
Bottom
Wanted
Since
Widened
Firsts
Eyes
Speechless
Everything
Waiting
Stared
First
Dark
Swept
Time
Known
Fade
Like
Eye
Stairs

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