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Stargazer Lilies .

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His skin was amber-hued as his chest rose and fell in a rhythm that she unconsciously timed with her own heartbeat and the flickering dance the campfire wove as it burned. She watched him as he slept soundly, tracing the lines of his neck and jaw and nose and scar with her eyes, his hair tousled in a way that caused a few stray strands to fall around his face and over one of his eyes; suddenly the urge to creep over to his bed roll and gently brush those locks of gold away seized her, and abruptly she tore her gaze away from him as a wave of bashfulness filled her body with a warmth that had nothing to do with the heat of the fire.

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