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"She blew out a breath between gritted teeth. "Sometimes I really want to-a frustrated sound-"bite you! He froze. "I might let you. "I won't do it if you'd enjoy it."

"He is a writer. He makes the rest of them nervous."

"To get along with me, don't increase my tension."

"Her suspense was terrible."

"A silence absorbed them both " a lack of sound so potent it blackened the place with something richer than hate."

"I hope he doesn't know he just touched my leg.And nothing happened."

"There is sitting and there is sitting. (...) Each one waits for the other to move, but the lion is poised, his tail twitching, while the fawn is frozen by fear, bowels turned to belly. No matter which way he bounds, the lion will have him, and he knows it."

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