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    Devin ated, tered and lagging.  up a o try to straigangle of his hair.

    S;Leave it like t,quot; s;Leave it,quot; surned.

    er one, ty public rooms t of stairs.

    At top of tairs an orange spill of ligle Borso. ime to register tricate ravagant carpets on treing dog, grey and graceful, regarded  did not rise.

    Alienor laid urned to  t he rush of his blood seemed loud in his veins.

    quot;I am burning up,quot; Alienor said.

    Someook sed to protest, even to be amused at suc. But as   s oouc was burning .

    it Alienor trapped eethe flesh of his palm.

    And  pain desire  never orted sound and realized it ook a ep toed in   raked to a point wed far away.

    Everytigana. Alessan, Alais, Catriana. self, t  led to this one. And her.

    ore at tenings of   until it came ahe skin along his back.

    ed  asted blood. he heard her laugh.

    Never, ever, hing before.

    Someo be on to oget t strove to cast t could be hurled.

    For an instant Devin t ood. In some untion  ure of   seemed to be.

    Given anot, a still place in t,  to put a name to it, a frame for the blurred awareness. he reached . . .

    S erated t, any straining to. it ually to one side and sered around tig, h forming soundless words.

    Devin began to drive o o drive as, all tal deadening trut  came left him

    s to wo w o be his name.

    softly, over and over. Sly out from under   move. S from  and belly, over iated sex and furt