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*Benton Fraser drifted up from the throes of sleep slowly, wisps of
dreams still clinging to his half-awake, half-asleep mind. He
remembered passion and thrills and breathless declarations of love. His
lips curved into a smile, which widened when he felt the slim body next
to his own. The wondrous dreams wove their way around his mind and he
recalled passionate embraces as he stretched luxuriously, skin against
skin. A slender leg wrapped itself around his sturdier thigh and he
sighed.
Heaven was here in his bed. He could feel wiry strength beside him as
his mind played images of a dazzling smile, incredible green eyes, and
dark hair. Laughter was always musical and beguiling, and he knew his
loneliness was ended. He had waited a very long time to be loved, and
now he had happiness in his grasp. It had been painful during the long
wait, his heart yearning and his body aching, but now he could glory in
the knowledge that he was one with his chosen one.
The body next to him moved and a purring tickled his ear. His smile
was nearly giddy. Elegant hands skimmed his chest and he gasped lightly
as a nipple was tweaked. Yes, Heaven. In all its passionate forms, in
all its...
"Good morning, love."
His heart began to beat wildly as his eyes flew open. His limbs began
to tremble and sweat trickled down his forehead, stinging his eyes, and
down his back into the curve of his ass. A firm hand cupped his balls
and the face of an angel smiled at him, his mind trapped in rushing
noise and a sharp crack with the smell of gunpowder strong in his
nostrils, then Victoria leaned down and began to suck his soul out of
him like a vampire as a scream built up in his throat.
The train station.
The gunshot.
The bullet missing him and shattering against the gray metal of the
train.
Regret eating him alive as soon as he stepped on the train and into her
victorious arms.
Ray, his head bowed and his shoulders slumped, his hand holding his gun
loosely at his side as his fellow officers ran up to him.
Too late.
Not Heaven.
Hell.*