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grate, the candle burned low, and sleep
began to weigh heavily against their eyelids.
    Elliott gave a sigh, rolled onto his back,
and pulling her up against his bare chest, positioned her head in
the cup of his shoulder. Then, one arm cradling her gently to his
heart, he finally closed his eyes.
    “Good night, dear Pippa.”
    “Good night, dear Elliott.”
    “I love you.”
    Tears wet her eyes. “I love you, too,
Elliott.”
    Pippa lay there for a long time. She heard
his heartbeat beneath her ear, strong and steady, so very beloved
to her. She felt the comforting weight of his arm around her back,
growing heavier, now, as sleep claimed him and drew him down into
its restful depths. His breathing grew rhythmic and he twitched
once, twice, before finally falling still. She snuggled herself
closer to him, lay her palm against his tiny nipple, and gazed
lovingly up at the line of his jaw, his firm but sensual mouth, his
long, pale, lashes lying against his cheeks.
    There was nowhere else in the world she
would rather be.
    No other person with whom she wanted to
spend the rest of her life.
    Let the past remain in the past. It is a
done thing. I am your future.
    And no need, really, to go to America, after
all.
    Turning her head to place a kiss against the
admiral’s heart that beat so strongly just beneath her cheek, a
heart that beat for her, and her alone, she settled back down
against him and closed her eyes, safe beneath the loving embrace of
his arm, the steady tattoo of that noble heart the last thing she
heard before sleep claimed her, too.
     
    the end
     

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    Bestselling, multi-award winning and
critically acclaimed author Danelle Harmon has written ten novels,
previously published in print and distributed in many languages
worldwide. Though a Massachusetts native, she has lived in Great
Britain and is married to an Englishman; she and her husband make
their home in New England with their daughter Emma and numerous
animals including three dogs, an Egyptian Arabian horse, and a
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