Desert Sunrise
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Last published Sun, Mar 3, 2013
"Do you know who I am?" his bright blue eyes bore into hers fiercely.
"Of course. You´re the son of a bitch who´s keeping me hostage!" she yelled at him, stomping her foot and puoting like an angry five-year-old.
"Hostage? Dearie, I saved you out there!" he said, a surprised look on his face.
"Yeah right! Did you even consider that I might have wanted it that way? That maybe I WANTED to die?" her voice was pained and full of hurt.
And that´s how it started. A story of love and betrayal. Of magic. In the desert, the home of her ancestors, Sarah finds a lot more than she bargained for, and must fight for the one thing she never thought she´d lose: her heart...
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