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Stone and Fire

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Edited by Helen Woodall

Cover art by Syneca

Electronic book Publication May 2009

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S TONE AND F IRE

Cindy Spencer Pape

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Stone and Fire

Chapter One

Philadelphia, February

“You have to admit, they clean up pretty good for a bunch of rocks.”

Dana Logan sputtered, barely managing not to spew champagne all over her forest-

green silk bridesmaid’s gown.

She glared at her friend Katie, who sipped daintily from her own glass while gazing

happily over toward the bar, where her new husband was talking and laughing with

his groomsmen and coworkers. Katie was right, of course. They were all tall, broad-

shouldered and handsome, Dana’s own brother Bram among them. But only half of

them could really be considered rocks. And Katie was up to something—matchmaking,

most likely. “Shouldn’t you be dancing or mingling or something?”

“Taking a break,” Katie murmured. So much happiness radiated from her that

Dana half-expected there to be a halo surrounding Katie’s antique ivory lace gown and

artfully coiffed mahogany curls. She fluffed her veil, glanced back at the men and

sighed. “But aren’t they gorgeous all together like that? I mean, Damien is the best but

none of them is hard to look at.”

“How much champagne have you had?” Katie was an Earth witch, very grounded

and practical. It wasn’t like her to be dreamy.

“You’d be surprised,” Katie murmured, a quirky little grin flitting across her lips.

Dana leaned over and sniffed. As a half-dragon, her senses extended well beyond

the normal human range. “Sparkling apple cider. You fraud, you’re not drinking at all,

are you?”

Katie shook her head and gave Dana an enigmatic grin. “Nope. Not for another

eight months or so, anyway.”

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