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1、BeginReadingTableofContentsCopyrightPageForJane,forawholenewworldofpossibilitiesOnceuponatime,anangelandadevilfellinlove.Itdidnotendwell.1IMPOSSIBLETOSCAREWalkingtoschooloverthesnow-muffledcobbles,Karouhadnosinisterpremonitionsabouttheday.Itseemedlikejus
2、tanotherMonday,innocentbutforitsessentialMondayness,nottomentionitsJanuaryness.Itwascold,anditwasdark—inthedeadofwinterthesundidn’triseuntileight—butitwasalsolovely.ThefallingsnowandtheearlyhourconspiredtopaintPragueghostly,likeatintypephotograph,allsilv
3、erandhaze.Ontheriverfrontthoroughfare,tramsandbusesroaredpast,groundingthedayinthetwenty-firstcentury,butonthequieterlanes,thewintrypeacemighthavehailedfromanothertime.Snowandstoneandghostlight,Karou’sownfootstepsandthefeatherofsteamfromhercoffeemug,ands
4、hewasaloneandadriftinmundanethoughts:school,errands.Theoccasionalcheek-chewofbitternesswhenapangofheartacheintruded,aspangsofheartachewill,butshepushedthemaside,resolute,readytobedonewithallthat.Sheheldhercoffeemuginonehandandclutchedhercoatclosedwiththe
5、other.Anartist’sportfoliowasslungoverhershoulder,andherhair—loose,long,andpeacockblue—wasgatheringalaceofsnowflakes.Justanotherday.Andthen.Asnarl,rushingfootfall,andshewasseizedfrombehind,pulledhardagainstaman’sbroadchestashandsyankedherscarfaskewandshef
6、eltteeth—teeth—againstherneck.Nibbling.Herattackerwasnibblingher.Annoyed,shetriedtoshakehimoffwithoutspillinghercoffee,butsomesloshedoutofhercupanyway,intothedirtysnow.“Jesus,Kaz,getoff,”shesnapped,spinningtofaceherex-boyfriend.Thelamplightwassoftonhisbe
7、autifulface.Stupidbeauty,shethought,shovinghimaway.Stupidface.“Howdidyouknowitwasme?”heasked.“It’salwaysyou.Anditneverworks.”Kazimirmadehislivingjumpingoutfrombehindthings,anditfrustratedhimthathecouldnevergeteventheslightestriseoutofKarou.“You’reimpossi
8、bletoscare,”hecomplained,givingherthepouthethoughtwasirresistible.Untilrecently,shewouldn’thaveresistedit.Shewouldhaverisenontiptoeandlickedhispout-puckeredlowerlip,lickeditlanguorouslyandthentakenitbetweenherteethandtease
