title: Keeping Warm: Essays and Stories
author: First Last
description: Following the Reflections of a StorytellerEssays and Stories by Max Schott
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  ONCE BURNED
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A NIGHT PRINCE NOVEL
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  JEANIENE FROST
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Dedication](../Text/CR%214QK55T3NFX3YXACRD4SNZ3JG1XS9_split_002.html#filepos1140)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  To JBA, for everything.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter
  1](../Text/CR%214QK55T3NFX3YXACRD4SNZ3JG1XS9_split_002.html#filepos1366)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I parked my bike in front of the restaurant, wiping the perspiration from my
  upper lip. It was unseasonably warm this January, but sweating during a
  Florida winter was better than freezing in a Northern one. I twisted my hair
  into a knot, my neck cooler once the long black swath was off it. With a final
  swipe at my forehead, I entered the restaurant, ignoring the tables in favor
  of the patrons seated at the bar.
  
  
  
  
  
  It only took a glance to see that most of them were average height, with a few
  extremely tall exceptions. Damn. If Marty wasn’t here, then I had to ride to
  his next favor